Hello and welcome to LIVE coverage of the Carabao Cup semi-final second leg between Manchester City and Manchester United. City lead 3-1 from the first leg at Old Trafford and are strong favourites to meet Aston Villa at Wembley in March. United will take heart from their impressive 2-1 at the Etihad in the Premier League last month, though they need to win by two goals tonight to take the tie to penalties. We'll have team news shortly.

League Cup / Matchday 2

Etihad Stadium / 29.01.2020

Manchester City

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Aggregate score 3-2

Manchester United

N. Matic(36')

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ByThe Editorial Team

Updated 29/01/2020 at 21:41 GMT

End of 1st Half

Man City 0-1 Man Utd (agg: 3-2) Peep peep! City started brilliantly, with David de Gea making three fine saves, but Nemanja Matic's emphatic finish completely changed the mood at the Etihad. City should be out of sight in this tie; instead they are only one goal ahead. See you in 10 minutes for the second half.

45+2'

An abysmal backpass from Lindelof forces De Gea to run from his area and just beat Aguero to the ball.

45'

Two minutes of added time.

42'

Sterling has a goal disallowed for offside! He slid the ball in from five yards, after a brilliant cross from De Bruyne, but replays confirm he was definitely offside.

41'

Bernardo Silva drives a low cross through the legs of Shaw and right across the six-yard box. Maguire was happy to let it go out for a goal-kick, with no City player right behind him.

39'

Sterling lets the ball run under his foot and out of play, prompting the first groans of the night. Suddenly it's all a bit fraught at the Etihad.

37'

35'

GOAL! Manchester City 0-1 Manchester United (Matic) United score with their first shot of the match! A free-kick from the left was headed lazily across the area by Bernardo Silva, and Matic twisted his body to smack the bouncing ball past Bravo at the near post. That's a terrific finish.

Goal

N. Matic

Manchester United

34'

Rodri is lucky not to be booked for a tactical foul on Lingard. It's fascinating how many of those City get away with.

33'

City have had nine shots to United's zero.

31'

There's a break in play while De Gea receives treatment, having been elbowed in the ribs by Otamendi as he collected a cross.

30'

De Bruyne stabs an awesome through pass to release Sterling, who looks set to finally score his first goal against Manchester United when Maguire slides in to make a brilliant tackle and concede a corner. The pass from De Bruyne was just exquisite.

29'

United appeal for a penalty when Matic goes over after being sandwiched from Rodri and Cancelo. VAR isn't interested either, but I've seen penalties given for less.

28'

The match has been more less one-sided in the last 10 minutes, though City still look more dangerous.

26'

Walker's lofted ball is killed delightfully by Mahrez on the right of the area. He cuts back inside and hammers a cross that skims off the head of Aguero, hits Lindelof and goes behind for a corner. Nothing comes of it.

25'

24'

De Bruyne smashes a left-footed shot over the bar from the left side of the area.

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21'

United are having a little more joy going forward, although they still haven't given Claudio Bravo anything to do.

18'

United have moved Lingard a bit deeper to make a midfield three with Matic and Fred. Their formation is now a straightforward 5-3-2.

17'

ANOTHER GOOD SAVE FROM DE GEA! Aguero overran the ball, but it turned into a good pass to Sterling on the edge of the area. He returned the ballt to Aguero, who made an angled rund round the defence - think QPR in 2012 - and hit a rising drive that was slapped round the near post by De Gea.

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