Two goals from Agüero in two minutes of the second half served to turn the initial goal of Burnley and qualify for Manchester City for the 4th Round of the FA Cup. The whole of Guardiola, who started losing, knew how to overcome and ended up winning by 4-1, with Sané and Bernardo like the other scorers, just three days before playing the League Cup semifinal against Bristol City and still alive in the four competitions that this season.
Each Burnley duel against a leading team is identical: they take refuge in their half of the field, sheltering their goalkeeper based on punts and headers, and wait for one of their strikers to win a long ball and provoke a dangerous play, either from a lack or with the first support they receive. In this case, the one who went to look for the ball was Barnes and caused the mistake of Stones, who did not clear well and left the visiting forward in front of Claudio Bravo, who beat with a strong shot at the near post. Manchester City, slower and thicker than usual, after its worst first part of the course, was in a critical situation.
It was after passing through changing rooms when the locals more asphyxiated their rival, stuck in their area, unable to twist two passes. Sané on the left, Sterling on the right, Silva and Gündogan linking and Agüero looking for the auction: everything Guardiola had, except for De Bruyne, was on the field. The only important novelties of the lineup were in the defense, where Claudio Bravo and Zinchenko were holders to the detriment of Delph and Ederson.
De Bruyne entered and Bernardo entered: a Belgian pass to Sané ended up reaching the young Portuguese, who finished with an empty door closing a 4-1 that keeps the 'citizens' alive in all competitions with a new win.![]
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