Sergio Aguero goal eases City into Carabao Cup final
Relive all the action from the second-leg of the Carabao Cup semi-final
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Your support makes all the difference.Manchester City completed the formalities of their one-sided English League Cup semifinal against third-tier Burton Albion, winning the second leg 1-0 on Wednesday for a 10-0 victory on aggregate.
Sergio Aguero, one of the few senior players fielded by City on a freezing night in central England, scored the only goal of the game in the 26th minute to lift the English champions to double figures across the two legs.
This game had been rendered virtually meaningless by the first leg at Etihad Stadium two weeks ago, when City racked up a 9-0 win to record the largest margin of victory in the semifinals of an English cup competition.
One noteworthy aspect of the second leg was the return of City left back Benjamin Mendy, who has been out for 10 weeks with a knee injury. The France international came on as a substitute in the 63rd minute.
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Burton 0-1 Manchester City (0-10)
30 mins: How do Burton respond, I hear you asking. Well, the home side do well to work the ball to Miller on the edge of the box, after setting himself he tries a speculative effort to catch out Muric, much like Zinchenko's goal in the first-leg, but fires wide.
Burton 0-1 Manchester City (0-10)
32 mins: Muric almost embarrasses himself with a very casual drop of the shoulder to shift the ball towards his right foot under pressure from Harness seemingly forgetting just how close he is to the goal line. Danger adverted and he clears.
Burton 0-1 Manchester City (0-10)
37 mins: Ooooh, what could have been. Boyce appears to be played through on goal, expect this is Manchester City that Burton are playing and what would normally be through on goal just isn't. Muric steams out of his area and clears the ball before galloping over the forward.
Burton 0-1 Manchester City (0-10)
41 mins: Ben Turner's game is over and he hobbles off the pitch to be replaced by Reece Hutchinson.
Burton 0-1 Manchester City (0-10)
Yeah, not a bad half for Burton when you consider they were trailing by four goals at this stage in the first leg.
Sergio Aguero gave City the lead after 26 minutes of trading light blows.
Burton 0-1 Manchester City (0-10)
62 mins:
The match has taken on an unusual tempo with City uncharacteristically wasteful in possession, and Burton benign on the break.
Albion have had a few fruitful forages forward though, with a half-hearted penalty appeal waved away on the corner of the box.
Benjamin Mendy is warming up as he prepares to make his long awaited return from an ACL injury as Gabriel Jesus replaces Sergio Aguero up top.
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