Man United Knocked Out by Bristol City in League Cup Shock

Man United Knocked Out by Bristol City in League Cup Shock

Bristol City, from English football’s second-tier, pulled off a sensation in the League Cup quarter-finals they knocked out the holders Manchester United 2-1 amid late and wholly improbable drama at their Ashton Gate home on Wednesday.

On one of the great nights in the Championship club’s 123-year history, City dispatched the Premier League giants amd ecstatic scenes with a winner three minutes into stoppage time from Korey Smith.

City’s reward for their famous win was to earn a semi-final tie with runaway Premier League leaders Manchester City while Chelsea , who also defeated Bournemouth 2-1 in a dramatic finish at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday, were later drawn to play Arsenal.

He had picked a much-changed but string side with big guns Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Paul Pogba back in the starting lineup but United found it a trying night and could not complain when local hero Joe Bryan put City ahead with a superb 51st minute strike.

They made United the fourth Premier League victims of their fairy tale Cup run when, latching on to a fine chipped pass from substitute Matty Taylor, Smith took the ball expertly on his chest and swiveled to fire home left-footed in the final seconds.