Riyad Mahrez makes Man City admission following cup victory over Liverpool FC

Man City advanced to the quarter-finals of the Carabao Cup after overcoming Liverpool on Thursday night.

Manchester City winger Riyad Mahrez applauded the Blues’ attitude following the Carabao Cup Round of 16 triumph over Liverpool on Thursday night.

Pep Guardiola’s side advanced in the opposition with a 3-2 win over Jurgen Klopp’s men, with Erling Haaland, Riyad Mahrez and Nathan Ake all getting on the scoresheet for the home side.

Liverpool evened out procedures on two events at the Etihad, however the Blues started to lead the pack for the third and last time in the 58th moment and had the option to see the rest of the tie out.

Mahrez, who was one of few City players not in at the World Cup in Qatar, was quick to laud his teammates for the mindset they displayed after over a month without cutthroat activity.

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“Everybody returned with a decent mindset and prepared to begin once more,” Mahrez told Sky Sports. “It was an extreme rival to begin with yet we’ve finished the work and we were particularly, last part, and after the third goal we kept an excellent, we were excellent protectively and halted them to score a third goal so we’re blissful.”

Examining his goal against the Merseyside outfit, the 31-year-old added: “It is in every case great to score and assist the team with winning. I think generally speaking we were excellent and we merited the win.”

Ake likewise commended the battling execution of the Blues against Liverpool, recommending that it was promising to see the speed that the Blues worked at in the Carabao Cup clash.

“We had relatively little preparation so it was extreme eventually, a tad of issue to a great extent, however no, everybody battled well and it was great to see players like Riyad who’ve been off for a brief period and coming in with the speed they had, it was great to see,” the Dutchman said.

City, who have won the tournament in four of the last five seasons, will go head to head against Southampton in the following round of the opposition following the victory over Klopp’s side.