• Footage showed two City fans making Munich gestures• Solskjær: ‘We want rivalry but keep it at a sane level’Manchester City plotted a nervy course into the Carabao Cup final against Aston Villa after losing 1-0 on the night to Manchester United at th…
With Manchester City threatening to overrun United in the first half, Solskjær tweaked United’s shape and earned his reward with the winning goalIn this second leg a place in the Carabao Cup final beckoned for the team whose manager plotted the better …
With Manchester City threatening to overrun United in the first half, Solskjær tweaked United’s shape and earned his reward with the winning goalIn this second leg a place in the Carabao Cup final beckoned for the team whose manager plotted the better …
Remember Paris, Pep Guardiola had cautioned after his Manchester City team’s 3-1 first-leg victory in this Carabao Cup semi-final. Remember Paris, Ole Gunnar Solskjær had trumpeted in the countdown to the second leg. It could be done.His Manchester Uni…
Updates from the second leg kicking off at 7.45pm GMTWe need to be ‘perfect’ at City, says SolskjærLive scoreboard: the latest from Wednesday’s gamesAnd you can email Scott here with your thoughts 7.19pm GMT Ole Gunnar Solskjaer speaks. First on the Br…
• Trézéguet’s late winner sends club to Carabao Cup final• ‘If we could go and lift the trophy I’ll be a very proud man’Dean Smith, an Aston Villa supporter long before he became the club’s manager, said he “certainly let myself go” when Trézéguet scor…
Dean Smith gave his new forward Mbwana Samatta his debut yet Jack Grealish showed again he is the heartbeat of the teamThey came to see the new signing Mbwana Samatta but left talking about a player whose roots lie much closer to home. Jack Grealish wa…
How about this for a rebuttal to Pep Guardiola’s argument for scrapping the Carabao Cup? If Manchester City make the final, the Catalan may discuss the issue face to face with Dean Smith, whose Aston Villa will be at Wembley thanks to a spectacular sto…
Carabao Cup semi-final updates (first leg: 1-1)Live scoreboard: the latest from Tuesday’s matchesAnd you can email Rob here with your thoughts 5.41pm GMT Hello and welcome to live coverage of the Carabao Cup semi-final second leg between Aston Villa an…
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• Manchester City lead 3-1 from Carabao Cup semi-final first leg• Manager recalls PSG comeback and recent victory at CityOle Gunnar Solskjær has admitted Manchester United require a “perfect performance” to knock Manchester City out of the Carabao Cup …
• Rodgers could risk Vardy for Carabao Cup semi-final second leg• Scores at 1-1 after first leg at King Power StadiumLeicester City’s ambition for this season is to qualify for the Champions League while Aston Villa’s main aim is to stave off relegatio…
Pep Guardiola’s call is well placed and better still would be for a streamlined FA Cup to emerge with the final in FebruaryWhen Jürgen Klopp was asked last week for his thoughts on the Africa Cup of Nations being moved to January next year he spoke uni…
• Manchester City manager says schedule is causing injuries• ‘Less games, less competitions, more quality, less quantity’Pep Guardiola believes the League Cup should be dispensed with for the good of English football. The Manchester City manager says t…
The midfielder delivered a mature performance in the 1-1 draw with Leicester, in front of the watching Gareth SouthgateSo then, just who exactly will face Manchester City in the Carabao Cup final this year? On a chilly, wet and fervent east Midlands ni…
The midfielder delivered a mature performance in the 1-1 draw with Leicester, in front of the watching Gareth SouthgateSo then, just who exactly will face Manchester City in the Carabao Cup final this year? On a chilly, wet and fervent east Midlands ni…
Brendan Rodgers warned that his evolving side would not get anywhere without learning how to suffer. Aston Villa put them to the test here, as they defied the form book and a spate of injuries to inflict serious hardship on their hosts. For a long time…
Updates from the first leg kicking off at 8pmRodgers aiming to liberate Leicester in trophy huntAnd you can email Simon here or tweet him here 7.36pm GMT Dean Smith has a chat. It sounds like a bus-parking exercise is in store:We haven’t got any centre…
• Centre-back suffered problem in FA Cup draw at Wolves• Marcus Rashford says United can recover in Carabao Cup semiHarry Maguire faces a prolonged period out after tearing a hip muscle, adding yet another name to Manchester United’s list of injured de…
• Guardiola’s tactical switch helped City surge into three-goal lead• ‘We did 15 minutes this morning [on tactics] – that’s about it’Kevin De Bruyne has revealed it took all of 15 minutes in training for Pep Guardiola to plan Manchester City’s 3-1 maul…
