Rulli Saves Two Penalties As Manchester City Beat Brighton, Reach EFL Cup Quarterfinals
Manchester City shrugged off a hard-fighting Brighton, winning 4-3 on penalties after a thrilling 2-2 draw, and advanced to the EFL (Carabao) Cup quarter-finals. Brighton were enterprising from the start, and attempted shots at the goal several times before they found a breakthrough. Meanwhile, Manchester City did not change their game plane and restored level terms. Manchester City needed to stay in the game when Brighton took the lead in the 30th minute. Rutter picked out Malick Yalcouye inside the box, and the midfielder finished off from a close range to give his side the lead. Ten minutes later, Mateo Kovacic restored level terms. Phil Foden laid the ball into his path, and Kovacic struck a right footed effort from outside the box into the bottom-left corner. Shortly after the halftime break, Brighton regained the lead. Jaouen Hadjam slipped the ball to Rutter, who fired a right footed shot into the bottom right corner. City struggled to turn their possessi...
