City took control of the Carabao Cup semi-final with a hard-fought win in the first leg at St James’ Park.
After a goal and assist on his debut this weekend, Semenyo was back on the scoresheet. The £62.5m January signing came in from close range just after the hour, following Tijjani Reijnders’ set-piece delivery. Semenyo’s goal made it 12th in all competitions for City and former club Bournemouth this season.
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— Manchester City (@ManCity) January 13, 2026
Guardiola was delighted with the 26-year-old’s efforts and stressed that he encourages the club’s wide players to repeatedly get into good goalscoring positions.
“I think he improved a lot at Bournemouth with Iraola with these kinds of sloppy goals; from the other side coming into the penalty area – Leroy [Sane]especially Raheem [Sterling]were extraordinary at that,” the Spaniard said of Semenyo’s goal.
“Jeremy [Doku] we always insist that he has to come to the penalty area… Savio, the wingers, we always encourage them to arrive there. It’s very important.
There is no secret to scoring goals: you have to bring people in front of the goal. There are no secrets about that. We scored one goal and another goal was not taken into consideration…’
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