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Man City Face Man United As Leicester Tackle Aston Villa In Carabao Cup Semi-Final

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Man City Face Man United As Leicester Tackle Aston Villa In Carabao Cup Semi-Final

Manchester City booked a semi-final clash with city rivals Manchester United in the Carabao Cup, after beating third tier Oxford United 3-1 on Wednesday.

United in their own quarter-final fixture overcame fourth tier Colchester United 3-0.

City are the defending champions and remained on course to lift the League Cup for a third successive season.

Pep Guardiola’s side were given a stern test on a wet and windy night at a noisy Kassam Stadium but two goals from Raheem Sterling eventually saw them through.

On their part, Manchester United were frustrated for 51 minutes at Old Trafford by fourth-tier Colchester United.

But England striker Marcus Rashford broke the resistance and an own goal by Ryan Jackson and one for Anthony Martial took the hosts to a 3-0 win.

Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer said of the two-leg games with City in January:
“Fantastic days in Manchester. You always want to win trophies and games and we have a nice little draw coming up. Exciting times ahead.”

Meanwhile, Leicester City squandered a 2-0 lead to draw 2-2 at Everton but moved through to the semi-finals after Jamie Vardy scored the decisive spot-kick in the penalty kick shootout.

Brendan Rodgers’s side will face Midlands rivals Aston Villa in the semi-finals after Villa beat a virtual Liverpool youth team 5-0 on Tuesday.

Liverpool’s senior players were all in action on Wednesday in their FIFA Club World Cup victory over Monterrey.

Manchester City have dominated the League Cup under Guardiola but rarely have they been tested quite like they were by Oxford United.

Mikel Arteta, favourite to get the vacant Arsenal job, took his place next to Guardiola on the Manchester City bench in what could be his final game as assistant manager.

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Champions League: Arsenal Have Top Quality, Says Musiala

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Bayern Munich star, Jamal Musiala has singled out five Arsenal players for praise ahead of his side’s UEFA Champions League quarter-final tie against the Gunners in April.

The Germany international is wary of the threat Arsenal pose and picked out Martin Odegaard, Bukayo Saka, Gabriel Martinelli, Declan Rice and Kai Havertz while insisting the Premier League North London club have ‘top quality’ players in every position.

Both Arsenal and Bayern Munich booked their places in the Champions League last-8 after beating Porto and Lazio, respectively.


“Martin Odegaard is a brilliant playmaker in midfield, but there’s a lot of quality throughout the team,” Musiala told Sport Bild.

“Saka, Martinelli, Rice, Havertz and many more. They have top quality in every position. We have to be ready for that.”

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Super Eagles Have Turned Attention To 2026 World Cup – Omeruo

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Kenneth Omeruo says the Super Eagles have shifted attention to the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers following their friendlies against Ghana and Mali.


The Super Eagles will continue their quest for a place at the mundial with two key fixtures against the Bafana Bafana of South Africa and Squirrels of Benin Republic in June.

Omeruo reckoned it is important for the Super Eagles to qualify for the World Cup after missing out the last time in Qatar 2022.

“June is only a few weeks away. We are focused on the matches against South Africa and Benin Republic,” Omeruo was quoted by thenff.com.

“Many players in the group have not played at the World Cup before and they see this as the big opportunity to be there. We cannot afford to let ourselves and the nation down.”

The Super Eagles are yet to record a win in the World Cup qualifying campaign having drawn their opening two games against Lesotho and Zimbabwe.

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Arsenal Can Exposed Man City This Weekend, Says Sagna

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Former France defender, Bacary Sagna, has predicted this weekend’s Premier League top-of-the-table clash between Manchester City and Arsenal.

Sagna, who played for the two clubs during his career, is expecting it to end in a draw.

Arsenal currently sit top of the table ahead of Liverpool on goal difference.


However, City can leapfrog the Gunners if they win at the Etihad on Sunday.

Before this campaign, Arsenal had lost 12 league matches in a row against City. But Mikel Arteta’s men ended their hoodoo against Pep Guardiola’s side with a 1-0 win at home in October.

When asked for his prediction, Sagna told Paddy Power: “I can see Manchester City and Arsenal drawing at the Etihad.

“At home, Man City can be exposed because they attack so much and leave themselves open to the counterattack and we know how fast Arsenal’s players are.

“It’s a strength to attack so much because they can put any team under pressure, but Arsenal can also put pressure on teams, so I think it will be a draw.”

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