Manuel Pellegrini secured his 1st major trophy with Manchester City when his squad defeated Sunderland on the finals of the Capital One Cup. The Wembley Stadium was set for both teams to lock horns and an early goal from Fabio Borini gave Sunderland the lead just after 10 minutes had passed but City got back in the game when Toure and Nasri scored at the 55th and 56th minute respectively and Jesus Navas sealed it off for Manchester City.
Yaya Toure’s equalizer was important not only for Manchester City but his career as well. The former Barcelona player confessed that it was the best goal that he has ever scored.
The Ivorian midfielder launched a thunderous shot from over 25 yards away that got its way into the top corner of Vito Mannone’s net. From there on out Manchester City started pushing forward and seemed to be energized by the memorable goal that Toure’s goal.
When Toure was asked if his goal against Sunderland was the best of his career, he replied:
“I think yes. It was important as well and it was fantastic and Samir scored a fantastic goal as well and I think we played very well today and deserved to win. It was unbelievable. We needed to win today, it was very important,”
“Sunderland made it difficult for us in the first half, but I think it’s unbelievable and we deserve it. The final is only one game, you need to enjoy it and you need to win it and I think today we showed we are a great team and we showed we can go until the end of the season.” Toure added.
With less than 11 Premier League matches left to be played before the champion can be announced, clubs have to pick up momentum in order to finish the campaign in a positive note and this will be even tougher for Manchester City as they have to face off against Manchester United, Arsenal, Southampton and Liverpool on successive weeks.