Southampton vs Manchester City LIVE: Carabao Cup score, result and reaction Saints seal shock win
Southampton 2-0 Man City: Sekou Mara and Moussa Djenepo score first-half goals as City are stunned at the quarter-final stage
Manchester City crashed out of the Carabao Cup after substitutes Erling Haaland and Kevin De Bruyne failed to inspire a fightback in a shock 2-0 quarter-final defeat to Premier League strugglers Southampton.
First-half goals from Saints pair Sekou Mara and Moussa Djenepo stunned the eight-time winners on an extraordinary evening at St Mary’s.
Pep Guardiola began with Haaland and De Bruyne on the bench for the second successive game ahead of Saturday’s Manchester derby at Old Trafford.
But, unlike on Sunday when the influential pair were not required in a thumping 4-0 FA Cup victory over Chelsea, the decision backfired as they were unable to prevent City suffering elimination after coming off the bench in the second period.
Relive all the action from the Carabao Cup quarter-final at St. Mary’s as Southampton beat Manchester City:
FT Southampton 2-0 Man City
Over at the City Ground Nottingham Forest have made it through the penalty shootout 4-3! They join Newcastle, Manchester United and Southampton in the semi-finals.
This competition has been blown wide open and any one of the four remaining teams could win it.
Full-time: Southampton 2-0 Man City
90+6 mins: There’s the whistle! What a result for Southampton! Manchester City are knocked out of the Carabao Cup at the quarter-final stage.
Nathan Jones’ men were exceptional in the first half and aggressive took the game to City which resulted in two wonderful goals. The second half was a more defensive affair but the Saints took advantage of some slack play from Pep Guardiola’s men to cruise into the final four!
Southampton 2-0 Man City
90+3 mins: It doesn’t look as though Southampton are worried about the added time. They’ve pushed higher up the pitch, keeping the ball in City’s half and winning corners which they’re taking slowly to run down the clock.
The Saints fans are cheering their side home here.
Southampton 2-0 Man City
90 mins: James Ward-Prowse meets a Southampton clearance and works it further up the pitch before getting clattered by Rodri and winning the Saints a free kick.
The officials have signalled for six added minutes to play. That’s frankly a joke, play hasn’t stopped long enough for them to reach that high a total.
Can Southampton hold out?
Southampton 2-0 Man City
87 mins: Nottingham Forest vs Wolves has ended 1-1 at the City Ground so that quarter-final is going to a penalty shootout to decide who will be heading into the semi-finals.
At St. Mary’s Southampton look very comfortable. There shouldn’t be that much stoppage time added on and City aren’t really creating anything.
Southampton 2-0 Man City
84 mins: Mislav Orsic gets a run out for Southampton and is well applauded by the home crowd as he jogs onto the pitch. Orsic comes on to replace Adam Armstrong with a little over five minutes left to play.
Southampton 2-0 Man City
81 mins: Close! Julian Alvarez slides in to meet Ilkay Gundogan’s ball across the six-yard box. It hits a defender too which takes the sting out of the shot allowing Gavin Bazunu enough time to scramble over and smother it on the line.
Southampton 2-0 Man City
78 mins: Disallowed goal! Southampton break up the pitch quickly and send the ball into the box. It deflects off Manuel Akanji and drops to Che Adams who turns it home but gets flagged offside.
A third goal would have eased all the pressure on Southampton.
Southampton 2-0 Man City
75 mins: Ilkay Gundogan brings the ball up the pitch and combines with Nathan Ake who bombs forward on the overlap. Ake lifts a cross into the box from the wing but Duje Caleta-Car leaps highest and heads it clear for the home side.
Southampton are defending well. The longer they can kept City from the scoring the more frantic the visitors will become.
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