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Former winners Manchester City booked their place in the Carabao Cup final, with a convincing 5-1 win over Newcastle United, but it was the way they went about it and who scored on the night that caught our eye.

Egypt striker Omar Marmoush, who has been something of a bit-part player since joining the club, made a rare start on Wednesday night and rewarded his manager’s faith in him with a brace.

The former Eintracht Frankfurt striker has reminded his manager at the perfect time that he has other options besides star man Erling Haaland, who is going through his annual goal drought.

New signing Antoine Semenyo has also been seriously impressive since joining the club in January. For long periods, I am not sure if you were the same as me, but City without KDB weren’t going to be the same.

Although Man City are on a minor trophy-drought, the signings of Teijani Reijnders and Rayan Cherki show that City’s hieracrhy have addressed the absence of one of the greatest playmakers to play in the Premier League.

In the attacking part of the pitch, it looks like Manchester City are moving into their next phase, now? It’s the defence that needs to follow suit. Only the players can say if this is accurate or not, but playing a world-class centre-back in Josko Gvardiol is a no-no!

The chess master Pep hasn’t been able to work out what to do, yet, because if someone can find a solution, Pep Guardiola can!