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Manchester City book Wembley appearance with Carabao Cup victory at feisty Bristol City
BRISTOL CITY 2, MANCHESTER CITY 3
(MAN CITY WIN 5-3 ON AGGREGATE TO GO TO THE FINAL OF THE CARABAO CUP)
There was a final flourish to this Carabao Cup semi final as Bristol City went into the final minute of injury time at the end of this contest still needing just one goal to force extra time before Kevin De Bruyne finally shut the door on the brave Robins who had played a full part in their two games against runaway Premier League leaders Manchester City.
Manchester City leave it late as injury-time goal from Sergio Aguero earns 2-1 first-leg lead in Carabao Cup semi-final against Bristol City
MAN CITY 2, BRISTOL CITY 1
Sergio Aguero came off the bench to score a dramatic injury-time winner as Manchester City take a slender 2-1 lead to Ashton Gate for the second leg of their Carabao Cup semi-final against Bristol City.
City certainly needed one of their big guns to overcome a Bristol side that had already beaten four Premier League games in the knockout.
It was cruel on Lee Johnson’s Championship club that produced a heroic display and even spent 11 minutes either side of the break holding the lead through a Bobby Reid penalty.
City equalised through Kevin De Bruyne and had to summon Aguero and Kyle Walker in the latter stages in an effort to conjure a winner.
Korey Smith strike stuns Manchester United as Bristol City reach Carabao Cup semi finals with a tie against Manchester City to come
BRISTOL CITY 2, MANCHESTER UNITED 1
Manager Lee Johnson raced down the touchline at the end of this contest at Ashton Gate, celebrating a timeless Korey Smith winner as his Bristol City beat a very strong Manchester United side in the Carabao Cup.
Local boy Joe Bryan had given City the lead in the 51st minute only for Zlatan Ibrahimovic to level matters just seven minutes later. United tried hard to find a winner but were stunned by an injury time strike by Smith with the game seconds away from extra time.
Holders United were the fourth Premier League scalp of the season for the Robins after they beat Watford, Stoke City and Crystal Palace in the earlier rounds to reach the quarter finals.
With fans all over the pitch after the final whistle and jubilation all round after Bristol City recorded their first win over United since 1978 in their first meeting since 1980 it was the kind of celebration that wouldn’t go down well with Reds boss Jose Mourinho.
Claudio Bravo the penalty hero again as Manchester City see off Leicester City in the Carabao Cup
LEICESTER CITY 1, MANCHESTER CITY 1 (Manchester City win 4-3 on penalties)
Manchester City made it into the semi-finals of the Carabao Cup after winning a penalty shoot-out at Leicester City with goalkeeper Claudio Bravo once again the hero.
Bravo sprinted over to the Man City fans to celebrate after saving Riyad Mahrez’ penalty in the shoot-out at the end of another 120 minute drama to keep the Blues in the hunt for trophies on four fronts.
City had been denied in normal time after Jamie Vardy’s spot kick in the seventh minute of eight added minutes at the end of normal time after Kyle Walker had been penalised for a soft foul on Demarai Gray.
All three senior Foxes players had been left out of the starting line-up and Leicester failed to punish a weakened City side in Extra Time with them on the pitch.
City academy product Lukas Nmecha kept his nerve to score one of the shoot-out penalties but Vardy went on to hit his shoot-out spot kick against the post before Mahrez was denied by the Chilean keeper to spark another celebration for the travelling fans.