2-1: Guardiola’s Manchester City, eliminated from the Carabao Cup by Tottenham

He Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City is absent from this edition of the Carabao Cup, the English League Cup, from which he was eliminated this Wednesday of Ange Postecoglou’s Tottenham by beating him 2-1 on London soil. Pep Guardiola make rounds and Erling Haaland he stayed on the bench. On a very bad night, in the ranks of the ‘citizens’ he was wounded Savino. Its ex Girona He left on a stretcher crying in the 62nd minute.

Spurs went up 2-0 on the scoreboard in the 25th minute. Timo Werner paved the way for Tottenham in the 5th minute, taking advantage of the ball served by Dejan Kulusevski. The Swedish international was key for his team in the first half: he was also present Pape Särr on the team’s second goal Postecoglouwho got on the scoreboard in the 25th minute.

The tie has been complicated for City of Guardiolabut the sign of the night seemed to begin to change in injury time in the first half, when Matheus Nunes He closed the gap at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium by taking advantage of a ball from the first Girona Savinho (45+4′).

Like many other coaches whose teams have busy schedules, Pep Guardiola He made rotations in the Carabao round of 16 tie. Among the first left on the bench were, in addition to Haaland, Bernardo Silva, Mateo Kovacic and Josko Gvardiol.

Kovacic He released the former Barcelona player after the break Ilkay Gundoganlike Guardiol entered through Ruben Dias. In the 58th minute Bernard Silva replaced Phil Foden. As in the previous Carabao round, this is Stephen Ortega the initial goal of the ‘citizen’ group. Edersonon the bench. Ortega make a great save on a shot Kulusevski.

The truth is, although they were ahead the entire second half to overcome the 2-1 advantage in Tottenham, City He couldn’t move the scoreboard and was left out of the Carabao Cup.