While Pep Guardiola warned the only impact Sunday’s Carabao Cup triumph over Arsenal would be potentially negative, Manchester City’s match-winner Nico O’Reilly claimed that he and his teammates now “smell blood” in the Premier League title race.
City withstood an early storm from the Gunners at Wembley Stadium before outwitting their top-flight rivals after the interval. Even Guardiola was shocked by how expertly his game plan was implemented, joking after the contest that he wouldn’t have bet £1 on the 2–0 win.
