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LONDON, Dec 23, (AP): If Manchester City’s presence in the semifinals of the English League Cup is no real surprise, the same cannot be said about seconddivision club Brentford. By beating Newcastle 1-0 to take down a fourth Premier League opponents so far in the competition, Brentford reached the semis of a major cup competition for the first time in the southwest London club’s 131-year history. City’s players, on the other hand, are regulars at the business end of domestic competitions and kept alive their bid to win the League Cup for a fourth straight season with a 4-1 win at Arsenal .
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Man City, 2nd-division Brentford into cup semis in England
By STEVE DOUGLASDecember 22, 2020 GMT
If Manchester City’s presence in the semifinals of the English League Cup is no real surprise, the same cannot be said about second-division club Brentford.
By beating Newcastle 1-0 to take down a fourth Premier League opponent so far in the competition, Brentford reached the semis of a major cup competition for the first time in the southwest London club’s 131-year history.
City’s players, on the other hand, are regulars at the business end of domestic competitions and kept alive their bid to win the League Cup for a fourth straight season with a 4-1 win at Arsenal on Tuesday.
Anything that could go wrong does go wrong for Arsenal and Mikel Arteta arsenalnews.co.uk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from arsenalnews.co.uk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Sacking Arteta would be ‘huge, big mistake’ – Pep
Date published: Wednesday 23rd December 2020 7:27 - Sarah Winterburn
Pep Guardiola insists Arsenal would be making a “big mistake” if they decide to sack Mikel Arteta following yet another defeat.
The Gunners were outclassed by Guardiola’s Manchester City, who reached the Carabao Cup semi-finals with
Arteta has not seen his side win a domestic game since November 1 but he opted to make eight changes to the team that lost at Everton on Saturday and, while his former boss Guardiola made seven alterations of his own, the difference in the respective squads was clear for all to see.