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:
Southampton 2-0 Man City
72 mins: Brave! Rodri kick starts a Manchester City counter-attakc with a curling pass over to Julian Alvarez on the left wing. Alvarez comes inside and threads the ball over to Kevin De Bruyne on the opposite side of the pitch.
De Bruyne carries it into the box and looks to slide a pass into Erling Haaland but Gavin Bazunu leaps across the six-yard area and smothers the ball before it reaches the forward.
Southampton 2-0 Man City
69 mins: Phil Foden drifts into space on the left wing and crosses the ball into the box for Erling Haaland. Haaland has to stretch to reach the ball and scissor kicks his effort over the crossbar.
City are closing in on goal but have they got enough time to turn this game around?
Southampton 2-0 Man City
66 mins: Nearly! A poorly weighted pass up towards Erling Haaland is intercepted and dinked over to Che Adams who floats into the left side of the box before chipping a cross over to Kyle Walker-Peters.
He shimmies into space after chesting down the ball but pulls his right-footed effort wide of the back post and Adams is in an offside position so can’t turn it home.
Southampton 2-0 Man City
63 mins: More substitutions for Southampton now. Che Adams takes the place of Sekou Mara up top whilst Mohamed Elyounoussi slots into midfield as a replacement for Romeo Lavia.
Kalvin Phillips’ first Manchester City start is over as Pep Guardiola sends on Rodri to replace him. City have less than 30 minutes to get back on level terms.
Southampton 2-0 Man City
60 mins: Close! Kyle Walker-Peters has switched over to the right wing and links up with Ibrahima Diallo to swing a cross into the middle of the box.
Adam Armstrong is the main target but the ball goes over his head and City clear the danger.
Southampton 2-0 Man City
57 mins: Southampton are clearly operating with a back five now to try and limit the options City can take to get into their penalty area.
Over at the City Ground Wolves have pulled level thanks to a Raul Jimenez equaliser.
Southampton 2-0 Man City
54 mins: Nathan Jones has gone to the bench early in the second half but so has Pep Guardiola. The Southampton boss introduces defender Romain Perraud to replace Moussa Djenepo.
He’s going to be needed as Guardiola sends Erling Haaland to replace Jack Grealish.
Southampton 2-0 Man City
51 mins: Close! There’s a nervous atmosphere descending on the Southampton fans as Manchester City have started the second half strongly.
They get something to cheer about again when Adam Armstrong cuts in from the left and blazes a decent effort into the near side netting.
Southampton 2-0 Man City
48 mins: Chance! Kevin De Bruyne’s first involvement sees he thread a lovely ball up to Julian Alvarez from midfield but the Argentina forward smokes his shot wide of the far post!
Second half: Southampton 2-0 Man City
Southampton kick off the second half looking to defend their two goal cushion.
Pep Guardiola has made a triple change at the half-time break with Manuel Akanji, Nathan Ake and Kevin De Bruyne replacing Kyle Waler, Sergio Gomez and Cole Palmer.
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