[VIDEO] Man City 3-0 Arsenal: Wenger Left Dazed As Kompany, Aguero Hand Guardiola EFL Cup | Goals #CarabaoCup
Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City reign landed its first tangible reward on Sunday as the Premier League champions-elect thrashed Arsenal 3-0 at Wembley to win the EFL Cup.
Although a clean sweep of trophies is off the table following the FA Cup defeat at Wigan Athletic, Guardiola has already improved on last season’s lack of silverware, with one trophy now secured and the league title sure to follow. Whether or not the Champions League makes it three, City have taken on a dominant air this term, and it showed at the national stadium.
AGUERO OPENS THE SCORING pic.twitter.com/UVlUbbgN0V
— Rob (@Razza_7) February 25, 2018
Arsene Wenger sprung a surprise in his selection, opting for a three-man defensive system which had stymied City at Wembley in last season’s FA Cup semi-final victory.
@VincentKompany #kompany goal Fantastic goal Skipper we want to see more of this moments👍🏻🔝🇧🇪💟💪🏻👍🏻🙏🏻 pic.twitter.com/UkfcItnLHY
— marcel mertens (@marcel_mertens) February 25, 2018
But it backfired spectacularly with Arsenal all at sea to allow Sergio Aguero to score for a fifth meeting in a row, the Argentine bringing up 30 goals for the season with a glorious goal assisted by the much-maligned Claudio Bravo.
City were soon out of sight, Kompany extending their lead with an instinctive finish before setting off on a limb-flailing celebration as years of injury misery were given a golden full stop.
@mancity wins the #CarabaoCup , first title for Pep Guardiola in England #EPL #Mancity #MCFC #Arsenal #Aguero #Kompany #Silva #Football #Futbol #Soccer #Futebol #Gol #Goal #Soccerlover #Zonasoccer pic.twitter.com/HpBFWGPnVI
— Zona Soccer (@ZonaSoccerTV) February 25, 2018
Six minutes later City were celebrating again as Arsenal began to wilt, Silva turning sharply away from Hector Bellerin and lashing low past the helpless Ospina.
Wenger has now lost all three of his finals in this competition and the disquiet over the Frenchman’s reign in north London is sure to return.
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