How Manchester City were made to fight for their third successive Carabao Cup win by brave Aston Villa.
Claudio Bravo
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LEICESTER CITY 1, MANCHESTER CITY 1 (Manchester City win 4-3 on penalties)
Manchester City made it into the semi-finals of the Carabao Cup after winning a penalty shoot-out at Leicester City with goalkeeper Claudio Bravo once again the hero.
Bravo sprinted over to the Man City fans to celebrate after saving Riyad Mahrez’ penalty in the shoot-out at the end of another 120 minute drama to keep the Blues in the hunt for trophies on four fronts.
City had been denied in normal time after Jamie Vardy’s spot kick in the seventh minute of eight added minutes at the end of normal time after Kyle Walker had been penalised for a soft foul on Demarai Gray.
All three senior Foxes players had been left out of the starting line-up and Leicester failed to punish a weakened City side in Extra Time with them on the pitch.
City academy product Lukas Nmecha kept his nerve to score one of the shoot-out penalties but Vardy went on to hit his shoot-out spot kick against the post before Mahrez was denied by the Chilean keeper to spark another celebration for the travelling fans.
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MAN CITY 0, WOLVES 0 (City won 4-1 on penalties) Claudio Bravo went from zero to hero as Manchester City defeated Championship leaders Wolves to scrape through to the quarter finals of the Carabao Cup. Embed from Getty Images The Chilean keeper, whose displays in his first season at the club were criticised and ridiculed, […]