Manchester City have ended Arsenal’s quadruple dream with Nico O’Reilly scoring twice to seal victory in the Carabao Cup final..
The City academy graduate scored two second-half headers to stun the Gunners at Wembley and seal the first silverware of the season for Pep Guardiola’s side.
Kepa Arrizabalaga, named in goal ahead of David Raya, was at fault for City’s opener with the 21-year-old doubling his tally four minutes later.
Arsenal froze after falling behind and had no answer with City deserving of their victory in the capital.
Mikel Arteta’s side are still nine points clear at the top of the Premier League and going strong in the Champions League and FA Cup.
But the manner of today’s defeat may spark some of those familiar old fears.
Both managers made the decision to keep faith in the goalkeepers who have served them well in this competition at the expense of their first-choice shot stoppers
James Trafford started ahead of Gianluigi Donnarumma and repaid that faith with a fine triple save to deny Kai Havertz and Bukayo Saka in the first period.
Kepa, given the nod ahead of Raya, invited pressure from the start of the second-half, at one point taking 36 seconds to clear the ball from his own area.
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