Hart praises Sagna after City win

The goals they have been missing away from home are because he has been injured or not performing.

However, with only ten minutes remaining City kicked into life as Yaya Toure and Aguero scored in quick succession to reverse the result.

Ighalo forced Mangala to concede a corner, the striker arguably pushing the defender as they chased the ball towards the end line. Then, just two minutes later, Sergio Aguero produced a fantastic header from an equally superb Bacary Sagna cross to secure a hard-fought, precious win for the title-chasers.

Watford similarly began the second half with greater promise.

“The Stoke game [a 2-0 defeat on 5 December] and games like that give you a bad feeling”.

Moments later Watford went ahead as Watson whipped in a corner to the near post and the ball flicked off Kolarov’s head and into his own net.

The crucial moment of the game came in the 79th minute though, and it was one Watford midfielder Etienne Capoue will rue.

Two Belgium internationals have impressed in the competition to help their teams to the final four, with Kevin De Bruyne scoring four times for City and Romelu Lukaku netting three goals for Everton. “That’s football and sometimes it happens to a coach or manager”. Today is a very sad, the players deserved more.

Manuel Pellegrini: “The players don’t have to be in bed my midnight”.

Watford manager Quique Flores has backed Manchester City to win the Premier League title this season. “He is one of the best players in the world”.

On that occasion goals from Raheem Sterling and Fernandinho settled the contest after the break with the Hornets failing to test City keeper Hart. Last season he was the main target when we were not performing and it isn’t fair. Surrounded by such quality, he should be thriving, but he looked disinterested and frustrated, and was substituted on the hour mark. NEXT UP: Newcastle (h) FAC, Sat. I’ve always said this team has character and will never give up. We are unlucky to be one goal down after a goal that was not a corner and a goal that was an own goal. We must be thinking game by game.

“Aguero needs two to three games to return to his normal level of performance”, Pellegrini told the BBC.

“We are not sending messages to anyone – we go game by game and we must stay focused”. Let us know by dropping a comment below via our Facebook comment box. “We win as a team and lose as a team”.

Pellegrini said: “He is a big player for us”.

So, what else did we learn? I thought so in the first leg (half of the season).