Manchester City failed to win the Asian Premier League Trophy in the framework of their Asian tour in Shanghai, China. In the final City were beaten by Wolverhampton Wanderers. Rui Patricio, the Wolves goalkeeper saved three penalties when he beat Manchester City 3-2 in a penalty shootout to win the Asian Premier League Trophy. The Portuguese goalkeeper saved his goal from Ilkay Gundogan’s kicks, David Silva and Lukas Nmecha to provide a victory for his team after the match ended goalless in normal time.
The City player who managed to score is Danilo and Aleix Garcia. Meanwhile for Wolves Ryan Bennett, Taylor Perry and Ruben Vinagre managed to score. Another player’s effort, Conor Coady, was saved by Claudio Bravo while Max Kilman put the ball wide. Actually City has the chance to win this fight. At least there are two opportunities for their goals. First when Wolves at the start of the game had to face Raheem Sterling’s penalty after Adama Traore dropped Leroy Sane. But it is unfortunate that the England striker fired a penalty over the bar.
In addition to losing the penalty, City almost scored when David Silva’s 25-yard free kick was foiled by Patricio with a superb save.
Despite losing but Pep Guardiola admitted he was pleased with the performance of his players and expressed satisfaction with the efforts of the young members of his squad after losing to penalties from Wolves. Guardiola felt it was a match his team would learn.
What are the appearance of two young City players, Ian Poveda and Adrian Bernabe. Both of them started the game and showed their abilities against their opponents who played defensively. Poveda and Bernabe greatly impressed the City boss with their attacking game.
“They played really well today. It was not easy to create opportunities. Everyone, not only young players, made a good performance and we learned from that.” Said Guardiola.
In addition, Pep Guardiola also praised Kevin De Bruyne after an extraordinary performance in the first round in the Asian Premier League final in Shanghai.
The Belgian missed a big match last season because he often suffered injuries. He only played 32 times in all competitions, but returned to give a man-of-the-match appearance in the FA Cup final in May. To the club’s official website, Guardiola delivered his assessment of Kevin de Bruyne: “He is a top player. Unfortunately we missed him a lot last season because he was injured a lot even though we competed very well without him, but we are stronger with him. ”
“Last season he didn’t have a holiday. Now on this team he has time to rest. Hopefully he can reach his level again. He was very positive in helping his team. He made an amazing first round, very good.” Thus Guardiola commented on Kevin’s impressive appearance during the first half as he told the club website above.
During the first half Kevin de Bruyne was indeed very stunning. A variety of perfect passes were shown again by him. There was one moment he did with one half cross-field volleyball to Leroy Sane that was very impressive. It was his ability to play bait with perfect weight from anywhere on the pitch by Kevin de Bruyne.
For Guardiola, the most important thing is that Kevin must be safe from injury. The Belgian has never lost his confidence. Although last year’s season has been injured, De Bruyne’s confidence has never faltered. No wonder if De Bruyne is an extraordinary player. This pre-season tour to Asia is in preparation for the Premier League. In order to defend the title, Manchester City will start their first match against hosts West Ham United.
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