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Boyhood Manchester City fan Nico O'Reilly's brace assisted his side overcome 9-4 chances to upset quadruple-chasing Arsenal in Sunday's EFL Cup last at Wembley, with the Citizens' 2-0 win offering Pep Guardiola a fifth triumph to make him the most effective manager in the tournament's history.
The Gunners, who are top of the Premier League and into the quarter-finals of the FA Cup and Champions League, started the game as 4-6 shots to lift the trophy and 14-1 possibilities to complete the quadruple however their propensity to bottle the big minutes came forward as Wembley experts City prevailed.
Bet365 now make Arsenal 8-1 to finish the treble and 11-1 to end the season without any trophies. They are an even-money price to end up the campaign with 2 pieces of flatware and 6-4 to land just one.
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The video game began reasonably frantically with Arsenal forcing a triple save out of James Trafford, preferred to Gianluigi Donnarumma by Guardiola, however things soon died as the two sides took a cautious technique, each trading spells of belongings without truly developing anything of note.
Arsenal's own back-up goalkeeper, Kepa, escaped with only a yellow card after pulling Jeremy Doku back after misjudging a long ball in the second half's very first substantial event but he was not so fortunate when next pushed into action.
It was a huge call from Arteta to stick to Kepa, given he infamously refused to be substituted before putting in a shocking performance in Chelsea's penalty-shootout defeat to City in the 2019 EFL Cup final and likewise missed out on the important spot-kick in the 2022 masterpiece against Liverpool, however he may be regretting it now.
The Spaniard flapped at Rayan Cherki's tame cross to enable young midfielder O'Reilly to tap home the opener in the 60th minute, an error which has cost Arsenal their shot at an unprecedented quadruple.
Kepa might not do anything about O'Reilly's 2nd, though, as the 20-year-old's expertly put header sailed into the far corner to double City's lead, earn Guardiola a yellow card after a joyous sprint down the touchline and see him become the third-youngest player to score an EFL Cup last brace.
Arsenal brough on the likes of Noni Madueke and Riccardo Calafiori to claw their method back into the game but Guardiola managed the event completely, with City managing the video game to show that he still holds the edge over his former apprentice Arteta.
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City will be hoping that their EFL Cup victory will be the springboard to get their Premier League title charge back on track. They are nine points behind the Gunners at present but they have a video game in hand and also host their title rivals at the Etihad on April 19.
The Citizens are 13-10 with bet365 to win that potentially - that looks good worth provided their dominant screen at Wembley - while they are 6-1 to pip 1-10 Arsenal to the Premier League title
Guardiola's side are out of the Champions League after a 5-1 aggregate loss to Real Madrid but they are 3-1 second-favourites for the FA Cup, just behind 7-4 Arsenal. They need to overcome a challenging quarter-final clash with Liverpool if they are to lift a second domestic trophy of the season, however.
Where do Arsenal go from here?
Arsenal have actually been harshly displayed bottlers at times over the previous few seasons however offered their short chances to raise the EFL Cup, that tag was validated on Sunday.
Arteta's group simply didn't turn up when it mattered most, as City's big-game experience proved the distinction in a cagey last, which might have the more downhearted Gunners fans fearing the worst could occur in the Premier League.
A nine-point lead over City appears huge however it might rapidly vaporize and definitely will if they put in more nervy efficiencies over the last seven video games of the Premier League season.
Viktor Gyokeres, Bukayo Saka and Leandro Trossard all put in ghost-like performances in the EFL Cup final and you need to question whether Arsenal have the leaders and enemies to hold their nerve in a title race which is far from over.
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