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Manager pep guardiola Omar Marmoush opened his goal account for the season as Manchester City progressed to the Carabao Cup quarter-finals with a 3–1 win, giving them a welcome boost. swansea,
Marmosh was put into the role of main striker erling holland South Wales rested and Swansea threatened the upset through Goncalo Franco’s 12th-minute opener, before City responded with a vital second goal.
jeremy doku The equalizer came just before half-time, but City’s relentless pressure and probing yielded not a second until Marmoush cleverly latched onto Ryan Cherki’s 77th-minute pass and fired at the near post.
Cherki confirmed City’s victory in the third minute of stoppage time – and Guardiola’s side will now host Brentford in the last eight in mid-December.
“With him with that system, with the five at the back, with the center defenders all around, with Erling, he knows perfectly well how to be patient,” Guardiola said. egypt Striker Marmoush, who suffered a knee injury during the international break in early September, returned to action last week.
“How to be in small spaces, how to be consistent, to make runs from the back. We have incredibly good delivery with Phil (Foden), especially with Ryan Cherky and, of course, Nico Gonzalez.
“It’s getting better and better. I’m more than happy for him because a striker needs goals and it will be important for his confidence.
“He has been injured for a long time and of course it is important to play in Erling’s position.
“We know in many games we need both of them and it’s great to have him back.”
Franco rewarded Swansea with a fine display in the opening half hour, beating James Trafford from the edge of the box to head home the City goal.
But Doku’s deflected drive restored parity and the visitors set up camp in the Swans’ half after the interval, although it was 13 minutes before the Championship side took the tie to penalties when Marmosh scored his first City goal since May.
Guardiola said: “We started with really good pace. We weren’t flat but they were better.
“In this competition (in the first minutes), the home team always takes the lead and they deserved a goal.
“I would say they were impressive but (after) 20-25 minutes we win the game.”
Swansea are 13th in the Sky Bet Championship and Trafford made a good stop to prevent Melker Videl from doubling their lead on the half-hour.
Head coach Alan Sheehan said: “We started incredibly well on the front foot and we had chances to make it 2-0.
“You have to be perfect because of the pressure they put on you.
“They made you camp in these areas and we ended up running out of some energy.
“We wanted this game. We’ve won three games to get here and you want to test yourself against the best but you have to understand the quality they have.”