How Man City won EFL Cup 2026
How Man City won EFL Cup 2026 Manchester City won the EFL Cup for the ninth time after beating Arsenal 2-0, with Nico O'Reilly's quickfire brace doing the damage. Nico O'Reilly described Manchester City's EFL Cup final triumph over Arsenal as "unbelievable" as his two goals helped Pep Guardiola's side to victory at Wembley Stadium. O'Reilly struck twice in the space of four second-half minutes, first capitalising on an error by Kepa Arrizabalaga before nodding in from Matheus Nunes' cross in the 64th minute. Aged 21 years and one day, he is the third-youngest player to score a brace in an EFL Cup final, after Wayne Rooney for Manchester United against Wigan Athletic in 2006 (20y 125d) and Ronnie Whelan for Liverpool against Tottenham in 1982 (20y 169d). He also made more tackles (four) than any other player for the Citizens, while only the impressive Jeremy Doku (12) won more duels on Sunday than full-back O'Reilly's 10. O'Rei...