City 0 Wolves 0 AET
City won 4-1 on penalties
October 24th 2017 att.50,755
Carabao Cup R4
Well this was a bit of a change. We were looking forward to Aguero beating the record and a few goals but no - Wolves were well organized at the back and defended well and they had some very good chances to go ahead but guess what our hero this evening was no other than Bravo who in addition to saving two penalties made several good saves in normal time. With City starting without the creativity of David Silva and De Bruyne who were rested we failed to score for the first time this season. Fortunately thanks to the penalty shoot-out win we won our 12th game on the run. Neither Jesus or Aguero had good games and the forward line could not break the Wolves defence. Zinchenko making his debut at left back did not look out of place and Adarabioyo making his first start this season was OK. Yaya Toure looked a bit short of match practice and Mangala made a few errors. Though Kevin and Sane came on late in the game we still could not score during normal time but when it went to penalties City made no mistakes with goals from De Bruyne, Toure, Sane and Aguero. I am afraid Benardo and Gundagon never came near to the standard of creativity set by David Silver and KDB.
City made many changes for this League Cup game giving a start for Zinchenko and Adarabioyo in defence.
Wolves had over 6000 supporters at the game
The flags are out once again
The Wolves players discus their defensive plan!
A shot from Aguero is saved
This time the shot from Aguero goes wide
Yet another shot from Aguero but too high I am afraid
Aguero is held but nothing given!
Sterling shoots past the keeper but also past the far post!
A shot from Benardo is blocked
Enobakhare shoots just over the bar
Wolves keeper Norris in action again
The secret sniper strikes again but Jesus soon recovers!
Gundagon is brought down by Batth but the free kick by Toure goes just wide
Just before half time Bravo makes a good save with his feet from Enobakhare
City kids enjoy the extra water
It's not often you see the visiting team warm up before the second half!
Bravo has to save at the feet of Costa
Norris saves from Benardo Silva
Bravo clears into row zz!
Norris takes a cross from Danilo
Benardo Silva and Cavaleiro battle at the corner flag
Benardo is brought down and it's a yellow card for Price
Aguero is thwarted yet again by Norris
Sterling shoots wide of the post
Gundagon tries to get through but Wolves survive
In added time Bravo makes a good save from Enobakhare
three minutes into extra time Toure goes down but it's a dive ........
....and it's a yellow card!
Norris saves from Sterling
Norris saves again from Sterling
Bravo has an easy save from Cavaleiro
Sane now on for Silva breaks through down the wing but his end pass goes nowhere
Another effort by City is foiled by the keeper
Aguero has a good chance......
...but the ball goes wide!!
Kevin's shot is a bit too high
Just before the end of extra time Aguero has a good chance but alas he fails to break the record and it's penalty time
It's a while since we had a penalty shootout here so it's fingers crossed but first blood goes to Wolves as Bonatini sends Bravo the wrong way
De Bruyne makes it one all and then Toure makes it 2-1 to City
Bravo then makes a great save from N'Diaye
..and follows it up with another great stop from Coady
Then Sane and Aguero score their penalties to make it 4-1 to City - great stuff!
The City players and fans celebrate a win on a long evening
team
Bravo 9: Danilo 7 ( Walker) Adarabioyo 7.5 (Stones), Mangala 7, Zinchenko7.5, Toure 7, Gundagon 7, Sterling 6.5, Benardo 6.5 (Sane),Jesus 6.5 (De Bruyne) Aguero 7
