Manchester City will this week welcome the visit of Championship side Hull City to the Etihad Stadium, with both sides looking for a place in the semi finals of the Capital One Cup.
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Manchester City striker Sergio Aguero and goalkeeper Joe Hart could return from injury in time for Saturday’s Premier League game against Stoke City, manager Manuel Pellegrini has said.
Bruce opted to make a number of changes to the side which faced Derby County in the Championship on Friday, with Tom Huddlestone and Shaun Maloney among the unlikely names left on the bench.
Manchester City vs Hull City 2015 (live score results below) heats up Capital One Cup results today.
The home side’s response was impressive, with Kevin De Bruyne – one of the few bright sparks of a capricious City season so far – putting the Citizens ahead before a deflected Fabian Delph shot trickled past Maarten Stekelenburg to give the England worldwide his first goal for the club.
It was a relatively stress-free evening for Manchester City even if it took a long time before they turned their early lead, courtesy of Wilfried Bony’s fifth goal in his last eight starts, into a much more resounding scoreline, with three late strikes in the space of seven minutes before a stoppage-time consolation for Hull’s Andrew Robertson. Substitute Kelechi Iheanacho added the second from close range 10 minutes from fulltime after clever play by Raheem Sterling, and a quick-fire double from De Bruyne completed City’s scoring.
Bardsley then smashed home a low effort from outside the box in the 75th minute – also opening his Potters goalscoring account – to seal what will be Stoke’s first League Cup semi-final appearance since 1971-72, the year they raised the trophy. Everton have scored 14 goals in their four games in November, notably crushing Newcastle United 6-2, overwhelming Aston Villa 4-0 and playing out a gripping 3-3 draw at Bournemouth on Saturday. “A player with a great attitude”.
“After 80 minutes we just had our best spell of the match and after 87 minutes it was 4-0”.
He said: “I don’t think Vincent will be ready soon – maybe against Swansea but not before”.
Even the goal came from a Hull mistake, although there was no doubting the quality of De Bruyne’s shot which cannoned back off the post into the path of Bony, who could not miss an empty net.
The first half was a largely bland affair, with City enjoying all the possession but struggling to create clear cut chances against Steve Bruce’s resolute Tigers.
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Speaking at a press conference on Monday, he said: “We will see, with the medical staff, the way they recover from these games”.
