Carabao Cup draw LIVE: Manchester United and Newcastle discover semi-final opponents
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The Carabao Cup enters the semi-final stage following tonight’s last two quarter-finals that saw Nottingham Forest beat Wolves on penalties and Southampton stunning Manchester City. Forest and Saints join Newcastle and Manchester United in the last four as the league cup reaches the business end of the competition.
There will be a new winner of the trophy this season after Liverpool were knocked out by Manchester City in the fourth round abefore City’s exit that means they won’t add to their record of winning the Carabao Cup in four of the previous five seasons.
On Tuesday night Newcastle swept Leicester aside as Manchester United beat Charlton to reach the semi-finals with the draw for those two matches coming up at the conclusion of tonight’s matches. The draw will be broadcast on Sky Sports with the semi-final first legs scheduled in for the week commencing 23rd January.
Follow the Carabao Cup semi-final draw below:
Southampton 1-0 Man City
27 mins: Close! A misplaced pass gives the ball back to Southampton where it comes to Ibrahima Diallo in the middle of the pitch. He turns the ball towards the Man City goal before sliding a pass in between Kalvin Phillips and Aymeric Laporte.
James Ward-Prowse makes the run but the pass is too heavy and Stefan Ortega comes out to scoop up the ball.
Southampton 1-0 Man City
26 mins: That opening goal could be crucial for Southampton’s chances tonight. They’ve now got something to hold onto but should tell themselves it’s still 0-0.
The Saints need to keep up this tempo and verve and hope to nick a second goal before they can think about defending a lead. City are too good at breaking teams down to take the risk at 1-0.
GOAL! Southampton 1-0 Man City (Mara, 23’)⚽️
23 mins: Great goal from the Saints!
Twice Southampton recover the ball in the middle of the pitch before Lyanco steps up and drives towards the Manchester City penalty area down the inside right channel.
He curls a low pass into the box where Sekou Mara sprints in front of Kyle Walker and turns the ball into the back of the net with a powerfully hit strike!
Southampton 0-0 Man City
21 mins: Pep Guardiola won’t be worried but he’ll be a little unnerved by how confident Southampton are playing. The home side have been the better team so far.
Southampton 0-0 Man City
18 mins: Southampton are giving this a good go tonight. They don’t look scared to take the attack to Manchester City and are keeping a solid shape when forced to defend.
Lyanco flicks a pass over the top and picks out Sekou Mara in the penalty area. He brings the ball under control, spins around Kyle Walker then hooks a shoot wide of the far post!
Decent chance that one.
Southampton 0-0 Man City
15 mins: Moussa Djenepo gets clipped as he tries to work the ball through midfield. He goes down and Southampton win a free kick.
James Ward-Prowse guides it over to the right where Djenepo turns the ball up to Adam Armstrong. He spins into space and whips a pacey cross into the box but City manage to clear the danger.
Southampton 0-0 Man City
12 mins: In the other quarter-final of the night Nottingham Forest have taken the lead over Wolves and it’s the former Wolves defender, Willy Boly, who has the opening goal. Forest lead 1-0.
Ilkay Gundogan tries to weave his way into the left side of the penalty area but Lyanco nicks the ball away from him and Gavin Bazunu clears the Southampton lines.
Southampton 0-0 Man City
9 mins: Save! A corner from Southampton is played short then worked into the box from the right wing.
The ball bounces off a coupe of heads before dropping kindly to Duje Caleta-Car who smokes a left-footed shot at goal and forces a low, sharp stop out of Stefan Ortega who palms it wide of goal.
Southampton 0-0 Man City
6 mins: Chance! Mohammed Salisu dallies too long on the ball and is closed down by Phil Foden who blocks the attempted pass forward.
Cole Palmer gets to the loose ball and drives into the penalty area before sliding it across to the arriving Ilkay Gundogan. Gundogan shoots first time but pulls his effort wide of the far post!
Southampton 0-0 Man City
3 mins: Corner to Man City! Joao Cancelo looks to play the ball inside from the right wing but his pass is cut out by a back-tracking Adam Armstong. He clears the ball but belts it towards his own byline and gives away the first corner of the game.
Phil Foden swings in the set piece but Southampton’s tall centre-backs win the aerial ball and nod it away.
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