Following Thursday night’s Carabao Cup Round of 16 victory over Liverpool, Manchester City winger Riyad Mahrez has lauded the Blues’ mentality.
Erling Haaland, Riyad Mahrez, and Nathan Ake all scored as Pep Guardiola’s team defeated Jurgen Klopp’s team 3-2 to advance in the competition.
Liverpool levelled proceedings on two occasions at the Etihad, but the Blues took the lead for the third and final time in the 58th minute and were able to see the remainder of the tie out.
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Mahrez, who was one of few City players not in action at the World Cup in Qatar, was keen to praise his teammates for the mentality they showed after more than a month without competitive action.
“Everyone came back with a good mentality and ready to start again,” Mahrez told Sky Sports.
“It was a tough opponent to start with but we’ve done the job and we were especially, second half, and after the third goal we kept a very good, we were very good defensively and stopped them to score a third goal so we’re happy.”
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Discussing his goal against the Merseyside outfit, the 31-year-old added: “It is always good to score and help the team to win.
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“I think overall we were very good and we deserved the win.”
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