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EFL Cup: The second leg of the semifinals – Man City the only team in the final

By Ashley Anthony

MANCHESTER, ENGLAND - JANUARY 09: Kevin De Bruyne of Manchester City during the Carabao Cup Semi Final First Leg match between Manchester City and Burton Albion at Etihad Stadium on January 09, 2019 in Manchester, United Kingdom. (Photo by Gareth Copley/Getty Images)
MANCHESTER, ENGLAND - JANUARY 09: Kevin De Bruyne of Manchester City during the Carabao Cup Semi Final First Leg match between Manchester City and Burton Albion at Etihad Stadium on January 09, 2019 in Manchester, United Kingdom. (Photo by Gareth Copley/Getty Images) /
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MANCHESTER, ENGLAND – JANUARY 09: Aleix García of Manchester City during the Carabao Cup Semi Final First Leg match between Manchester City and Burton Albion at Etihad Stadium on January 09, 2019 in Manchester, United Kingdom. (Photo by Gareth Copley/Getty Images)
MANCHESTER, ENGLAND – JANUARY 09: Aleix García of Manchester City during the Carabao Cup Semi Final First Leg match between Manchester City and Burton Albion at Etihad Stadium on January 09, 2019 in Manchester, United Kingdom. (Photo by Gareth Copley/Getty Images) /

What can a team do with nine goals against them? Learn from the team beating, so they know what to do against their next set of opponents.

The Etihad was notably a miserable place for Burton a couple of nights back. When typing the word back, one can only realise that’s the one thing Burton will not be doing. The only thing that can be done is save some pride and win in front of the home crowd.

This has left little to be desired for in the next match. The only good thing coming from this fixture is the list of players who will be featuring for Man City in the fixture. Pep stated it will be a young side to see out the semifinal, along with players returning from injury.

Kevin de Bruyne is set to start the 90 minutes, while Benjamin Mendy got named in the travelling squad. A host of younglings have been named to play and rightfully so, all of them should start, with it being a nine-goal deficit.

Predicted score
Burton 2-4 Man City

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