The City sweats ink to eliminate the modest Peterborough

The Manchester City sweat ink this Tuesday to get into the quarterfinals of the FA Cup after beating the modest 0-2 Peterborough. The leader of the Premier League It took an hour to open the scoring against the bottom of the Premiershipwho stood up to him at all times. Mahrez and Grealishin two actions of great quality, gave a long-suffering victory to those of Guardiola.

The Catalan technician he pulled rotations before a ‘second’ thinking about the crucial derby of the Premier on Sunday before the Manchester United at Etihad. He initially left on the bench Laporte, Stones, Rodri, De Bruyne, Bernando Silva and Sterling with respect to the last game and gave the title to Aké, Mahrez, Fernandinho, Gabriel Jesus, Grealish and even Zinchenko who captained the team. Fernandinho gave the armband to the Ukrainian defender as a gesture of solidarity for the invasion of Russia a Ukraine.

The City met a fighter Peterborough. The ‘citizens’ clearly dominated the ball, but it was their modest rival who enjoyed the clearest chance of the first half in a shot by the Cameroonian Fuchs who took out the meta Ederson with a saving hand.

The Peterborough, spurred on by a hobby that constantly cheered on the Weston Homes Stadium, He competed with great intensity. Stuck behind, but without fitting in or suffering, the locals tuted a City who had a hard time generating game and dangerous occasions. In fact he didn’t shoot once between the sticks in the first act. The face of Guardiola It was clearly unpleasant, since he did not like what he was seeing on the field of play.

After the break, the coach of Santpedor began to move defensive pieces with the entry of Laporte and Stones by What and Rúben Dias, respectively. However, the ‘citizens’ had to work hard to stop the enthusiast Peterborough.

Finally, when match time was up, the City came out of his darkness with a providential goal from Mahrez. The Algerian international, in a great personal action, beat the goal of Thing with a perfect cross shot. Own Mahrez He brushed the double on a counterattack but his shot went high.

Just seven minutes later, a colossal deep pass from Foden from his own field he finished it Grealishwho ‘punctured’ the ball when controlling it to end up embedding the ball in the nets.

Despite the 0-2, the Peterborough was not discouraged and the newly incorporated Marriot forced to show off Ederson in the final stretch. The City could score a third goal, but Laporte he failed incomprehensibly with everything in his favor to score in the 90th minute against a very worthy rival who gave everything in front of a cast of stars.