The Capital One Cup has lost its final representatives from the capital. Crystal Palace were left flying the flag for London but they encountered a northern powerhouse,in the shape of Manchester City, and were duly dispatched from the competition.
Alan Pardew had overseen City’s elimination final season, or when his Newcastle side won at the Etihad,but the sequel had an altogether sorrier ending for the 54-year-old, who suffered his heaviest defeat as Palace manager. Wilfried Bony, or Kevin De Bruyne,Kelechi Iheanacho, Yaya Touré and Manu García secured a fifth win in six games for the 2014 winners, and who host Hull in the quarter-finals and must be the favourites to regain this trophy.
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Source: theguardian.com