hopes of qualifying directly suffered a serious blow as they slumped to a 2-0 defeat away toGeorgia set the early tone for a high standard. In trademark Wade fashion, The Machine fought back to take the match the distance where the Welshman broke throw to cause an early surprise. Stokes was initially omitted from the party to head Down Under as he focused on his mental wellbeing and fully recovering from a finger injury, which required a second operation last month to remove two screws and scar tissue. After Keane escape punishment again for another challenge in the area on Bernardo Silva, City needed just 10 second-half minutes to double their lead and effectively put the game out of reach as Rodri's 25-yard thunderbolt swung away from the diving Pickford and into the top corner of the Everton net.