The life O’Reilly too much for Arsenal. He’ll get the headlines but so many good performances from Manchester City. James Trafford’s triple save, and good feet in distribution. Rayan Cherki put on a show. Antoine Semenyo excellent first half. And 31-year-old Bernardo Silva tireless and tigerish, creative in midfield in his 43rd game of the season. Shielding the back-four, covering back, launching attacks, the captain setting the standard. Just pure will to win in his 43rd game of the season. Silva gets the silverware. #ARSMCI

88,486 at Wembley #CarabaoCupFinal #ARSMCI

Totally deserved two-goal lead. Manchester City been dominating Arsenal, far more adventurous, far more inventive. Just better. Getting in the box, getting in the headers, exploiting Kepa’s poor handling for the first. O’Reilly scoring twice - getting forward from left-back. So athletic and swift across the grass, so aware of the potential of an attack and finding the optimum position to pounce. All in front of the watching Thomas Tuchel. Surely England’s starting left-back at the World Cup. #ARSMCI #CarabaoCupFinal

Terrible half from #Arsenal, but they can fix that. Cherki, on the other hand, will be an asshole for the rest of his life. #ARSMCI

Kepa kriegt sein Karma seit dem Sarri-Vorfall einfach nie mehr zurück und es fühlt sich seither immer ein bisserl okay an, wenn ihm ein Fehler passiert. Aber jetzt muss Arsenal wenigstens. Bisher war das nix. #ARSMCI #leaguecup

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Sport distilled into duels, a mix of pace and physicality and occasional adventure. Doku v White, Haaland v Saliba, and the most significant duel of a relatively cagey final so far, Semenyo v Hincapie. Semenyo edging it with his speedy and direct running. Down the other end, Gyokeres edging his battle with Khusanov and Saka v O’Reilly even #ARSMCI