League Two

BUBBLY ROBINS STUN SAD STOKE

by
The LeaguePaper Team
24 September 2017

MIDWEEK ROUND-UP
By John Lyons
BRISTOL City and Leeds United knocked out Premier League opposition, but it wasn’t an easy week for EFL clubs in the Carabao Cup.
Lee Johnson’s City had beaten top-flight Watford in the second round and they followed that success up by taking the scalp of Stoke at Ashton Gate, running out deserved 2-0 winners.
Senegal striker Famara Diedhiou set the Robins on their way five minutes after the break when he nodded home from close range after Matty Taylor had hit the post. Ten minutes later, City doubled their lead when Diedhiou flicked the ball on an...

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