Southampton 2-0 Man City: PL bottom-placed Saints dump City out of Carabao Cup

Premier League bottom-placed side Southampton reached the EFL Cup semi-finals with a richly deserved win over favourites Manchester City.

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola rested key players such as Erling Haaland and Kevin de Bruyne with this weekend's derby with Manchester United at Old Trafford in mind, but nothing must detract from a vibrant Southampton display.

The game was settled in the first half by Sekou Mara's crisp finish after 23 minutes and a superb second from Moussa Djenepo five minutes later when he caught City keeper Stefan Ortega badly out of position off his line with a lofted long-range finish.

Guardiola threw on De Bruyne and Haaland after the break but it was to no avail as Southampton defended their lead with fierce determination to reach the last four.

Match Events

6' Gundogan's shot wide out

23' GOAL! Southampton 1-0 Man City (Sékou Mara)

28' GOAL! Southampton 2-0 Man City (Djenepo)

47' Alvarez's shot wide out

68' Haaland's shot over the bar

77' OFFSIDE! Southampton’s goal disallowed

Line-ups

Southampton XI: Ward-Prowse, Caleta-Car, Adam Armstrong, Lyanco, Walker-Peters, Djenepo, I. Diallo, Mohammed Salisu, Gavin Bazunu, Sékou Mara, Roméo Lavia

Subs: Caballero, Mislav Orsic, Mohamed Elyounoussi, Perraud, Joe Aribo, Adams, Samuel Edozie, Ryan Finnigan, Jimmy Morgan

Man City XI: Walker, Gundogan, Stefan Ortega, Cancelo, Laporte, Grealish, Kalvin Phillips, Foden, Sergio Gómez, Cole Palmer, Julián Álvarez

Subs: De Bruyne, Mahrez, Ake, Ederson, Bernardo, Akanji, Rodri, Haaland, Rico Lewis