English Carabao Cup

FT Wednesday, December 17, 2025
Brentford LWLLD 0
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Manchester City WWWWW 2
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BRE000
MNC112
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Match Report

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Cherki channels Haaland in leading Man City to Carabao Cup semifinals

Rayan Cherki recreated teammate Erling Haaland's goal celebrations after scoring a stunning goal to help Man City reach the Carabao Cup semifinals.

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Highlights

01:16 Laurens: Man City's Cherki has pure and rare talent Watch on ESPN

Head to Head

MNC leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

MNC · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1James TraffordG
  2. 6Nathan AkéCD-L
  3. 45Abdukodir KhusanovCD-R
  4. 33Nico O'ReillyLB
  5. 82Rico LewisRB
  6. 10Rayan CherkiAM
  7. 14Nico GonzálezLM
  8. 4Tijjani ReijndersRM
  9. 63Divine MukasaF
  10. 26SávioAM-L
  11. 52Oscar BobbAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 27Matheus NunesSUB
  2. 91Stephen MfuniSUB
  3. 47Phil FodenSUB
  4. 25Gianluigi DonnarummaSUB
  5. 24Josko GvardiolSUB
  6. 59Charlie GraySUB
  7. 20Bernardo SilvaSUB
  8. 9Erling HaalandSUB
  9. 3Rúben DiasSUB

BRE · 5-3-2

  1. 12Hákon ValdimarssonG
  2. 4Sepp van den BergCD
  3. 22Nathan CollinsCD-L
  4. 20Kristoffer AjerCD-R
  5. 3Rico HenryLB
  6. 33Michael KayodeRB
  7. 27Vitaly JaneltCM
  8. 8Mathias JensenCM-L
  9. 18Yehor YarmoliukCM-R
  10. 7Kevin SchadeCF-L
  11. 24Mikkel DamsgaardCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 5Ethan PinnockSUB
  2. 26Yunus KonakSUB
  3. 45Romelle DonovanSUB
  4. 1Caoimhín KelleherSUB
  5. 2Aaron HickeySUB
  6. 43Benjamin ArthurSUB
  7. 39Gustavo NunesSUB
  8. 25Myles Peart-HarrisSUB
  9. 23Keane Lewis-PotterSUB

Timeline

  1. 16' Abdukodir Khusanov (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 19' Substitution, Manchester City. Phil Foden replaces Oscar Bobb because of an injury.
  3. 32' Goal! Manchester City 1, Brentford 0. Rayan Cherki (Manchester City) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner following a corner.
  4. 65' Substitution, Manchester City. Josko Gvardiol replaces Nico O'Reilly.
  5. 66' Substitution, Manchester City. Matheus Nunes replaces Nico González.
  6. 66' Substitution, Manchester City. Bernardo Silva replaces Rayan Cherki.
  7. 67' Goal! Manchester City 2, Brentford 0. Savinho (Manchester City) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Tijjani Reijnders following a fast break.
  8. 75' Substitution, Brentford. Aaron Hickey replaces Michael Kayode.
  9. 76' Substitution, Brentford. Keane Lewis-Potter replaces Rico Henry.
  10. 81' Substitution, Brentford. Romelle Donovan replaces Mathias Jensen.
  11. 82' Substitution, Manchester City. Charlie Gray replaces Phil Foden.
  12. 86' Matheus Nunes (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 88' Substitution, Brentford. Yunus Konak replaces Yehor Yarmoliuk.
  14. 88' Substitution, Brentford. Gustavo Nunes replaces Kevin Schade.

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