Manuel Pellegrini won his first trophy as Manchester City manager as his side came from behind to beat Sunderland 3—1 at Wembley on Sunday March 02,2014
Goal Scorers
For Manchester City -Yaya Toure(55),Samir Nasri(56)and Jesus Navas(90)
For Sunderland -Fabio Boroni(10)
Fernandinho, Alvaro Negredo, Navas, Javi Garcia and David Silva
Fabio Borini put Sunderland ahead after 10 minutes and for the rest of the first half it seemed a major upset was possible.
Fabio Borini put Sunderland ahead after 10 minutes and for the rest of the first half it seemed a major upset was possible.
But Yaya Toure Stunner -a 25 yard strike to level the score 10 minutes after half—time and two minutes later Samir Nasri
fired in with the outside of his right foot from just inside the box
Manchester City wrapped the game up on the break in the 90th minute, Jesus Navas firing in Yaya Toure’s pass.
Manchester City players celebrate Jesus Navas' goal and a hard-fought victory at Wembley
Manchester City have now won the League Cup thrice. Earlier they beat West Bromwich Albion in the 1970 final and Newcastle United in 1976.
Manchester City were also losing finalists against Wolves in 1974
Sunderland had fought hard, and deserved great credit, but in the end individual quality told.
Squads
Manchester City
About Manuel Pellefrini
Manchester City have now won the League Cup thrice. Earlier they beat West Bromwich Albion in the 1970 final and Newcastle United in 1976.
Manchester City were also losing finalists against Wolves in 1974
Sunderland had fought hard, and deserved great credit, but in the end individual quality told.
Squads
Manchester City
- 30 Pantilimon
- 05 Zabaleta
- 13 Kolarov
- 42 Yaya Touré
- 04 Kompany
- 26 Demichelis
- 08 Nasri
- 25 Fernandinho
- 16 Agüero (Jesús Navas - 58' )
- 10 Dzeko (Negredo - 88' Booked )
- 21 Silva (Javi García - 77' )
- 25 Mannone
- 02 Bardsley
- 28 Alonso Booked
- 33 Cattermole (Giaccherini - 77' )
- 16 O'Shea
- 05 Brown
- 11 Johnson (Gardner - 60' )
- 07 Larsson (Fletcher - 60' )
- 31 Borini
- 04 Ki
- 14 Colback
About Manuel Pellefrini
- A defender, Manuel Pellegrini spent his entire playing career at Universidad Chile, making more than 450 appearances
- Retired in 1986 and took his first managerial role the following year at Palestino
- Has taken charge of 10 teams in total including Villarreal (2004-09), Real Madrid (2009-10) and Malaga
- Won league titles in Ecuador and Argentina and the Intertoto Cup with Villarreal in 2004
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