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Manchester City Overpowers Brentford in Fast-Paced League Cup Match
Manchester, England – Manchester City defeated Brentford at the Etihad Stadium in a League Cup quarter-final clash. The match, officiated by Samuel Barrott, saw City dominate possession with 60% compared to Brentford’s 40%.
The first half was relatively uneventful until the 32nd minute when R. Cherki opened the scoring for Manchester City, unassisted. The first yellow card of the match was given to A. Khusanov of Manchester City in the 16th minute.
In the second half, Manchester City extended their lead in the 67th minute with a goal by Savinho, assisted by T. Reijnders. Brentford, while attempting to respond, failed to seriously threaten the City goal. M. Nunes, also from Manchester City, received a yellow card in the 86th minute.
Overall, Manchester City demonstrated their superiority with a total of 15 shots, 7 of which were on target, while Brentford only managed 3 shots, all on target. City also surpassed Brentford in corners, 5 to 1.
The match concluded with Manchester City as the clear victor.
Substitutions manchester city: at minute 19 O. Bobb came in and P. Foden went out., at minute 65 N. O’Reilly came in and J. Gvardiol went out., at minute 66 Nico came in and M. Nunes went out., at minute 66 R. Cherki came in and B. Silva went out., at minute 82 P. Foden came in and C. Gray went out.
Substitutions brentford: at minute 75 M. Kayode came in and A. Hickey went out., at minute 76 R. Henry came in and K. Lewis-Potter went out., at minute 81 M. Jensen came in and R. Donovan went out., at minute 88 Y. Yarmolyuk came in and Y. E. Konak went out., at minute 88 K. Schade came in and Gustavo Nunes went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
Manchester City
Brentford
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