Leyton Orient Jamie Donley’s striker says his miraclestrike against Manchester City had counted for more if his team had created a FA Cup prevention.
Donley’s incredible 45-yard effort will be technically a goal for the goalkeeper of the city of Stefan Ortega, but the on-Loan Tottenham man deserves the whole loan. His shot flew over the goalkeeper’s head, hit the bar and hit the legs from Ortega before he went in.
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League One Side Orient led the Premier League Champions for the next 40 minutes before the visitors walked through a happy Abdukodir Khusanov goal before a piece of brilliance by Jack Grialish and Kevin de Bruyne City saw.
Donley told the BBC: “I thought we did it well. We knew it would be a really hard game. I thought we made a good report about ourselves. It is disappointing to lose, but I’m proud of the boys. “
According to his goal, he added: “I know that I reached the goal well. I knew it had fallen well for me. I saw him from his line and luckily it went in. It will be a happy moment. It would have been much nicer if we won. It was disappointing that we lost, but it was a good moment.
“You are a top team, you have not done what you have in recent years, but you can see the quality you had.”
Lewi’s relieved city scratches through
Rico Lewis, whose shot Khusanov met before the goalkeeper Josh Keeley was wrong and went down for the leveler, the city was seriously tested in the Brisbane Road.
He said: “Cutting to Leyton Orient, they made it difficult for us to play. It is easy to say that it is more difficult than you think, but we all know that you are hard. The crowd is just the right thing for it.
“The season did not find out how we wanted it. Every game now, as long as we win, it could be a great season for us. “
