Bristol City vs Manchester City as it happened – EFL Cup semi-final second leg

Match report: City survive late scare to reach EFL Cup final

Sergio Aguero gets into some rough and tumble (AFP/Getty Images)

The first leg of this EFL Cup semi-final saw Bristol City give Manchester City one of the biggest frights of their relatively serene season.

Lee Johnson's team still lost 2-1, we shouldn't forget, but they showed enough to suggest there will be no easy ride for Manchester City into the final of the competition.

Pep Guardiola will continue with a slightly rotated team while Johnson will not be holding anything back at Ashton Gate. If the home side can resist conceding an early goal, it could just develop into a memorable night.

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[23 January 2018 20:07 · Liam Corless]

21' - Fernandinho goes into the referee's book for a foul on Bobby Reid.

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23' - Oleksandr Zinchenko tries his luck from distance but the City full-back's 20-yard effort goes wide of Luke Steele's near post.

[23 January 2018 20:16 · Liam Corless]

28' - That's superb goalkeeping.

David Silva overlaps Leroy Sane in the inside left channel and is picked out by the German before unleashing a driven low shot across goal. However, Robins 'keeper Luke Steele makes a really good save down low to his left to keep the score level on the night.

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Bristol City's Bailey Wright vies for the ball with Manchester City's Kevin De Bruyne 

[23 January 2018 20:22 · Liam Corless]

35' - Fernandinho tells his Manchester City teammates he's had enough of their patient build-up play as he attempts to break the deadlock from 30 yards. Perhaps expectedly, the ball sails well over the crossbar.

[23 January 2018 20:24 · Liam Corless]

37' - Aden Flint gets his head to Hordur Magnusson's long throw-in but the Bristol City defender can't get enough power behind his header and Claudio Bravo catches the ball comfortably.

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39' - Kevin De Bruyne plays a really tidy one-two with David Silva on the edge of the area but follows it up with a poor shot that dribbles wide of Luke Steele's near post.

[23 January 2018 20:27 · Liam Corless]

Manchester City's John Stones controls the ball under pressure from Bristol City's Bobby Reid 

[23 January 2018 20:29 · Liam Corless]

41' - Bernardo Silva crafts an opportunity for himself as he jinks into the penalty area and onto his left foot. However, his drilled shot deflects straight at Luke Steele.

[23 January 2018 20:29 · Liam Corless]

GOAL! Bristol City 0-1 Manchester City (Agg: 1-3) (Sane)

43' ​- Hordur Magnusson dithers on the ball inside the Bristol City penalty area and that allows Bernardo Silva to dispossess him. The ball then deflects into the path of Leroy Sane, who powers a shot home with his right foot from 12 yards.

That goal could've been so easily avoided if Magnusson had just cleared his lines.