Southampton stunned Manchester City to book a place in the semifinals of the English
The bottom team in the
Nottingham Forest beat Wolves 4-3 on penalties after a 1-1 draw and will take on
It was Southampton, however, that produced the shock of the round against City.
First-half goals from
Eight-time winner City was the overwhelming favorite to progress to the semifinals after dominating the competition in recent times, lifting the trophy on six occasions in the last nine years.
Manager
However, Southampton moved a step closer to the final at Wembley with the most impressive win yet since manager
“I’m really proud of the players, of myself and the coaches. We’ve gone through a lot recently, people questioning a lot of things. That goes a little way to justifying why we’re here and what team we’re trying to create,” Jones said.
In the night's other match,
PEP PAYS THE PRICE
Perhaps Guardiola had one eye on Saturday's league derby against
Not that there was any shortage of stellar talent in his lineup, including
It is far from ideal preparation ahead of City's trip to Old Trafford in a game that could see United move to within a point of its Manchester rival.
“The better team won. We didn’t play good, we didn’t play well in the beginning. There are many games you can start not good and overcome and we didn’t do it," Guardiola said. “Today was a bad night, the opponent was better so we have to congratulate them. To win games you have to deserve it and tonight we didn’t deserve it.”
UNITED AWAIT FOREST
Forest's reward for victory against Wolves is a two-legged semifinal against in-form United.
The two teams met over Christmas, with United winning 3-0 at Old Trafford.
Despite victory and progression to the semis, Forest manager
“The objective of the tie was to get through. I can’t say I loved our performance, I shouldn’t be too negative and won’t be. But we have to play a lot better than we did over large spells of the game,” he said.
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