Manchester City and Real Madrid have become familiar foes in this competition – this was the 11th meeting between the sides in the past five seasons and the La Liga giants prevailed again after their play-off round win last season and quarter-final victory two years ago.

Nico O’Reilly scored twice against Arsenal to lead Manchester City to their ninth League Cup title. Two headers from the 21-year-old in the space of four second-half minutes secured a big victory for Pep Guardiola's side,

Arsenal hoped the Carabao Cup would be their first trophy in a quadruple; instead, Man City got a boost to keep fighting for the Premier League title.

The Premier League’s top two fight for silverware at Wembley.

Manchester City take on Arsenal today at Wembley in this season’s Carabao Cup final. Today’s match is the first opportunity for silverware to be claimed for the 2025/26 season, and Pep