Manchester City completed their stroll to the Carabao Cup Final with a 1-0 victory over Burton Albion which brought the aggregate score into double figures.
Sergio Aguero netted the winner after 26 minutes as Guardiola “blooded” several of his young guns. Clubs are duty bound to field a handful of regular first-teamers, so alongside Aguero was De Bruyne, Mahrez, Zinchenko, Delph and Danilo. Muric and Foden have been hovering around the first team all season, but for Sandler, Poveda and the accomplished Eric Garcia, it was a night of valuable experience.
The Blues eased their way around in much less than top gear and although they had enough chances to take a record 12-0 aggregate win, tonight was not about driving even more humiliation on Nigel Clough’s side in front of a packed Pirelli Stadium.