Manchester City In recent weeks he has been doing checkered. He was able to break up 4: 0 Newcastle, but also experienced painful failures, such as defeat 1: 5 with Arsenal. The Pep Guardioli team had another opportunity to win on Saturday at 18:45. That day, she took Plymouth Argyle in the 1/8 FA Cup final. Tymoteusz Puchaczplaying in a team of rivals, this began to start on the bench.
The eagle crew surprised Manchester City. Nobody expected that
The firm rival of this match was Manchester City. Plymouth Argyle is a team from the relegation zone of the second level and hardly anyone expected to cause problems. However, it should be remembered that this team threw Liverpool out of the competition. And for a moment it seemed that the same fate could be divided by the Guardiola team! Unexpectedly, the guests took the lead after the goal Maksym Talovierova from 38 minutes.
Manchester City was very surprised, but quickly started to make up for the losses and scored a goal at the end of the first half. Nico O'Reilly entered the list of shooters. In the second half the hosts had a crushing advantage. However, they could not translate it into goals for a long time. They finally succeeded. In the 76th minute Nico O'Reilly scored the goal again. In the meantime, Tymoteusz Puchacz appeared on the pitch. Meanwhile, Manchester City did not stop and scored another goal. This time the goalkeeper rivals defeated Kevin de Bruyne.
Ultimately, nothing more in this match happened and Manchester City beat Plymouth Argyle 3: 1 problems. Thanks to this, he was promoted to the quarter -finals FA Cup. Now he will be able to focus on league games, where he is currently fourth. Plymouth, on the other hand, is in the 23rd position in the Championship.
Manchester City 3: 1 Plymouth argyle
Shooters: Nico O'Reilly (45 ', 76'), Kevin de Bruyne (90 '); Maksym Talovierov (38 ')