We are still the Gatecrash City
REPORTS BOBBY Reid has warned Pep Guardiola that Bristol City are good enough to wreck his dreams of a quadruple.
Striker Reid says the Robins’ performance against Guardiola’s Manchester City in the first leg of the Carabao Cup semi-final has given Lee Johnson’s Championship high-fliers the confidence that they can finish the job at Ashton Gate and clinch an unlikely place at Wembley.
It took a last-gasp goal from substitute Sergio Aguero to earn City a slender 2-1 lead after Kevin De Bruyne had
With the crowd behind us, we can go through
cancelled penalty.
But Reid believes, with a sell-out crowd behind them, the Robins can add City to the scalps they have already taken on their remarkable run in this season’s competition, including Manchester United, Crystal Palace, Watford and Stoke.
“We still fancy ourselves to go through – 100 per cent,” he said. “The plan was to stay in the tie and not let them get too far ahead, and we’ve done that.
“With the crowd behind us at Ashton Gate, it will be a different atmosphere. It’s a closed-in stadium and the supporters are right on top of you. The fans will be buzzing and right behind us.
“We’ll still play with that energy and desire and who knows how it will go. There’s out Reid’s first-half only one goal in it. A 1-0 win would be enough to go through on away goals.
“We beat Manchester United and we have a chance. We have to take it to them. It gives us great confidence going a goal ahead and holding on for so long in the first leg.”
Aguero’s header denied the Robins the distinction of becoming only the fifth team to stop City winning in open play in domestic competition this season; Everton and Palace dug out draws in the Premier League while Wolves and Leicester held