In the 81st minute of today’s League Cup final between Manchester City and Tottenham, Aymeric Laporte netted the decisive goal to break Spurs fans’ hearts.
With a free-kick awarded deep on the left-wing, Kevin de Bruyne floated a trademark dangerous ball into the box, to which Laporte surged onto and headed the ball into the back of the net.
The centre-back started some way out but saw his jog effectively ignored by Moussa Sissoko, who was dominated by Laporte in the air after realising the danger too late and barely getting off the ground.
This comes after the Sky Sports panel admitted the Frenchman was ‘lucky’ not to have been sent off in the first-half for a pair of fouls.
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LAPORTE HEADS CITY IN FRONT!
Aymeric Laporte beats Sissoko to De Bruyne’s cross and nods it home. Will that be the winner? ?
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— Sky Sports Football (@SkyFootball) April 25, 2021
Pictures from Sky Sports and beIN Sports.
? “He should be sent off.”@MicahRichards Michael Dawson & Jamie Redknapp in agreement that Laporte was lucky not to be sent off #CarabaoCupFinal pic.twitter.com/Pyb1Sni915
— Football Daily (@footballdaily) April 25, 2021
Pep Guardiola’s men have now secured the League Cup trophy for the fourth consecutive season, the Citizens are becoming near unstoppable in the domestic cup competitions.
Stupidity of levy !! Cos of a few million quid , u shud sack mou only after keeping the league cup in yr cabinet!!
Let mou win the cup first !!
Now Spurs go another year without a cup .
Levy out!!!
If La Porte had been booked for first tackle he wouldn’t have made the second tackle so NO red card.
Why did the so called official ! Not give LAPORTE a 1st card .
Please can you explain ?