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

19:06

While Bruno Fernandes' transfer to Old Trafford was expected, the news that Barcelona are after Olivier Giroud comes as a bit of a shock...

Barcelona desperation sees them turn to Giroud – Euro Papers

18:57

There's no away-goals rule in the semi-final of the Carabao Cup, so a 2-0 win would be enough for Manchester United to take the tie to penalties. There's no extra-time, either. If the aggregate score is level after 90 minutes, we go straight to penalties.

18:55

It's been a good day so far for United, who finally agreed terms to sign goalscoring midfielder Bruno Fernandes from Sporting Lisbon. He scored over 30 last season; serious numbers for a midfielder.

Transfers

Manchester United confirm agreement with Sporting for Bruno Fernandes

29/01/2020 at 18:37

That's an extremely attacking Manchester City XI, with Bernardo Silva, Mahrez, Aguero, Sterling and De Bruyne all starting. United's formation looks like 3-4-1-2, with Luke Shaw playing as a centre-back.

18:50

The team news is in...

MANCHESTER CITY: Bravo, Walker, Otamendi, Rodri, Joao Cancelo, De Bruyne, Gundogan, B Silva, Mahrez, Aguero, Sterling… Subs: Ederson, Stones, Jesus, Zinchenko, D Silva, Foden, Garcia. /// MANCHESTER UNITED: de Gea, Lindelof, Maguire, Shaw, Wan-Bissaka, Fred, Matic, Williams, Lingard, Greenwood, Martial. Subs: Romero, Bailly, Dalot, Jones, Pereira, James, Mata.

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