League Cup ‘very good’ for young players: Guardiola

Manchester City cruised into the League Cup quarterfinals as Sergio Aguero’s double additional to troubled Southampton’s misery in an exceedingly 3-1 win on Tues.

Pep Guardiola’s League Cup holders were 2 up by intermission at the Etihad structure because of goals from Nicolas Otamendi and Aguero.

Guardiola had created 9 changes to the team that beat Aston Villa within the Premier League on Sat, giving a debut to 18-year-old midfielder Tommy Doyle.

Doyle’s grandad electro-acoustic transducer was City’s captain after they won the League Cup in 1976 and also the club stay on track to win the tournament for a seventh time.

City, UN agency have upraised the trophy thrice within the last four seasons, began the fourth spherical tie serenaded by chants of “We need 10” with Southampton’s 9-0 thrashing by Leicester on Friday.

Although the city was ne'er probably to match that unimaginable result, their make the last eight was inevitable once a one-sided half.

The breakthrough came within the twentieth minute once Bernardo sylva coiled in an exceedingly cross and Otamendi headed home.

City’s second arrived within the thirty-eighth minute once Kyle Walker sent over a cross and Aguero, on his 350th club look, made a definite close-range end for his eleventh goal of the season.

Southampton area unit languishing within the Premier League relegation zone amid speculation boss Ralph Hasenhuttl is at risk of being destroyed.

Hasenhuttl’s cause was hardly helped once Aguero created it 3 for city within the 56th minute, the Argentine Republic poke in once Riyad Mahrez’s shot deflected high into the penalty space.

It was very little consolation for Southampton once Jack Stephens headed in from a James Ward-Prowse corner within the seventy-fifth minute.

As if the previous few days haven’t been painful enough for Southampton, they need to try to to it all once more on Sat after they come back to Manchester to face city within the Premier League.

The only frustration for city was a late injury to order left-back Angelino.

“This competition is sweet to maneuver the team on. we tend to vie seriously, the standard of our passing was high,” Guardiola same.

“The League Cup is smart for the young players and for the players UN agency didn’t play within the last game.

“You cannot win four titles in one season once you don’t play games therefore seriously. I used to be proud of what I saw.”

Everton mitigated the pressure on beleaguered boss Marco sylva with a 2-0 convert his former club, Watford.

Silva’s team area unit simply outside the Premier League relegation zone once Saturday’s last-gasp defeat at Brighton.

Another loss to a Watford team with an excellent worse record this season might are fatal for sylva, however, Mason Holgate and Richarlison gave him some respiration house.

Everton, UN agency haven't won the League Cup, had to attend till the 72nd minute before they finally took the lead.

Theo Walcott target-hunting the ball toward Holgate and also the defender was unengaged to thump in an exceeding header from 2 yards out.

Former Watford striker Richarlison completed the much-needed win with a clinical end in stoppage-time.

“We merited it. we tend to were the most effective team. we tend to have a tendency tore a touch bit slow in some moments within the half however we were higher within the half. we tend to were faster, additional assertive and got our goals,” sylva same.

Leicester joined city and Everton within the last eight with a 3-1 finish at League One facet Burton.

Sitting third within the Premier League, Brendan Rodger’s facet maintained their spectacular kind despite 9 changes.

Kelechi Iheanacho, Youri Tielemans, and James Maddison scored for Leicester.

Oxford beat fellow third-tier facet Sunderland 4-2 on penalties once a 1-1 draw.

The 1986 League Cup winners area unit into the last eight for the primary time since 1988 having already thrashed West Ham within the last spherical.

Colchester won 3-1 at fourth-tier rivals, Crawley, as they followed up their unforgettable shock convert Tottenham within the previous spherical.