25-09-2019, 07:56
Preston North End 0 Manchester City 3 Sterling, Jesus, Ledson og
PNE line-up: Ripley, Fisher, Rafferty, Ledson, Storey, Davies, Potts, Browne ©, Barkhuizen (Nugent 63), Johnson (Bayliss, 76), Harrop (Ginnelly, 71). Subs not used: Rudd, Bayliss, Green, Stockley, Huntington.
Manchester City line-up: Bravo, Sterling (Mahrez, 73), Gundogan, Jesus, Angelino (Mendy, 60), B Silva, D Silva © (Bernabe, 63), Cancelo, Foden, Garcia, Harwood-Bellis. Subs not used: Carson, Rodrigo, Otamendi, Dionkou.
Attendance: 22,025 (5,637 Manchester City fans)
Referee: Mr L Mason
In the main enjoyed this game, we gave it our best shot with our mainly second string side which I thought was fine and fair gave some of the lads who had played in the earlier rounds first dibs.
City made nine changes including a 17 and 18 year olds at centre back, but still played Sterling, Silva, Jesus, Bernardo and Gundogan, not bad for reserves.
Almost the perfect start for North End Ledson cross and thought Harrop should have scored with his head from close range but missed the ball. City then began to dominate the ball and began to press us back although Barkhuizen's pace did cause them problems as we lobbed the ball behind the back two.
One thing you cannot do is let them counter, the pace of Sterling was incredible, can actually see why he hs played a few games for England, he scoreed the first, just ran straight at the centre of our defence before firing home with a slight deflection of Davies. Then it was a case of how many, second Sterling again caused problems fed the ball to Jesus ball under Ripley two up. Third we didn't really clear the ball and City got the second ball and Sliva tried to dink the ball over Ripley, Ledson's connection made sure it went in.
Although mainly one way we did have a chance when Barkhuizen was through but his shot was straight at Bravo.
Second half was slightly lower key Jesus missed a sitter as did Garcia, Foden hit the bar and at the death Ripley made a great save from Jesus whilst we hit the post through Harrop.
City brought on Mendy built like an excessively large out house, he bombed down the left and put in some quite fantastic crosses all at pace. North End brought on Nugent for his second debut for the club and he got a useful 30 minute run out. By the time the game had finished North End had eight players on the pitch who had played in the Senior Cup tie against Chorley the week before.
Great experience against a quality team but Saturday against Bristol City is a bigger game in teh grand scale of where we want to go.
Preston manager Alex Neil: "Man City were the better team. They treat the Carabao Cup the same way as the Champions League. That's why they're champions. For the first 20 minutes, we started brightly on the front foot and went chasing the ball for the first goal. The goals they scored were stuff we talked about.
"But when you play against that quality with their speed, it's one thing to talk about stopping them. It's another thing to do it. We can't get too hard on ourselves. We did OK to stick to our task in the second half. We had five regular starters not in the team. All in all, I was happy but frustrated with the goals."
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola: "[I am] Very pleased because they are third in the Championship. We took it seriously as always. You can't do what we've done in previous seasons if you don't take every game seriously. I grew up in the Barcelona academy, they taught me you have to win every single game or at least try.
"They [the two centre-backs] did really well. Taylor [Harwood-Bellis] and Eric [Garcia] combined perfectly. They played with each other for a long time in the academy. They have incredible personalities. It wasn't easy with long balls and second balls but we can count on them."
On Raheem Sterling: "He was 19 or 20 when he came here. In two or three years he will be a better player than now. I know his work ethic. He didn't play last game, but he came here with incredible humility and played at an incredible level. Even David Silva, won absolutely everything, came here in the Carabao Cup and played as captain, played in a difficult position like holding midfield.
"That's why when we lost to Norwich everyone is saying disaster. What are you talking about? These guys deserve incredible respect."
PNE line-up: Ripley, Fisher, Rafferty, Ledson, Storey, Davies, Potts, Browne ©, Barkhuizen (Nugent 63), Johnson (Bayliss, 76), Harrop (Ginnelly, 71). Subs not used: Rudd, Bayliss, Green, Stockley, Huntington.
Manchester City line-up: Bravo, Sterling (Mahrez, 73), Gundogan, Jesus, Angelino (Mendy, 60), B Silva, D Silva © (Bernabe, 63), Cancelo, Foden, Garcia, Harwood-Bellis. Subs not used: Carson, Rodrigo, Otamendi, Dionkou.
Attendance: 22,025 (5,637 Manchester City fans)
Referee: Mr L Mason
In the main enjoyed this game, we gave it our best shot with our mainly second string side which I thought was fine and fair gave some of the lads who had played in the earlier rounds first dibs.
City made nine changes including a 17 and 18 year olds at centre back, but still played Sterling, Silva, Jesus, Bernardo and Gundogan, not bad for reserves.
Almost the perfect start for North End Ledson cross and thought Harrop should have scored with his head from close range but missed the ball. City then began to dominate the ball and began to press us back although Barkhuizen's pace did cause them problems as we lobbed the ball behind the back two.
One thing you cannot do is let them counter, the pace of Sterling was incredible, can actually see why he hs played a few games for England, he scoreed the first, just ran straight at the centre of our defence before firing home with a slight deflection of Davies. Then it was a case of how many, second Sterling again caused problems fed the ball to Jesus ball under Ripley two up. Third we didn't really clear the ball and City got the second ball and Sliva tried to dink the ball over Ripley, Ledson's connection made sure it went in.
Although mainly one way we did have a chance when Barkhuizen was through but his shot was straight at Bravo.
Second half was slightly lower key Jesus missed a sitter as did Garcia, Foden hit the bar and at the death Ripley made a great save from Jesus whilst we hit the post through Harrop.
City brought on Mendy built like an excessively large out house, he bombed down the left and put in some quite fantastic crosses all at pace. North End brought on Nugent for his second debut for the club and he got a useful 30 minute run out. By the time the game had finished North End had eight players on the pitch who had played in the Senior Cup tie against Chorley the week before.
Great experience against a quality team but Saturday against Bristol City is a bigger game in teh grand scale of where we want to go.
Preston manager Alex Neil: "Man City were the better team. They treat the Carabao Cup the same way as the Champions League. That's why they're champions. For the first 20 minutes, we started brightly on the front foot and went chasing the ball for the first goal. The goals they scored were stuff we talked about.
"But when you play against that quality with their speed, it's one thing to talk about stopping them. It's another thing to do it. We can't get too hard on ourselves. We did OK to stick to our task in the second half. We had five regular starters not in the team. All in all, I was happy but frustrated with the goals."
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola: "[I am] Very pleased because they are third in the Championship. We took it seriously as always. You can't do what we've done in previous seasons if you don't take every game seriously. I grew up in the Barcelona academy, they taught me you have to win every single game or at least try.
"They [the two centre-backs] did really well. Taylor [Harwood-Bellis] and Eric [Garcia] combined perfectly. They played with each other for a long time in the academy. They have incredible personalities. It wasn't easy with long balls and second balls but we can count on them."
On Raheem Sterling: "He was 19 or 20 when he came here. In two or three years he will be a better player than now. I know his work ethic. He didn't play last game, but he came here with incredible humility and played at an incredible level. Even David Silva, won absolutely everything, came here in the Carabao Cup and played as captain, played in a difficult position like holding midfield.
"That's why when we lost to Norwich everyone is saying disaster. What are you talking about? These guys deserve incredible respect."
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