In its own way, a Man City side that won this trophy four times in a row until Liverpool took it back last season. Pep Guardiola has thoroughly enjoyed the Carabao Cup since arriving in England and has named a strong line-up tonight amid busy fixtures, including Erling Haaland on the bench. Chelsea have made changes of their own as they look to go deep into the competition again after last lifting the trophy in 2014. There is no VAR for tonight’s game and a draw will send the game straight to penalties. You can also catch all the City vs Chelsea updates on Standard Sport’s live blog!
Man City vs Chelsea Updates
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Show latest updates 1668028904 61 mins: There’s a feeling City will go for the jugular here. Palmer gets to the box to test Mendy again and the home side’s high press is still in full flow. They’ve never been a team that’s been outscored by a big score. 1668028786
Nizaar Kinsella at the Etihad Stadium
Chelsea hadn’t made many mistakes until the wall failed to jump for Riyad Mahrez’s free-kick goal. It’s now 2-0 after some lazy defending to hold them back from a very simple Manchester City goal which was converted by Julian Alvarez. 1668028764
GGGOOOOLLLL!! Manchester City 2-0 Chelsea | Alvarez
57 mins: TAP-IN FOR TWO! Chelsea had looked decent since the goal and yet were caught on the counter. Alvarez flicks a long ball out to Mahrez, whose perfect control saw his shot. Mendy tells it straight to Alvarez, following. 1668028553 55 min: Watching the replays of this foul, Mendy is on his heels but he had trusted his wall. The ball flew right over Koulibaly, who didn’t even jump. Criminal. Action Images via Reuters1668028587
GGGGOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! Manchester City 1-0 Chelsea | Mahrez
53 mins: From the free-kick, Mahrez buries his effort past Mendy! 1668028292 52 mins: Chalobah booked for cutting down Mahrez in the D. 1668028260
CHANCE MAN CITY!
51 mins: Grealish cuts inside to put a volley towards the far post but he just can’t get enough of it and Mendy saves… The corner comes in and it’s those two again! Grealish cuts a shot that deflects goalwards and Mendy has to get down low to clear it away. 1668028184 50 mins: A pair of early second-half changes from Guardiola. Phillips makes his long-awaited return from injury alongside Silva. Gundogan and Rhodri leave. 1668028083 48 minutes: Amazing tackle by Koukourela! The Chelsea man dives at the death to stop Mahrez from firing on goal after Kovacic was caught in possession. Far from a perfect challenge and this is a penalty. 1668027926
Nizaar Kinsella at the Etihad Stadium
Raheem Sterling was giving Armando Brocha a pep talk at half-time at the stadium where he played. This role of senior leadership is coming to the fore.
