Newcastle United on Wednesday beat Manchester City 1-0 in the third round of the English League Cup, a title that eluded Pep Guardiola’s team during their storied treble last season.
Manchester City seem to win every competition they enter these days, except the League Cup.
Guardiola’s agitation showed by getting a yellow card in the closing minutes for dissent to the match officials.
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“No problem, I accept everything,” Guardiola told the BBC of his booking. “Congratulations to Newcastle for the victory.”
Newcastle’s reward in the fourth-round draw made 30 minutes after the final whistle is a trip to face Manchester United — a rematch of last season’s final won by Manchester United.
Guardiola left star starters Erling Haaland, Kyle Walker and Phil Foden on the bench, yet Manchester City still dominated the first half without making their possession count with a goal.
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Alexander Isak struck in the 53rd minute for Newcastle, who also made sweeping lineup changes to rest key players for another midweek fixture sandwiched between two UEFA Champions League challenges.
The goal was created by Joelinton’s dribble into and across the penalty area past four Manchester City defenders before squaring a pass that found Isak alone at the far post.
Foden and Jeremy Doku came on in the second half, but could not find a leveler as Haaland stayed on the bench among the unused substitutes.
Manchester City won the League Cup five times in six seasons through 2021 and now have been eliminated in three straight seasons.
Guardiola’s team already won the UEFA Super Cup last month, still have Premier League, Champions League and FA Cup trophies to defend, and there is a first UEFA Club World Cup to play for in December in Saudi Arabia.
Elsewhere, Liverpool are making a habit of conceding the first goal in games, but are still unbeaten this season after beating Leicester City 3-1 with three second-half goals.
A third-minute goal by Leicester’s Kasey McAteer made it five times in eight games that Liverpool trailed 1-0, and the second time they fell behind in the opening minutes at Anfield.
It would be Leicester’s only shot on target as Liverpool rallied with 29 goal attempts, 10 of them on target, and goals for Cody Gakpo, Dominik Szoboszlai and Diogo Jota.
Szoboszlai’s was the pick in the 70th minute, a rifled shot from 20m that glanced off the underside of the crossbar on its way to the net.
Arsenal and Chelsea came through games against Premier League opposition as all nine matches on Wednesday were won in regulation time and did not go directly to a penalty shoot-out.
Arsenal won 1-0 against Brentford thanks to Reiss Nelson’s goal in the eighth minute after poor passing in the home defense.
At Stamford Bridge, Chelsea fielded three players — Marc Cucurella, Robert Sanchez, Moises Caicedo — who were signed from Brighton & Hove Albion in a 1-0 win over their old club.
Everton reversed a 4-0 loss at Aston Villa in the Premier League last month to take a 2-1 win at Villa Park. James Garner scored in the 15th minute and Dominic Calvert-Lewin in the 50th for Everton, who now have two away wins in five days after a troubled start to the season.
There were routine wins for Fulham and AFC Bournemouth at home to second-tier teams.
Fulham’s foundation for a 2-1 win over Norwich City was a 12th-minute goal by Carlos Vinicius. Bournemouth struck twice in a three-minute spell early in the second half to beat Stoke City 2-0.
West Ham United needed a 70th-minute goal by Tomas Soucek in a 1-0 win against third-tier Lincoln City.
The highest-scoring game saw Blackburn Rovers beat Cardiff City 5-2 in a clash of second-tier teams.
Liverpool are to play Bournemouth and Arsenal face West Ham in a draw stacked with all-Premier League games. Chelsea are to host Blackburn.
Everton are to play Burnley, while Fulham face second-tier side Ipswich Town.
Fourth-tier Mansfield Town are to host third-tier Port Vale to ensure at least one underdog in the quarter-finals.
Third-tier Exeter City are to host second-tier Middlesbrough.
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