Manchester City stun Arsenal to win Carabao Cup final

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Arsenal have been beaten in the Carabao Cup final at Wembley with Manchester City's young full-back, Nico O'Reilly, stunning their rivals with two goals in four minutes.

After a goalless first half, O'Reilly opened the scoring in the 60th minute when Arsenal keeper Kepa Arrizabalaga fumbled the ball into his path from a few yards out.

Four minutes later, O'Reilly scored again, doubling City's advantage.

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Arsenal went into the cup final still in contention for an unprecedented, but unlikely, quadruple.

After a less-than-successful season so far, Manchester City were hoping to pick up some silverware.

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Image: O'Reilly after his second goal as Arsenal's Bukayo Saka covers his eyes in disbelief. Pic: Action Images/Reuters

Despite being goalless in the first half, both sides had chances with Erling Haaland heading over from short range and City's keeper James Trafford pulling out a triple save to keep Arsenal out.

Read more: Sky Sports blog - Arsenal vs Man City

Sky Sports' Gary Neville said: "City have been fantastic in this second half. There were many like myself who fancied Arsenal this afternoon, but Arteta will be bewildered with how his team have performed."

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Image: Bernardo Silva lifts the trophy surrounded by teammates. Pic: Action Images/Reuters

That was also the sentiment from Sky Sports' Jamie Redknapp: "City were by far the better team. Arsenal didn't have an answer. They missed [captain Martin] Odegaard, no [Eberechi] Eze [both absent because of injury], they had no real cohesion, no pace up front."

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