Tottenham’s English Football League Cup (Carabao Cup) final opponent, Son Heung-min (29), will be Manchester City (Man City).
On the 7th (Korean time), in the 2020-2021 Carabao Cup semi-final held at Manchester’s Old Trafford, Manchester United (Man United) were 2-0 thanks to the successive goals of John Stones and Fernandinho. I suppressed it.
Man City, who has won the League Cup for the last three years in a row since the 2017-2018 season, will reach the finals again this year and will challenge for a fourth straight victory.
Man City defeated 2nd division team Brentford 2-0 the day before to compete for a trophy at the Wembley Stadium in London on April 26 with Tottenham, who arrived in the final.
If Man City wins the final, they will achieve their 8th title in history, the most tied with Liverpool, and if Tottenham wins, they will reach the top of the league cup for the fifth time in 13 years since the 2007-2008 season.
Coach Pepe Guardiola, who led Man City’s four consecutive years to the finals, faced a fierce confrontation in the final against Jose Mourinho, who dreams of becoming the top of the League Cup in Tottenham following Chelsea and Manchester United.
On the other hand, Manchester United, the winner of the 2016-2017 season, was eliminated after being caught by Manchester City in the quarterfinals following last season.
Manchester United slipped in the semi-finals of the Carabao Cup, the England Football Association (FA) Cup and the European Football Federation (UEFA) Europa League last season, and suffered from’Quarter-final Jinx’ in four new tournaments a year until this tournament.
The balance of the’Manchester Derby’, which was tight at 0-0 in the first half, was broken in the fifth minute.
A free kick kicked up by Phil Foden from the left flank bounced slightly inside the goal area, and the Stones pushed in to score the final goal.
In the 38th minute of the second half, while Manchester United could not counterattack, Fernandinho scored an additional goal to win.
In the penalty area, the ball that Manchester United had attempted to take with a header was swayed by Fernandinho with a right foot volley from the left side of the penalty arc.
Manchester United fired 11 shots, one less than Man City, but only 2 shots were effective and couldn’t score a goal.