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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Jamie Jackson at the Academy Stadium

Hemp hits heights as Manchester City beat Spurs to reach League Cup final

Lauren Hemp climbs to head home Manchester City’s third goal against Tottenham.
Lauren Hemp climbs to head home Manchester City’s third goal against Tottenham. Photograph: Lewis Storey/The FA/Getty Images

Manchester City will hope to secure a fourth Continental League Cup after this schooling of Tottenham. The star act was Lauren Hemp, who scored the third goal and whose ability to glide across the turf was matched by a killer end product.

Gareth Taylor will enjoy plotting how to take down Chelsea, the holders, after City’s sticky start to the campaign. Chelsea have claimed the trophy for the past two years but the three-times winners are stylish and able to land dizzying punches when required, so the showpiece at Plough Lane should be a spectacle.

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