EFL Cup: Manchester City Beat Preston To Advance To Fourth Round

Manchester City claimed a big and comfortable 3-0 away victory against Preston and progress to the Fourth Round of the EFL Cup.

Preston was seemingly dominated over by City with Raheem Sterling opening the scoring for the side and contributed to widening the margin with an assist that paved the way to two more goals being added in the first half.

The English player delivered a superb finish from inside the box, lashing the ball home to give City the lead earlier into the match and assisted in the doubling the lead with a pass to Jesus to smash into the goal from close range.

Preston conceded the third goal before the break as Ryan Ledson deflected in David Silva's shot from inside the area for an own goal inspired by Sterling's pass inside the box.

The hosts came close to getting a goal in the second with a shot from Josh Harrop clipping the bar as City held on to the lead and progressed to win the match in the absence of players like Sergio Aguero and Kevin De Bruyne.

In another fixture, Arsenal claimed a big 5-0 win against Nottingham Forest with two goals from Gabriel Martinelli on debut appearance for the side, so also did Holding, Hector Bellerin and Kieran Tierney score in the home victory.

City won the competition last season in the domestic English treble won by the team to become the first English club ever to have accomplish that.