Holders Manchester City took a big step towards a return to the League Cup final with a 3-1 win over Manchester United in their semi-final, first leg at Old Trafford on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
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City outclassed their neighbours in the first half, going in 3-0 at the break before Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side regrouped and avoided what could have been a more emphatic defeat.<\/p>\n
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A brilliant strike from Bernardo Silva put City ahead in the 17th minute, the winger cutting in from the right before unleashing a superb shot into the far, top corner.<\/p>\n
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The busy Portugal international then created City’s second, collecting a poor headed clearance from Victor Lindelof and dancing past a challenge before threading the ball to Riyad Mahrez who rounded goalkeeper David de Gea and slotted home.<\/p>\n
City then punished United on a counter-attack, which ended with Kevin De Bruyne blasting goalwards before De Gea’s parry ricocheted off United midfielder Andreas Pereira into the net.<\/p>\n
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United looked more solid after the introduction of midfielder Nemanja Matic at the break and got a foothold in the tie through a 70th minute goal from Marcus Rashford.<\/p>\n
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Leicester City face Aston Villa in the first leg of the other semi-final on Wednesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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