Mahrez and Grealish overcome defiant Peterborough

Manchester City want to challenge for as many titles as possible this season and Pep Guardiola's side did their job at the Championship's bottom side Peterborough United.

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The Citizens were the absolute dominators of the match, but the home team forced them to sweat to get the victory. In fact, the locals were the first to have the first of the match. A long ball from the right to Fuchs, who beat Aké to the ball and was met by a great Ederson. The goalkeeper made a great low save to keep out what was a guaranteed goal.

That was the only threat for City, who gritted their teeth and began to combine more and more. Gündogan was one of the best of Guardiola's team and gave a real recital on the pitch. All the play went through the German and he even dared to show some quality.

For their part, Grealish and Gabriel Jesus, who had their chances, missed them. The British player was in fine form, while the Brazilian lacked a little more luck. The latter had a great chance just before halftime but failed to score in front of Benda.

Guardiola did not see anything clear and made two changes in defense to try to give some improvement to his team. Rúben Días and Aké suffered a lot and the coach from Santpedor decided to fix it. After settling that, City focused on attack and in just seven minutes they took the game. 

On the hour mark, the tie was broken

In the 60th minute, Mahrez burst down the right, forced Coulson to retreat, and, in front of three opponents, fired a low shot that beat his marker and the goalkeeper.

And when you score the first goal, the second is not long in coming. In the 67th minute, Foden, who was in midfield, lifted his head, saw Grealish on the edge of the box, and put a measured ball into space. The '10' controlled the ball with his first shot and beat the goalkeeper with a low shot. It was 0-2 and it was all over.

Despite having some advantage, the Birmingham player tried to score some more goals but could not achieve his purpose. The clearest chance came in the 87th minute after a great action on the right that Benda sent to a corner.

Manchester City are now in the quarterfinals and awaiting an opponent. Peterborough gave their best and said goodbye to the competition with honors after holding the Sky Blues for 59 minutes.

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