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into the bottom corner.
LOOKED SLUGGISH
City had looked sluggish and there was little
evidence they were capable of dragging
themselves back into the tie before Fernandinho
restored parity on the night six minutes later.
Aguero's strike from outside the box cannoned
back into the path of the Brazilian midfielder
whose shot took a wicked deflection off Leighton
Baines and looped away from Everton keeper
Joel Robles into the net.
Far from inspiring a relentless City onslaught,
however, the goal did little to enliven the hosts,
although they did finally get some momentum at
the start of the second half before De Bruyne put
them 2-1 ahead on 70 minutes.
Replays, however, showed the goal should not
have stood as Raheem Sterling had let the ball
run out of play before pulling it back for the
Belgian substitute to lash home.
De Bruyne, who was carried off on a stretcher