This is how the Carabao Cup quarterfinals turned out

Pep Guardiola One more season will continue without the impossible poker of titles in England. The combination of Premier League, Champions League, FA Cup and <a href="https://www.archysport.com/2022/01/premier-league-manchester-citys-turnover-for-the-first-time-higher-than-manchester-uniteds/" title="Premier League – Manchester City's turnover for the first time higher than Manchester United's”>League Cup It will continue to be a utopia for the Spanish coach, who this Wednesday let the least important title slip away by losing against the Tottenham Hotspur (2-1).

For the fourth consecutive year, Guardiola He ‘passes’ from the League Cup, a trophy he has already won four years, and he warned about it in the preview. “I will play with team B,” confessed the Sampedorwhich included three homegrown players as starters, surrounded by starters like Ilkay Gundogan, Phil Foden, Ruben Dias, John Stones, Nathan Aké and Rico Lewis. It wasn’t as ‘team B’ as it seemed.

Even so, Tottenham, who always give City a hard time, took a 2-0 lead after 25 minutes, a true rarity for the ‘Sky Blues’.

With 2-0 and the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium vibrating, City closed the gap at the end of first-half stoppage time, when Matheus Nunes finished off a cross from Savinho at the far post.

City will continue for another year without the poker of titles and without what was once their fetish competition and which they won uninterruptedly between 2018 and 2021. The ‘Sky Blues’ will continue, at least, two titles behind Liverpool,’ king’ of the League Cup.

The Chelsea of ​​the ‘super-squad’ is left with one less opportunity to give minutes to its players after being eliminated from the English Football League Cup against Newcastle United (2-0).

The ‘Magpies’ finished off the match in the first half, with goals from Aleksander Isak and Axel Disasi in their own goal, and return to the quarterfinals of a competition that they aspire to win after a drought of titles that has lasted since the Cup of Fairs that they conquered in 1969.

In fact, the ‘Magpies’ last domestic title was the FA Cup, which they won in 1955.

Tottenham Hotspur y Manchester United They will meet in the quarterfinals of the English Football League Cup in the main duel of this round.

The ‘Spurs’, who are looking for a first trophy since 2008, eliminated Manchester City this Wednesday (2-1), while Manchester United, now without Erik Ten Hag, easily beat Leicester City (5-2).

In addition, Arsenal will host Crystal Palace, Liverpool will visit Southampton and Newcastle will face Brentford at home.

The matches will be played on December 17 and 18.