Manchester City kept their hopes of winning a fourth consecutive Carabao Cup (EFL Cup) alive after overcoming Manchester United 2-0 in their semi-final at Old Trafford on Wednesday (Jan 6).
Manchester City deservedly beat Manchester United to reach the Carabao Cup final and will now face Tottenham Hotspur 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 Man 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, Apr 25.
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.
