Perhaps Pep Guardiola ought to keep the trophy. His owners at Manchester City do not seem too bothered about the Carabao Cup; they would happily ditch it in the pursuit of a European Super League, of more money and action on the continent. But Guardiola keeps on winning it.
It is almost ridiculous to report that the City manager has lost just one tie in the competition – against Manchester United in 2016-17, his first season at the club. Since then he has won it every time, this his fourth successive triumph to equal the run of Liverpool in the early 1980s.
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