It made Pep Guardiola’s side the first team to deny Eddie Howe’s side from finding the back of the net on home soil in 2025/26.
And that could prove key as City head into the second leg of our Carabao Cup semi-final clashes with Newcastle with a two-goal advantage.
At the heart of City’s defence, Alleyne has been paired with Abdukodir Khusanov. And since Alleyne’s return from his loan at Championship outfit Watford, the 20-year-old Academy graduate has looked right at home.
He’s helped our boys in blue maintain our unbeaten run, beginning his senior City career with a 1-1 draw against Brighton two days after his homecoming. He then scored on his second successive start, kicking things off in our 10-1 triumph over Exeter in the FA Cup.
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And Tuesday evening saw him help City earn a vital clean sheet in what was a good test for the versatile defender.
“A good test,” said Guardiola when asked for his thoughts on Alleyne in his post-match press conference.
“With Wissa [Newcastle are] a transitions team and after with Nick Woltemade. With the ball he is extraordinary. Defensively I cannot be more grateful for Javi Garcia and Watford.
“The fact that he took those minutes. Yesterday, I said in the press conference, he was playing in the second team with the Academy with 10 people, going to Watford in the Championship with strikers with long balls.
“They [helped him] make a step up as a football player. Today was an incredibly good test.
“He has [Abdukodir] Khusanov and Nathan [Ake] alongside who are proper defenders and they help him a lot.
“With the ball and with Nico O’Reilly playing that position for the first time in two years. They played really good. First half people up front [did] not connect. Second half Erling and especially Antoine are much better.”
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