Manchester City faced off against Peterborough United at the Weston Homes Stadium earlier tonight as they focused on earning a positive result on the road. Man City dominated the game in the first 45 minutes but were unable to break the opposition down as they went into the half-time break with a goalless scoreline.
Riyad Mahrez finally broke the deadlock in the 60th minute with a great finish. Jack Grealish doubled Man City’s advantage just seven minutes later when he found the back of the net with a tidy finish. The contest ended with Pep Guardiola’s men earning a comfortable 2-0 win which ensured their place in the next round of the FA Cup.
Let’s take a look at how each Man City player performed during the match against Peterborough.
GK: Ederson – 7.5/10
The Brazilian keeper made a few solid saves during the game and secured an impressive clean sheet away from home.
RB: Joao Cancelo – 7.5/10
The Portuguese right-back made a few promising runs with the ball down the right flank and was solid when defending inside his half.
CB: Ruben Dias – 6.5/10
He kept a solid shape at the back in the first half and got replaced at half-time.
CB: Nathan Ake – 6.5/10
Ake made an important block but could last only 45 minutes.
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LB: Oleksandr Zinchenko – 7.5/10
The Ukrainian left-back got stuck in with plenty of crunching tackles and earned the ball back a couple of times as well. He was quite lively going forward.
CM: Phil Foden – 9/10
Foden’s clever movement and creativity caused all sorts of problems for the Peterborough defenders. He ended the game with two assists to his name.
CM: Fernandinho – 7/10
The Brazilian midfielder protected his backline well and made two good chances in the final third.
CM: Ilkay Gundogan – 7.5/10
Gundogan made a few promising runs with the ball and engineered some inviting chances in the attacking end of the field.
RW: Riyad Mahrez – 8/10
Mahrez caused all kinds of headaches for the opposition and opened the goal-scoring at the hour mark with a good finish.
ST: Gabriel Jesus – 7/10
He was always willing to have a strike at goal and made a couple of clever runs as well. However, there was no goal for him tonight.
LW: Jack Grealish – 8/10
Grealish created a lot of decent goal-scoring opportunities for his teammates and scored his team’s second goal in the 67th minute.
Substitutes:
CB: Aymeric Laporte – 7/10
Laporte dealt with mostly everything that came his way defensively and managed to secure a clean sheet in the second half.
CB: John Stones – 6.5/10
He was solid at the back after coming on at half-time.
