City's defenders triumph at Old Trafford

Manchester City kept their hopes of winning a fourth consecutive Carabao Cup alive after overcoming Manchester United 2-0 in their semi-final at Old Trafford.

The resurgent John Stones and Fernandinho struck in the second half on Wednesday night to seal their passage to the final, seeing off their rivals and maintaining their quest to equal Liverpool's record of winning this competition four times in a row - which they managed between 1981-84.

United lost all three semi-finals they reached last season - including in this competition against City - and it was a curse that struck again. It is becoming a mental block for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and his side.

Despite of multiple tries the first half of the game ended up with no goals from both sides due to offside ruled out by VAR.

Eventually, the breakthrough was made in the 50th minute, and it came through the unlikely source of Stones. A brilliant free-kick delivery by Foden bounced all the way through to the defender, who bundled in his first goal for City since November 2017 from close range.

Another rare scorer, Fernandinho sealed the victory as United could only clear a corner as far as the Brazilian on the edge of the box, and he coolly drove it back into the bottom corner at 83th minute of the game.

source: skysports