City Send Holders Crashing Out
22 February 2012
Manchester City cruised into the last 16 of the UEFA Europa League with an emphatic 4-0 win over FC Porto in the second-leg of their last 32 tie at the Etihad Stadium. City won 6-1 on aggregate.
The holders came to England with the odds stacked against them after losing 2-1 to City in Portugal and the Premier League leaders took just 19 seconds to extend their lead.
Nicolas Otamendi gave the ball away to Yaya Toure who calmly sent Sergio Aguero through and he made no mistake from inside the area.
Toure could have doubled their advantage in the 16th minute but after bursting through, he was unable to beat Helton who made the save. The rebound fell to Samir Nasri but instead of shooting he tried to pick out Toure who was then offside.
Varela had a decent chance to pull a goal back for the visitors moments later but Joe Hart stood firm to make the block.
Aguero should have made it 2-0 just before the half-hour mark after possession was given away by Porto again but the Argentina international saw his chipped effort hit the bar after going around the goalkeeper.
Porto continued to be frustrated and Otamendi took the ball away from Maicon after a brilliant cross from Rolando as the chance was wasted.
City would eventually go on to double their advantage and effectively kill off the tie when substitute Edin Dzeko rifled the ball home after being played through by Aguero.
Porto would then be cut down to 10 men a minute later when Rolando continued to argue with the referee and was swiftly shown a second yellow card.
City were now in cruise control and saw David Silva tap in their third of the night in the 84th minute before David Pizarro completed the rout two minutes later.
comments
Credit mst b given whr its due, Man City is rising abov any team in d EPL, nd I fancy dem 2win d leag, nd Europa.. Grt assembl of players, no mater wht ppl say, Minich has don wel wth City,
Submitted by: Phumania
Date: 23 February 2012, Time: 11:41:14
@Jackymasinge,r u okay man,wat the heck r u talking about?
Submitted by: EL_XINHO100
Date: 23 February 2012, Time: 07:53:46
Gud run city
Submitted by: ndivhuwos
Date: 23 February 2012, Time: 07:49:20
Hulk doesn't worth £88m , I saw it with ma eyes , he's a £23m player
Submitted by: jackymasinge
Date: 23 February 2012, Time: 06:44:05
City back to their best in style & other teams r worried. City shud win da EPL comfortable & can certainly win this europa cup as well.
Submitted by: Manueldosantos
Date: 23 February 2012, Time: 02:02:27
On King's cup and then go on to win CWC
Submitted by: Palm86
Date: 23 February 2012, Time: 01:11:47
City will take this one and meet Barca
Submitted by: Palm86
Date: 23 February 2012, Time: 01:11:06
Haaaaaaaterz...ManCity is gona rule the premier League,Rooney United is gona fall into pieces soon,n now they r falling into massive debts,how r they gona afford to keep their only asset Rooney?My Blood Is Blue
Submitted by: Gerald70
Date: 23 February 2012, Time: 00:39:31
ManCitu Vs BarCa thts the Match am hoping 2 see,I luv mancty thy got yung stars n thy dsv tht win
Submitted by: L_PrImE_BaNkS
Date: 23 February 2012, Time: 00:14:43
These fake city neighbors will never be successful as Man Utd is with that being said they wont win da league mark my words.
Submitted by: Oscar2607
Date: 22 February 2012, Time: 23:50:09