Manchester City 3-1 Everton (City win 4-3 on aggregate): Capital One Cup semi-final as it happened
Silva gives the ball away (!), inviting Barkley to burst forward on the counter attack again. He slips a perfectly weighted pass through for Deulofeu whose caught up with him to his left, but the Spaniard's attempt to curl it into the far corner is ready too easily by the City goalkeeper, who makes the save.
Aguero rattles the post! Delph cuts inside to to Silva who slips it onto Aguero who takes a touch before smashing a wonderful effort that beats Robles, but comes back off the woodwork. Barry is first to the loose ball but lets Silva get in ahead of him. Fortunately, the Spaniard can't drive his effort on goal.
City are level! A long ball over the top is knocked onto Aguero who drives towards goal before cutting back onto his right foot. His shot is blocked by Jagielka, but Fernandinho follows it up with a shot from the edge of the area that takes a huge deflection off Baines, lifting it over the hapless Robles.
Everton lead at the Etihad! Aguero thinks he is fouled but the referee plays on and the away side venture forward out of their own half. Barkley picks the ball up about 40 yards out from goal and brilliantly changes direction to slip past Fernandinho. He glides forward to the edge of the D with City defenders standing off him and finds the bottom corner with a wonderful low drive to put his side 3-1 up on aggregate.
Patient play from City ends when Otamendi tries his luck with an effort from over 30 yards out which fails to beat the first man and Everton finally get the ball back. Barry slides one out to Deulofeu who hits an early cross into the middle this time, one that is inches away from landing in the path of Lukaku.
Sterling tries to dance his way in from the left but is tackled by Barry who launches the counter. Deulofeu springs into action, sprinting past Clichy, drawing Demechelis out he he beats with ease too. The Spaniard has options in the middle but holds onto the ball for just too long, allowing Otamendi to make the block. Everton have a corner out of it, but City deal with it rather comfortably.
A quick recap of what happened when these two met in the first leg at Goodison Park. Funes Mori opened the scoring for the home side with an instinctive finish right on the stroke of half time before Jesus Navas swept home his first goal since 2014 to cap a fine counter attack and level the contest.
Just two minutes later, however, Everton took the lead again as Romelu Lukaku stole in between the City centre halves to head home Gareth Barry's cross.
City are still without their skipper Vincent Kompany tonight but Manuel Pellegrini moved to clam fears the Belgian is facing six weeks out of action.
The injury situation is exactly the same. [Eliaquim] Mangala, Kompany, [Aleksandar] Kolarov, [Wilfried] Bony and [Samir] Nasri are out. I don't think Vincent will be out for six weeks – he will return in a couple of weeks.
"As I said in the last press conference, it's very important how he improves in the next few weeks. We are doing all we can to review Vincent in different places with different doctors. I hope that now when he comes back he will be fit until the end of the season.
Here is Roberto Martinez addressing the press earlier this week.
As we expected, Mo Besic and Kevin Mirallas won't be available tomorrow. We will have a bit more detail [about their injuries] today when both players will be reassessed.
"Phil [Jagielka] is a very important player and we have to remember that he was out for a long time. It's a real opportunity for us to have Phil Jagielka refreshed and fully fit going into tomorrow's game. We need to make sure we use the squad wisely and well.
"There was good news in terms of Seamus Coleman coming on [against Swansea] and showing no effects of being injured. He looks fully fit and we look forward to him participating in the squad.
BREAKING: Joel Robles comes in for Tim Howard again while Leon Osman joins Tom Cleverley and Gareth Barry in midfield.
Everton team to face Man City: Joel, Baines, Stones, Jagielka, Funes Mori, Cleverley, Barry, Deulofeu, Barkley, Osman, Lukaku
Subs: Howard, Coleman, Oviedo, McCarthy, Lennon, Pienaar, Kone
BREAKING: Raheem Sterling, Fernandinho, Willy Caballero and Pablo Zabaleta all return to the starting XI.
Man City team to face Everton: Cabaallero, Zabaleta, Otamendi, Demichelis, Clichy, Fernandinho, Delphy, Silva, Toure, Sterling, Aguero
Subs: Hart, Sagna, De Bruyne, Iheanacho, Fernando, Navas, Angelino
Everton are 90 minutes from confirming a Merseyside Derby in the Capital One Cup final next month. Liverpool's narrow victory via penalties over Stoke City booked their place on Tuesday night and with Roberto Martinez's side leading 2-1 after the first leg, their fate is very much in their own hands.
This will be the third time Manchester City have taken on the Toffees this month and they are yet to record a victory. After leaving Goodison Park with nothing after the first leg, Manuel Pellegrini's side were frustrated at the Etihad a week later as Everton found the defensive stability they have so often lacked this season to help secure a 0-0 draw. Do that again tonight, and they will be within one more win of winning their first piece of silverware since 1995.
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