Sergio Aguero started the ball rolling from the penalty spot before De Bruyne, Vito Mannone’s own goal and Sterling made it 4-0 by the break to extend bottom-of-the-table Sunderland’s first-half goals conceded tally for the season to 17 in just eight games and make Ola Toivonen’s late header irrelevant.
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Livermore managed 69 minutes in his first appearance since May, when he was suspended following a positive cocaine test, and played his part as Steve Bruce’s side knocked over their Barclays Premier League opponents.
With Manchester City’s Capital One Cup campaign getting underway, in an intriguing clash away against Sunderland, the club’s second-choice goalkeeper is hoping for a start.
He continued, saying that focus is “not a problem” for him, and he’ll “be ready if selected to play”, because it’d be a “great chance” for himself (as well as other players) to “change the dynamic of the last week”, having lost twice in quick succession.
Facing Manchester City, and its collection of unsafe attackers, Yedlin was thrown into the deep end by Sunderland manager Dick Advocaat, and while his team couldn’t do much to stop Manchester City, Yedlin did more than enough to show Advocaat he is worthy of more opportunities.
“We have a lot of players injured so it was not easy to play this game”.
Sweden worldwide Toivonen should have levelled with a 25th-minute header after meeting debutant DeAndre Yedlin’s cross with a firm header, but he picked out Caballero.
Steve Bruce’s Hull claimed a Premier League scalp as David Meyler’s first-half effort sunk 2013 winners Swansea 1-0 at the KC Stadium.
Robert Lewandowski made Bundesliga history last night as he scored five goals in just 10 minutes to earn Bayern Munich a 5-1 win over Wolfsburg.
Andy King scored an extra-time victor as Leicester City beat West Ham 2-1.
Nick Blackman’s opener was cancelled out by a powerful Ross Barkley strike in the 62nd minute before Gerard Deulofeu sealed victory with his first goal since returning to Everton on a permanent basis from Barcelona, a plunging 30-yard free-kick.
Geoff Cameron assisted on Peter Crouch’s winning goal as Stoke edged Fulham, 1-0.
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The third-round action continues on Wednesday when Spurs host Arsenal, Chelsea visit Walsall, Manchester United take on Ipswich, Liverpool tackle Carlisle, Newcastle face Sheffield Wednesday, Crystal Palace play Charlton, Norwich meet West Brom and Southampton travel to MK Dons.
