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Man Utd 0-2 Man City: Pep Guardiola’s side reach Carabao Cup final

Man Utd 0-2 Man City: Pep Guardiola’s side reach Carabao Cup final
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John Stones scores for Man City
John Stones scored his first goal since the World Cup in 2018

Manchester City deservedly beat Manchester United to reach the Carabao Cup final and will now face Tottenham at Wembley as they look to win the competition for a fourth straight year.

Second-half goals from John Stones and Fernandinho secured their progress as City cut loose after a first period in which both sides had goals disallowed.

Stones exposed poor United set-piece defending when he nudged home Phil Foden’s free-kick from close range five minutes after the restart.

Pep Guardiola’s side looked the more likely scorers afterwards, despite United’s increasing desperation, and when Anthony Martial and Aaron Wan-Bissaka could only combine to clear a corner to the edge of their own box, Fernandinho drilled a first-time volley into the bottom corner from 20 yards.

City will equal Liverpool’s record of winning the League Cup four times in a row if they beat Jose Mourinho’s Spurs on Sunday, 25 April.

It will be a first final meeting between Guardiola and Mourinho since 2011, when the current Spurs boss’ Real Madrid side denied Barcelona the treble by winning the Copa del Rey.

It was a disappointing night for United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, whose side have now lost four cup semi-finals in the past 12 months and failed to heed their manager’s call to win some silverware as tangible proof of their recent improvement.

Fitting tribute to a City legend

In a sense, it was fitting these two old rivals should meet the day after the death of Colin Bell.

The brilliant former England midfielder was part of Manchester City’s ‘Holy Trinity’ in an era where United also had one.

Bell won the League Cup in 1970, when he scored in a semi-final win against United and, sadly, his career was wrecked by a tackle in a derby.

Manchester United and Manchester City player's observing a minute's silence for Colin Bell
Manchester United and Manchester City paid tribute to Colin Bell with a minute’s silence before the match

There are not many box-to-box players like Bell now but, even though he was again deployed in a false nine role, Kevin de Bruyne is a worthy heir to a man City supporters called “the King”.

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The Belgian’s shot, which thudded off the post at such pace it bounced straight out to Wan-Bissaka, who was fully 12 yards away from his goal, was majestic in its brutality.

It was the high point of a first half City dominated in terms of possession, though they did have two goals ruled out because of offside compared with their hosts’ one.

Stones was an unlikely candidate to break the deadlock given it was over three years since the centre-back’s last goal, but it underlined the resurgence in his game after spending almost 18 months on the periphery of Guardiola’s squad.

Joao Cancelo and Riyad Mahrez both went close to doubling City’s lead before Fernandinho did, although even before that the visitors seemed to have the tie in their own form of lockdown.


Solskjaer’s semi-final sorrow

For United, this was another disappointing semi-final defeat – a fourth in the past year for Solskjaer after also losing a two-legged tie to City in last season’s EFL Cup, going down to Chelsea in the 2019-20 FA Cup and also being beaten by Sevilla in the Europa League last four.

That will be too many for the Norwegian’s liking. Sir Alex Ferguson only lost six in his entire 26 years as United boss.

The hosts were probably reasonably satisfied with the first half – although City had the majority of the ball, United had more shots.

Their problem was that, other than an early Bruno Fernandes effort from Scott McTominay’s reverse pass which brought a full length save from Zach Steffen, they did not threaten the City goal. And they could not cope after the break when the visitors turned the screw.

Unusually, Fernandes struggled to have an impact and Paul Pogba failed to step up from support role to main man.

Manchester United's Fernandes and Maguire
Bruno Fernandes has scored 19 goals in 30 appearances since joining Manchester United in January 2020

While United’s nine-man bench was stronger, they badly missed the big game experience of striker Edinson Cavani, who is serving a three-game ban.

If there is a consolation, it comes in knowing victory at Burnley on Tuesday will take them three points clear at the top of the Premier League.

