Highlights of Southampton Vs ManCity Carabao Cup encounter.
Southampton has knocked out Carabao Cup favourites Manchester City to reach the semi-finals as they pulled off a remarkable 2-0 win to book a last-four clash with Newcastle.
Southampton played with a big zeal and energy that isn’t consistent with their status as the Premier League’s bottom side.
Southampton played very aggressively and directly to pin City’s defenders back in the early stages. That press set the tone and led to the opening goal.
The Jones’ men didn’t stop there. They continued to press Pep Guardiola’s lacklustre side all over the pitch and Moussa Djenepo scored a sublime second with a 30-yard lob that caught goalkeeper Stefan Ortega out.
Moussa Djenepo produced another moment of magic as his gentle lob lured Manchester City’s Stefan Ortega from outside the box to double Southampton’s lead in the Carabao Cup quarter-final.
Both Kevin De Bruyne and Erling Haaland started the match on the bench and were later brought on – but the expected siege on the Southampton goal was never realized as City failed to even register a shot on target in the game.
In post match interview, City boss, Pep Guardiola was quoted to have said, ” we were not here..”
