Man City vs Liverpool LIVE: Carabao Cup result and score as City win thriller to reach quarter-finals
Man City 3-2 Liverpool: Erling Haaland and Mo Salah both scored but it was City who edged into the last eight
Manchester City narrowly beat Liverpool 3-2 in a Carabao Cup round of 16 thriller, as Pep Guardiola and Jurgen Klopp’s teams played their first competitive fixture since the World Cup.
City’s four-year grip on the Carabao Cup trophy came to an end last season when Liverpool won the competition for the first time in a decade but they got revenge as Erling Haaland, Riyad Mahrez and Nathan Ake all scored for the hosts at the Etihad.
Liverpool had twice hit back after going a goal behind, with Fabio Carvalho and then Mohamed Salah equalising for the visitors, but Ake’s 58th-minute header from Kevin De Bruyne’s incredible cross made the lead stick.
City go into the quarter-final draw later this season alongside the likes of Manchester United, Leicester and Newcastle and will surely now be favourites to go all the way.
Relive all the action with our live blog below:
Full-time: Man City 3-2 Liverpool
90+4 mins: Manchester City hold on! They’ve knocked the Carabao Cup holders out of the competition in a barnstorming game under the lights at the Etihad Stadium.
There were goals for Erling Haaland, Fabio Carvalho, Riyad Mahrez and Mo Salah but it was Nathan Ake’s headed effort that decided the game.
Man City reach the quarter-finals and go into the draw for the next round which is coming up shortly.
Man City 3-2 Liverpool
90 mins: There’s four minutes of added time to play. Keita slips a pass into the penalty area for Nunez but Stefan Ortega flies off his line and pounces on the ball before the Liverpool forward can get to it.
Man City 3-2 Liverpool
87 mins: Bernardo Silva comes on to replace Manchester City’s Ilkay Gundogan for the final few minutes of the game. There’s three minutes plus a couple for stoppage time to go.
Can Liverpool score again and force the match into penalties?
Man City 3-2 Liverpool
84 mins: Shot! Man City are piling on the pressure. The feed the ball out to Mahrez on the right side. Mahrez weaves into the box before cutting it back to De Bruyne who smokes a shot towards goal and sees it bocked by Fabinho.
The ball comes loose to Foden who lets fly with a shot of his own but Kelleher is on hand to turn it wide.
Man City 3-2 Liverpool
81 mins: City burst forward on the counter attack with De Bruyne in possession. He cuts the ball across to Mahrez who lays it off to Foden but the substitute has it nicked away on the edge of the box.
Man City 3-2 Liverpool
78 mins: Oh my. Rodri and Fabinho collide in the middle of the pitch after a challenge from the Liverpool midfielder. Fabinho wraps his legs around Rodri and hooks him to ground.
The Man City squares up to Fabinho and pushes him over causing a bunch of players to swarm the two and separate them.
The referee gets control of the situation and both players are shown yellow cards.
Man City 3-2 Liverpool
75 mins: He’s been preparing a couple of subs for a while and now Pep Guardiola calls for reinforcements. Phil Foden and Jack Grealish both come on replacing Cole Palmer and Erling Haaland.
15 minutes or so to play and City maintain a slender grip on this game.
Man City 3-2 Liverpool
73 mins: Chance! Liverpool should be level. Joe Gomez threads the ball down the line and slips Darwin Nunez in behind. Nunez carries the ball into the box and looks to square it.
There’s no-one around to receive the ball so Nunez has to shoot and he hooks his effort wide of the far post!
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