But Solskjaer knows the quest for that honour is not at the halfway stage – and until a prize is won, questions about his suitability for the biggest of jobs will continue to be asked.

What’s next?

Both teams are in FA Cup action next. Manchester United’s host Watford on Saturday (20:00 GMT kick off), while Manchester City entertain another Championship side, Birmingham, the following day (13:30).

Player of the match

Rúben DiasRúben Dias

with an average of 7.49

Manchester United

  1. Squad number26Player nameHenderson
    Average rating

    5.04

  2. Squad number18Player nameBruno Fernandes
    Average rating

    4.25

  3. Squad number34Player namevan de Beek
    Average rating

    4.23

  4. Squad number10Player nameRashford
    Average rating

    4.19

  5. Squad number29Player nameWan-Bissaka
    Average rating

    4.19

  6. Squad number11Player nameGreenwood
    Average rating

    4.01

  7. Squad number17Player nameFred
    Average rating

    3.91

  8. Squad number39Player nameMcTominay
    Average rating

    3.90

  9. Squad number23Player nameShaw
    Average rating

    3.89

  10. Squad number2Player nameLindelöf
    Average rating

    3.86

  11. Squad number6Player namePogba
    Average rating

    3.77

  12. Squad number5Player nameMaguire
    Average rating

    3.60

  13. Squad number9Player nameMartial
    Average rating

    3.18

Manchester City

  1. Squad number3Player nameRúben Dias
    Average rating

    7.49

  2. Squad number17Player nameDe Bruyne
    Average rating

    7.46

  3. Squad number5Player nameStones
    Average rating

    7.46

  4. Squad number47Player nameFoden
    Average rating

    6.98

  5. Squad number25Player nameFernandinho
    Average rating

    6.98

  6. Squad number8Player nameGündogan
    Average rating

    6.83

  7. Squad number13Player nameSteffen
    Average rating

    6.59

  8. Squad number27Player nameJoão Cancelo
    Average rating

    6.52

  9. Squad number26Player nameMahrez
    Average rating

    6.42

  10. Squad number11Player nameZinchenko
    Average rating

    6.39

  11. Squad number16Player nameRodri
    Average rating

    6.19

  12. Squad number7Player nameSterling
    Average rating

    5.97

Line-ups

Man Utd

Formation 4-3-1-2

26Henderson

29Wan-Bissaka2Lindelöf5Maguire23Shaw

17Fred39McTominay6Pogba

18Bruno Fernandes

10Rashford9Martial

  • 26Henderson
  • 29Wan-Bissaka
  • 2Lindelöf
  • 5Maguire
  • 23ShawBooked at 90mins
  • 17FredBooked at 69minsSubstituted forvan de Beekat 88′minutes
  • 39McTominaySubstituted forGreenwoodat 75′minutes
  • 6Pogba
  • 18Bruno Fernandes
  • 10Rashford
  • 9Martial

Substitutes

  • 1de Gea
  • 3Bailly
  • 8Mata
  • 11Greenwood
  • 21James
  • 27Telles
  • 31Matic
  • 34van de Beek
  • 38Tuanzebe

Man City

Formation 3-5-2

13Steffen

5Stones3Rúben Dias11Zinchenko

7Sterling27Cancelo25Fernandinho8Gündogan47Foden

17De Bruyne26Mahrez

  • 13Steffen
  • 5Stones
  • 3Rúben Dias
  • 11Zinchenko
  • 7Sterling
  • 27CanceloBooked at 78mins
  • 25FernandinhoBooked at 48mins
  • 8Gündogan
  • 47Foden
  • 17De Bruyne
  • 26MahrezSubstituted forRodriat 79′minutes

Substitutes

  • 2Walker
  • 9Gabriel Jesus
  • 10Agüero
  • 16Rodri
  • 22Mendy
  • 61Nmecha
  • 78Harwood-Bellis
  • 79Mbete
  • 85Trafford

Referee:
Martin Atkinson

Match Stats

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