English Carabao Cup

FT Sunday, March 22, 2026
Manchester City DWLDL 2
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Arsenal WWDWW 0
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Wembley Stadium · 88,486 att. · Paramount+

Match Report

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Manchester City win Carabao Cup as Nico O'Reilly double silences Arsenal

Manchester City are crowned Carabao Cup champions as Nico O'Reilly's stunning double silenced Arsenal at Wembley.

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Team Stats

10
Fouls
12
1
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
1
3
Corner Kicks
3
4
Saves
0
62
Possession
38
10
SHOTS
10
2
ON GOAL
4
0.2
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
476
Accurate Passes
258
547
Passes
331
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
4
15
Crosses
12
0.1
Cross %
0.3
48
Long Balls
50
17
Accurate Long Balls
21
0.4
Long Balls %
0.4
5
Blocked Shots
2
11
Effective Tackles
12
18
Tackles
20
0.6
Tackle %
0.6
9
Interceptions
5
22
Effective Clearances
24
22
Clearances
24

Highlights

00:47 Michallik: This was the old version of Man City vs. Arsenal Watch on ESPN 00:59 Should Arteta have started Raya over Kepa vs. Man City? Watch on ESPN 01:52 Burley brands Arsenal an 'absolute disgrace' for Carabao Cup performance Watch on ESPN 01:57 Fjortoft: Arteta's goalkeeper 'mistake' costly in Carabao Cup defeat Watch on ESPN

Head to Head

ARS leads series 2-0-3

Lineups

ARS · 4-2-3-1

  1. 13Kepa ArrizabalagaG
  2. 6Gabriel MagalhãesCD-L
  3. 2William SalibaCD-R
  4. 5Piero HincapiéLB
  5. 4Ben WhiteRB
  6. 29Kai HavertzAM
  7. 41Declan RiceLM
  8. 36Martín ZubimendiRM
  9. 14Viktor GyökeresF
  10. 19Leandro TrossardAM-L
  11. 7Bukayo SakaAM-R

MNC · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1James TraffordG
  2. 6Nathan AkéCD-L
  3. 45Abdukodir KhusanovCD-R
  4. 33Nico O'ReillyLB
  5. 27Matheus NunesRB
  6. 10Rayan CherkiAM
  7. 20Bernardo SilvaLM
  8. 16RodriRM
  9. 9Erling HaalandF
  10. 11Jérémy DokuAM-L
  11. 42Antoine SemenyoAM-R

Timeline

  1. 16' Piero Hincapié (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 32' Abdukodir Khusanov (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 50' Kepa Arrizabalaga (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 60' Goal! Arsenal 0, Manchester City 1. Nico O'Reilly (Manchester City) header from very close range to the centre of the goal.
  5. 64' Goal! Arsenal 0, Manchester City 2. Nico O'Reilly (Manchester City) header from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Matheus Nunes.
  6. 65' Substitution, Arsenal. Riccardo Calafiori replaces Piero Hincapié.
  7. 66' Substitution, Arsenal. Noni Madueke replaces Kai Havertz.
  8. 69' Ben White (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 82' Substitution, Arsenal. Gabriel Martinelli replaces Leandro Trossard.
  10. 82' Substitution, Arsenal. Gabriel Jesus replaces Ben White.
  11. 90' Substitution, Manchester City. Phil Foden replaces Rayan Cherki.

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