BURTON, KOMPAS.com - Laga semifinal kedua Piala Liga Inggris alias Carabao Cup, Burton Albion vs Manchester City di Stadion Pirelli, Rabu (21/1/2019) atau Kamis dini hari WIB, dimenangi tim tamu dengan skor 1-0.
Manchester City yang bermodal kemenangan 9-0 pada laga pertama di kandang sendiri, menang berkat gol Sergio Aguero, memanfaatkan umpan Riyad Mahrez pada menit ke-26. Skor itu bertahan hingga laga berakhir.
Anak-anak asuhan Pep Guardiola itu pun memiliki kans untuk meraih gelar beruntun di Piala Liga Inggris. Musim lalu, mereka juga menjadi yang terbaik.
Baca juga: Liverpool dan Manchester City: Siapa Lebih Menderita karena Cedera?
Pada laga ini, Manchester City tidak menurunkan skuad utamanya, sehingga mereka mencatatkan rekor baru yaitu menurunkan pemain dengan rata-rata umur sekitar 23 tahun 323 haru.
Skuad tersebut menjadi skuad termuda Man City dalam setiap kompetisi yang diikuti mereka sejak 29 Oktober 2008 lalu, saat menghadapi Middlesbrough di ajang Liga Inggris.
23y 323d - The average age of @ManCity's starting XI tonight is 23 years and 323 days, their youngest in any competition since 29th October 2008 against Middlesbrough in the Premier League (23y 318d). Opportunity. #CarabaoCup pic.twitter.com/4nEHUWdRBP
BURTON, KOMPAS.com - Laga semifinal kedua Piala Liga Inggris alias Carabao Cup, Burton Albion vs Manchester City di Stadion Pirelli, Rabu (21/1/2019) atau Kamis dini hari WIB, dimenangi tim tamu dengan skor 1-0.
Manchester City yang bermodal kemenangan 9-0 pada laga pertama di kandang sendiri, menang berkat gol Sergio Aguero, memanfaatkan umpan Riyad Mahrez pada menit ke-26. Skor itu bertahan hingga laga berakhir.
Anak-anak asuhan Pep Guardiola itu pun memiliki kans untuk meraih gelar beruntun di Piala Liga Inggris. Musim lalu, mereka juga menjadi yang terbaik.
Baca juga: Liverpool dan Manchester City: Siapa Lebih Menderita karena Cedera?
Pada laga ini, Manchester City tidak menurunkan skuad utamanya, sehingga mereka mencatatkan rekor baru yaitu menurunkan pemain dengan rata-rata umur sekitar 23 tahun 323 haru.
Skuad tersebut menjadi skuad termuda Man City dalam setiap kompetisi yang diikuti mereka sejak 29 Oktober 2008 lalu, saat menghadapi Middlesbrough di ajang Liga Inggris.
23y 323d - The average age of @ManCity's starting XI tonight is 23 years and 323 days, their youngest in any competition since 29th October 2008 against Middlesbrough in the Premier League (23y 318d). Opportunity. #CarabaoCup pic.twitter.com/4nEHUWdRBP
Hasil Pertandingan: Burton Albion 0-1 Manchester City Gol tunggal Aguero memastikan the Citizens melaju ke partai puncak dengan agregat 10-0. Manchester City memperbesar peluang mempertahankan gelar Piala Liga setelah menang 1-0 pada 'laga formalitas' di Pirelli Stadium, Kamis (24/1) dini hari WIB.
Setelah menggelontorkan sembilan gol tanpa balas di pertemuan pertama, pertandingan dini hari tadi dinilai hanya sebagai formalitas dan City mengunci kemenangan agregat 10-0 -- yang menjadi rekor kemenangan dua leg terbesar sepanjang sejarah kompetisi ini.
Adalah Sergio Aguero yang menambah keunggulan klub Manchester Biru tersebut melawan tim League One. Itu menjadi gol semata wayang di Pirelli Stadium, sehingga juara bertahan City melaju ke final Piala Liga dua kali beruntun untuk pertama kali dalam sejarah klub, dengan Tottenham atau Chelsea bakal menjadi lawan mereka di Wembley pada 24 Februari. Pilihan Editor
Riyad Mahrez lebih dulu mengancam lewat tembakan mendatar dari sudut sempit, namun masih membentur tiang gawang, sebelum ia membantu memecah kebuntuan di menit ke-26.
Pemain asal Aljazair itu menyambut umpan ciamik Kevin De Bruyne dan meski dalam posisi bagus untuk melepaskan tembakan, ia justru memberi umpan untuk dikonversi oleh Aguero.
