Southampton 2-0 Manchester City: Guardiola’s below-strength side eliminated from EFL Cup

Erling
Haaland,
Kevin
De
Bruyne,
Bernardo
Silva
and
Ederson
were
among
City’s
substitutes
at
St
Mary’s
with
Saturday’s
league
game
against
Manchester
United
in
mind.

That
proved
costly
as
Sekou
Mara
and
Moussa
Djenepo
–
profiting
from
some
poor
Stefan
Ortega
positioning
–
had
the
Premier
League’s
bottom
side
two
goals
up
at
half-time.

The
arrivals
of
De
Bruyne
and
Erling
Haaland
gave
City
slightly
more
of
an
attacking
edge,
but
they
could
not
find
a
route
back
into
the
game
as
they
suffered
a
shock
exit.

Ortega
did
well
to
turn
aside
Duje
Caleta-Car’s
low
effort,
but
there
was
no
stopping
Mara’s
first-time
shot
after
the
forward
got
in
front
of
Kyle
Walker
to
convert
Lyanco’s
cross.

Southampton
had
a
second
five
minutes
later
when
Djenepo
cut
inside,
spotted
Ortega
well
off
his
line
and
executed
his
lobbed
finish
from
30
yards
to
perfection.

Guardiola
took
action
at
the
break
by
making
a
triple
substitution,
with
Haaland
also
brought
on
10
minutes
later,
but
City’s
response
did
not
arrive
on
the
south
coast.

The
visitors
failed
to
register
a
single
shot
on
target
as
they
lost
for
the
fourth
time
in
28
matches
this
season,
and
the
first
time
since
the
World
Cup
break.

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