He Manchester City said goodbye to the first title of the season, after being eliminated in League Cup. He Tottenham They won in London 2-1, leaving Pep Guardiola’s side out of the competition. It’s the first game they’ve lost this season, but it’s cost them dearly. sky blues, who say goodbye to one of the four titles – plus the Community Shield – to which they aspired.
Timo Werner And Pope Sarr They were the authors of the goals for Tottenham, who put the pass on track in the 25th minute with both goals. Before the break, he closed the gap Mathéus Nunes, give wings to citizen before the second half. However, Guardiola’s men failed to overcome the White Hart Lane side. spurs. Additionally, they suffered a major blow with the serious injury of Savinho.
The Brazilian was the other negative note of the day for a City to which injuries accumulate. After the failure of Ballon d’Or crusader Rodri Hernández, it now appears that they will be without their most important signing of the season for some time. Savinho only injured his ankle while supporting, and alarm bells went off when he was left on a stretcher very sore.
City farewell to the League Cup
Pep Guardiola rotated his team again and this time he paid for it against spurs, although City will now have some relief in their complex schedule. They are not the only ones to fall, since the Villa Aston and the Chelsea They also lost in the round of 16 of the League Cup, the Carabao Cup due to sponsorship reasons. The coach did not have Erling Haaland during the whole match, nor Gvardiol or Bernardo Silva at the start, and Tottenham, who have not won a title since 2008, precisely this one, qualified for the quarter-finals thanks to the work of the first half.
Timo Werner, who did not finish the match due to injury, and Pape Sarr scored the goals before the half hour mark. Although Matheus Nunes scored for a City who also regretted Savinho’s injury, there were no more goals in the second half. The London team will compete in the quarter-finals with a Manchester United who beat Leicester (5-2).
THE red devils They put in a strong performance at Old Trafford two days after the dismissal of Erik Ten Hag and under the command of interim Van Nistelrooy. The former striker called for a “great game” from his team in the build-up and at half-time the score was 4-0, with a brace from Casemiro. Bruno Fernandes scored his goal on the hour mark to give United a break.
In addition, according to the draw made after this Wednesday’s matches, the rest of the crosses will be: Southampton-Liverpool, Newcastle-Brentford and Arsenal-Crystal Palace. Liverpool, reigning champion, beat Brighton (2-3) with suspense; Newcastle was the executioner (2-0) of Chelsea; Arsenal had no mercy (0-3) against Preston, of the English Championship, Second Division; and Palace eliminated Unai Emery’s Aston Villa (1-2).
