Tottenham Hotspur v Manchester City, 25 April 2021

Score1-0 to Manchester City
RefereePaul Tierney
CompetitionLeague Cup Final
VenueWembley Stadium
Attendance7,773

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Kick-off: 4.30pm Attendance limited due to COVID-19 restrictions. This pilot test event allocation was 2,000 supporters of each club plus 4,000 comprised of local residents in Brent and NHS staff. This was the 61st League Cup Final and the fourth under the sponsorship of Carabao. Manchester City had now equalled Liverpool’s competition record of winning the League Cup eight times. City also equalled Liverpool’s competition record of winning the League Cup in four consecutive seasons. Tottenham Hotspur's last major trophy success remained as the 2008 League Cup Final victory against Chelsea. They had now since made three losing League Cup Final appearances (also Manchester United in 2009 and Chelsea in 2015). This was the second meeting in a major domestic cup final. Spurs won the 1981 FA Cup Final after a replay. Tottenham Hotspur versus Manchester City became the 17th different pairing to have competed in the final of the League Cup and the FA Cup. The Alan Hardaker Trophy Man of the Match award was won by Riyad Mahrez.

0 Tottenham Hotspur

Manager: Ryan Mason

1 Manchester City

Manager: Pep Guardiola

Goals:

Goals:

Aymeric Laporte 82 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Hugo Lloris (captain)
Defender Toby Alderweireld
Defender/Midfielder Serge Aurier
Defender/Midfielder Eric Dier
Defender/Midfielder Sergio Reguilón
Midfielder Pierre-Emile Højbjerg
Midfielder Giovani Lo Celso
Midfielder Harry Winks
Midfielder/Forward SON Heung-min
Midfielder/Forward Lucas Moura
Forward Harry Kane

Starting lineup:

Zack Steffen Goalkeeper
Aymeric Laporte Defender
Rúben Dias Defender
Kyle Walker Defender
Fernandinho Defender/Midfielder (captain)
João Cancelo Defender/Midfielder
Ilkay Gündogan Midfielder
Kevin De Bruyne Midfielder/Forward
Phil Foden Midfielder/Forward
Riyad Mahrez Midfielder/Forward
Raheem Sterling Midfielder/Forward

Substitutions:

Gareth Bale for Lucas Moura 67
Moussa Sissoko for Giovani Lo Celso 67
Dele Alli for Pierre-Emile Højbjerg 84
Steven Bergwijn for Serge Aurier 90

Substitutions:

Rodri for Fernandinho 84
Bernardo Silva for Kevin De Bruyne 87

Cards:

Sergio Reguilón 27 Y

Cards:

Aymeric Laporte 45 Y
Fernandinho 59 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Joe Hart
Defender Japhet Tanganga
Defender/Midfielder Davinson Sánchez
Midfielder Dele Alli
Midfielder Érik Lamela
Midfielder Tanguy Ndombèlé
Midfielder Moussa Sissoko
Forward Gareth Bale
Forward Steven Bergwijn

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Ederson
Defender Nathan Aké
Defender Benjamin Mendy
Defender/Midfielder Rodri
Defender/Midfielder Olexsandr Zinchenko
Midfielder/Forward Bernardo Silva
Midfielder/Forward Ferran Torres
Forward Sergio Agüero
Forward Gabriel Jesus

Comments:

This was interim manager Ryan Mason's second game in charge of Tottenham Hotspur. He became the first manager to take charge of a club in a major domestic final at such an early stage of his reign since Syd Owen whose first game in charge of Luton Town was the FA Cup Final against Nottingham Forest in 1959. Aged 29 years and 316 days, Ryan Mason became the youngest-ever manager to take charge of a team in a League Cup Final; previously Gianluca Vialli of Chelsea against Middlesbrough in 1998 (33 years and 263 days).

Comments:

Pep Guardiola became the first manager to win the League Cup in four consecutive seasons. He joined Sir Alex Ferguson, Brian Clough and José Mourinho as the only managers to lift the League Cup four times. Pep Guardiola took charge of his 15th major cup final. The only defeat remained in Spain’s Copa del Rey on 20 April 2011. He had now won 30 trophies in his managerial career. Sergio Agüero and Fernandinho became the first players to be involved in six League Cup Final wins, beating the competition record held by City's David Silva and Liverpool's Ian Rush (five each).

0 Tottenham Hotspur

Manager: Ryan Mason

Goals:

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Hugo Lloris (captain)
Defender Toby Alderweireld
Defender/Midfielder Serge Aurier
Defender/Midfielder Eric Dier
Defender/Midfielder Sergio Reguilón
Midfielder Pierre-Emile Højbjerg
Midfielder Giovani Lo Celso
Midfielder Harry Winks
Midfielder/Forward SON Heung-min
Midfielder/Forward Lucas Moura
Forward Harry Kane

Substitutions:

Gareth Bale for Lucas Moura 67
Moussa Sissoko for Giovani Lo Celso 67
Dele Alli for Pierre-Emile Højbjerg 84
Steven Bergwijn for Serge Aurier 90

Cards:

Sergio Reguilón 27 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Joe Hart
Defender Japhet Tanganga
Defender/Midfielder Davinson Sánchez
Midfielder Dele Alli
Midfielder Érik Lamela
Midfielder Tanguy Ndombèlé
Midfielder Moussa Sissoko
Forward Gareth Bale
Forward Steven Bergwijn

Comments:

This was interim manager Ryan Mason's second game in charge of Tottenham Hotspur. He became the first manager to take charge of a club in a major domestic final at such an early stage of his reign since Syd Owen whose first game in charge of Luton Town was the FA Cup Final against Nottingham Forest in 1959. Aged 29 years and 316 days, Ryan Mason became the youngest-ever manager to take charge of a team in a League Cup Final; previously Gianluca Vialli of Chelsea against Middlesbrough in 1998 (33 years and 263 days).

1 Manchester City

Manager: Pep Guardiola

Goals:

Aymeric Laporte 82 G

Starting lineup:

Zack Steffen Goalkeeper
Aymeric Laporte Defender
Rúben Dias Defender
Kyle Walker Defender
Fernandinho Defender/Midfielder (captain)
João Cancelo Defender/Midfielder
Ilkay Gündogan Midfielder
Kevin De Bruyne Midfielder/Forward
Phil Foden Midfielder/Forward
Riyad Mahrez Midfielder/Forward
Raheem Sterling Midfielder/Forward

Substitutions:

Rodri for Fernandinho 84
Bernardo Silva for Kevin De Bruyne 87

Cards:

Aymeric Laporte 45 Y
Fernandinho 59 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Ederson
Defender Nathan Aké
Defender Benjamin Mendy
Defender/Midfielder Rodri
Defender/Midfielder Olexsandr Zinchenko
Midfielder/Forward Bernardo Silva
Midfielder/Forward Ferran Torres
Forward Sergio Agüero
Forward Gabriel Jesus

Comments:

Pep Guardiola became the first manager to win the League Cup in four consecutive seasons. He joined Sir Alex Ferguson, Brian Clough and José Mourinho as the only managers to lift the League Cup four times. Pep Guardiola took charge of his 15th major cup final. The only defeat remained in Spain’s Copa del Rey on 20 April 2011. He had now won 30 trophies in his managerial career. Sergio Agüero and Fernandinho became the first players to be involved in six League Cup Final wins, beating the competition record held by City's David Silva and Liverpool's Ian Rush (five each).