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:
Carabao Cup quarter-final draw
The draw for the next round of the Carabao Cup takes place at the conclusion of Manchester City vs Liverpool.
Seven teams are already through with Charlton Athletic the only non-Premier League side still in the competition after they defeated Brighton in a penalty shootout last night.
Also through are Manchester United and Newcastle who will both have eyes on winning this competition.
Fifa investigating Salt Bae’s ‘undue access’ to pitch after World Cup final
Fifa is investigating how celebrity chef Salt Bae and others gained “undue access” to the pitch after the World Cup final in Qatar.
Salt Bae, a Turkish chef and restaurateur whose real name is Nusret Gokce, was pictured holding and kissing the World Cup trophy alongside Argentina players after their win over France.
The Fifa World Cup Trophy, which is made of solid gold and depicts two figures holding up the globe, can only be touched and held by a select group of people. This includes former winners and heads of state, according to Fifa.
Football fans were infuriated after Mr Gokce, who is also a social media personality, was seen “grabbing” Argentina’s star player Lionel Messi on the pitch.
Fifa investigating Salt Bae’s ‘undue access’ to pitch after World Cup final
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HT Man City 1-1 Liverpool
Erling Haaland capitalised on Man City’s early dominance to send them in front before Fabio Carvalho equalised for Liverpool.
Half-time: Man City 1-1 Liverpool
45+2 mins: Cole Palmer is confident enough to bring the ball into the box and take a shot for Man City but he doesn’t catch it right and fizzes his chance over the crossbar.
At the other end Andy Robertson swings a free kick into the box and picks out Darwin Nunez who sidefoots a volley wide of the back post.
The whistle goes to end the first half and the teams head into the break on level terms.
Man City 1-1 Liverpool
44 mins: There is no VAR in this match as a way of levelling the playing field for the lower league teams still in the competition who don’t have access to it.
But, as these are two Premier League side used to playing with the video checks they are getting caught out with runners in behind that are close to the offside line.
Rodri strikes one from range but hooks his effort wide of the target.
Man City 1-1 Liverpool
41 mins: Shot! Joe Gomez steps into midfield with the ball and dinks one over the top of the Manchester City defence. Darwin Nunez makes a run between the lines and brings the ball under control before touching it into the box.
City are waiting for the offside flag but it doesn’t come and Nunez blazes his effort across the face of goal and sends it wide!
Man City 1-1 Liverpool
38 mins: James Milner has an issue. He gingerly walks off the pitch after removing the captain’s armband. Nat Phillips comes on to replace him for Liverpool.
Stefan Bajcetic has been shown the first yellow card of the game for a tangle with Cole Palmer a couple of minutes earlier.
Man City 1-1 Liverpool
35 mins: Save! City come down the right wing and Riyad Mahrez nods the ball up to Kevin De Bruyne who drives it into the right side of the box.
Ilkay Gundogan arrives on the opposite side of the penalty area and is fed the ball for a first time shot. He nails it at goal but Kelleher drops low and somehow keeps it out with his left leg!
Man City 1-1 Liverpool
32 mins: Liverpool have gotten themselves up to speed now. They’re pushing up the pitch and trying to close down the ball quickly.
Rodri and Carvalho have a tussle with the Man City midfielder towering over the Liverpool forward who holds his ground. There’s not too much in it but it’s a sign of the heated nature that the contest is growing into.
Man City 1-1 Liverpool
29 mins: City work the ball quickly across the backline and feed is across to Nathan Ake who steps into midfield. James Milner commits to the press but arrives late and Ake sends the ball past him up to Cole Palmer.
Kevin De Bruyne then goes past on the overlap and is given the ball but his cross towards Erling Haaland comes too close to Caoimhin Kelleher who plucks it out of the air.
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