Man City 3-1 Newcastle (5-1 agg): Pep Guardiola's side stroll past painfully open Magpies to reach Carabao Cup final - and keep heavy artillery rested for Liverpool showdown
Indeed City set about this game as though they had been stung and motivated a little by recent setbacks and criticism. They sought to stamp out any semblance of Newcastle belief from the outset and their plan worked perfectly. City scored three first half goals and cut through their opponents from inside their own half on each occasion. When goals two and three of the night – and four and five of the tie – came City’s way, they did so either side of the half hour, with just three minutes between them. Up above one goal, the thousands of Newcastle fans who had made the journey chose to stick around too.
Source: Daily Mail February 05, 2026 09:38 UTC
