It was a hard-fought Manchester City win, as Pep Guardiola rotated his side for the first outing in this season's League Cup. It was a game that should have been sewn up by half-time, as the visitors wasted a plethora of good chances, and that allowed it to become a match that the hosts could have nicked back in the second half. In the end two goals from Leroy Sane were enough to push City past West Brom and into the fourth round of the Carabao Cup.
Positives
It took a lot of grit for City to dig out the win, especially when things started to go against them in the second half.