Southampton handed Guardiola and Man City a rare defeat in the Carabao Cup while Taiwo Awoniyi’s Forest also reached the last four.
handed Pep Guardiola his first-ever quarterfinal defeat on Wednesday to qualify for a first semi-final spot in 31 years.
Southampton, under new manager, Nathan Jones, have been under immense pressure, especially in the Premier League where they are languishing in 20th position. They have now made it two consecutive victories and will be buoyed for their visit to Goodison Park on Sunday when they face 18th-placed Everton., Kevin De Bruyne, Rodri, and Riyad Mahrez, but within 28 minutes, his team was down by two goals, from which they never recovered.
“Today was not even close to what we are. We were not prepared to play in this competition to get to the semi-finals. We were not ready. For Jones, it was a big triumph that could be the season’s turning point. “I am really pleased with the performance. I thought we were excellent. We were aggressive, organised and went after the game. We scored two good goals and could have scored more, we were hardly defending for our life.
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