MANCHESTER UNITED 3, IPSWICH TOWN 0 Louis van Gaal avoided another Capital One Cup banana skin following Manchester United’s emphatic victory against Ipswich Town. After last season’s humiliation at Milton Keynes Dons in van Gaal’s debut in the competition, the Reds’ manager didn’t take the tie against the Championship club lightly. Van Gaal fielded a […]
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Early goal blitz sees Manchester City through to the next round of the Capital One Cup as they easily defeat Sunderland
SUNDERLAND 1, MANCHESTER CITY 4 (Capital One Cup 3rd Round) First half goals for Sergio Aguero, Kevin De Bruyne, Vito Mannone own goal and Raheem Sterling City Debuts for Patrick Roberts, Manuel Garcia, and George Evans Consolation goal for Sunderland’s Ola Toivonen City had this Capital One Cup tie won at half time, with early goals […]
Capital One Cup 3rd Round Draw – Manchester United face Ipswich Town; Manchester City travel to Sunderland
Manchester United will host Championship league leaders Ipswich Town at Old Trafford in the 3rd Round of the Capital One Cup while Manchester City will travel to struggling Premier League side Sunderland who they last played in this competition in the final in 2014. City’s weekend Premier League opponents, Watford, fielded a second string side […]
Three successive defeats as Manchester City crash out of Capital One Cup
MAN CITY 0, NEWCASTLE 2 Manchester City were knocked out of the Capital One Cup on a night when Newcastle United caused a major upset with their victory at the Etihad Stadium. Goals from Rolando Aarons and Moussa Sissoko booked a last-eight place for Newcastle who recorded their third straight victory following a challenging start […]
Man City back to winning ways after seven goal Cup thrashing of Sheffield Wednesday
MAN CITY 7, SHEFF WED 0 (Capital One Cup, third round) Manchester City scored seven second-half goals, the first four in 13 dramatic minutes, to end their four game winless run and start their defence of the Capital One Cup in sensational style. Once City belatedly got into their stride, they completely overwhelmed Championship club […]