City tidak banyak mengancam setelah gol tersebut dan butuh waktu sampai menit ke-53 untuk tim tamu kembali menciptakan peluang emas, tapi usaha Fabian Delph dari jarak dekat digagalkan Bradley Collins.
Aguero nyaris menggandaakan keunggulan tapi ia membuang kans emas dari jarak delapan yards, dengan sepakannya melebar dari tiang gawang. Takl lama setelah itu, Guardiola memasukkan Benjamin Mendy setelah dua bulan absen gara-gara cedera.
Burton mendapat peluang emas untuk setidaknya mencetak gol konsolasi, namun Eric Garcia mampu menggagalkan tembakan Will Miller dan City tetap mempertahankan kemenangan 1-0 sampai peluit panjang dibunyikan.
Burton Albion vs Man City: TV channel, live stream, squad news & preview
Pep Guardiola's side head to the Pirelli Stadium for the first time, while the Brewers will want to avoid another drubbing after a 9-0 first-leg loss
Manchester City face Burton Albion in what could be considered the most redundant second leg in League Cup history.
Carabao Cup holders City won the first leg 9-0 at the Etihad Stadium a fortnight ago and Burton will be hoping to avoid a second mauling at home on Wednesday.
The Brewers need to score double figures if they are to overturn their first-leg defeat, so it is probably safe to say that Pep Guardiola's side have already booked their place in the final as they remain in the hunt for an unprecedented quadruple.
Game Burton vs Man City Date Wednesday, January 23 Time 7:45pm GMT / 2:45pm ET
TV Channel, Live Stream & How To Watch
In the United States (US), the game can be streamed on ESPN+.
US TV channel Online stream N/A ESPN+
In the United Kingdom (UK), the game can be watched live on Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Football and streamed on Sky Go.
UK TV channel Online stream Sky Sports Main Event / Sky Sports Football Sky Go
Squads & Team News
Position Burton Albion players Goalkeepers Bywater, Evtimov, Campbell, Collins, Hawkins Defenders Buxton, McFadzean, Turner, McCrory, Wallace, Hutchinson, Brayford Midfielders Quinn, Allen, Sbarra, Fox, Hodge, Fraser, Miller Forwards Akins, Templeton, Harness, Boyce, Cole, Beardsley
Burton come into this game with a clean bill of health and a full squad to choose from.
Confirmed Burton starting XI: Collins; McFadzean, Turner, Akins, Templeton, McCrory, Miller, Harness, Walice, Quinn, Boyce.
Position Man City players Goalkeepers Ederson, Muric Defenders Stones, Laporte, Otamendi, Kompany, Sandler, Walker, Danilo Midfielders Fernandinho, Gundogan, Delph, Zinchenko, Foden, D. Silva, B. Silva, Mahrez, De Bruyne, Nmecha, Richards, Pozo Forwards Aguero, Jesus, Sterling, Sane, Poveda
Pep Guardiola has confirmed that Benjamin Mendy will be in the squad, whereas Vincent Kompany and Claudio Bravo both miss out through injury.
Ian Carlo Poveda, Felix Nmecha, Taylor Richards and Iker Pozo are set to be included in the City squad for the game.
Confirmed Man City starting XI: Muric; Danilo, Sandler, Garcia, Zinchenko; Foden, Delph, De Bruyne, Poveda, Aguero, Mahrez.
Betting & Match Odds
Man City are incredibly short favourites at a price of 1/7 with bet365 . A draw can be backed at 9/1 while the price on Burton winning is 18/1.
Click here to see all of bet 365's offers for the game, including goalscoring markets, correct score predictions and more.
Match Preview
Burton Albion's dream of a cup final was well and truly crushed in the first leg as they suffered their biggest defeat since being promoted into the Football League.
City didn't take their foot off the gas throughout the entire 90 minutes in the previous fixture and Guardiola is still insistent that he wants to see improvement from his team once again.
"We start the game with 9-0, so that's an unusual situation, but the approach is to improve every single game," the City boss said.
"The last game (was) not perfect in understanding the way to attack. It was difficult for many reasons. It depends on the way we defend, how we attack more fluently. That's what I want to see tomorrow."
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The current holders stand on the edge of history with another win here as it would represent the first time they have reached back-to-back League Cup finals.
If City can win by three goals or more they will break the record for the biggest aggregate win in the competition's history which currently stands at 11 goals.
The second leg is unlikely to affect who progresses in the competition but Burton will hope to give a good account of themselves in front of their own fans to end a cup run which has exceeded all expectations.
