Early possibilities have been exchanged in a quiet opening with Ilkay Gundogan slipping a shot broad after Mohamed Salisu’s effort earlier than Duje Caleta-Automobile pressured Stefan Ortega right into a high-quality parry to disclaim his bouncing volley.
Southampton have been booed off of their final sport at St Mary’s however appeared a much more motivated crew from the off and took the lead after a scrappy interval of play on 23 minutes.
Lyanco stole possession to stride ahead and slot a high-quality cross for Sekou Mara to complete, marking his first aim for the membership.
It was 2-0 solely 5 minutes later when Moussa Djenepo was allowed to run by means of the absent City midfield and spot Ortega off his line, producing a superb chip from 25 yards out.
City held loads of possession in reply, clocking 72 per cent of the ball on the break, however with little to no finish product to talk of.
Kevin De Bruyne got here on in one in all three half-time substitutions from Guardiola, who had gained all 15 of his home cup quarter-finals as a supervisor earlier than tonight. Immediately, he discovered the beforehand nameless Julian Alvarez for a shot throughout aim.
It was solely ten minutes later when Erling Haaland was known as upon from the bench as Southampton dropped to a five-man defence.
But the guests have been surprisingly low vitality and entered the ultimate 20 minutes nonetheless with no shot heading in the right direction, Gavin Bazunu having fun with a high-quality evening within the Saints aim with excellent command of his field.
In reality, an ideal siege on the hosts’ aim was not forthcoming as a weak City pale out of rivalry for this 12 months’s Carabao Cup.
