It will be City's sixth
League Cup final appearance and the first against Arsenal, who beat Chelsea in the last four.
Southampton have been solid enough under Puel this season, but there's a clear step down in quality between this side and the one which finished sixth last term, The Saints aren't in any position to push for Europe this season, although they did have
a League Cup final appearance earlier in the campaign.
Unlike many of his predecessors, Pochettino has won the backing of the vast majority of the White Hart Lane faithful, buoyed by the Argentine's faith in young players,
the League Cup final appearance, and those eye - catching triumphs over Chelsea and Arsenal in the Premier League.
Not exact matches
He finished his career with 650
league goals, 77 international goals — with three in several FIFA World
Cup Final appearances, and an unofficial goal total of over 1100.
And maybe a
league cup and and a
final appearance in the UCL?
Besides the FA
Cup final held at Wembley, today could be Wenger's
final appearance as an Arsenal manager at the Emirates, and it could well be his
final Premier
League game.
Former Rayo Vallecano star Michu has scored 18 goals in 32
appearances in a Swansea shirt this season, helping the club reach a first domestic
cup final — the Capital One Cup final in which they will face League Two Bradford City next Sund
cup final — the Capital One
Cup final in which they will face League Two Bradford City next Sund
Cup final in which they will face
League Two Bradford City next Sunday.
In addition to his
cup final appearance, one of his two Premier
League goals came against Liverpool at the Emirates to further highlight that he can handle the big game occasions.
Wenger opted to usher Campbell into the Arsenal first team after his superb showing at the 2014 World
Cup finals but offered him just four Premier
League appearances before he was sent out to Villarreal for yet another loan spell.
It was a different story in the
cup competitions, however, with Arsenal making their now customary exit from the Champions League in the last 16, while Liverpool prevented them making an FA Cup final appearan
cup competitions, however, with Arsenal making their now customary exit from the Champions
League in the last 16, while Liverpool prevented them making an FA
Cup final appearan
Cup final appearance.
Jimmy Dimmock was the first - the outside left who scored the winner in the 1921 FA
Cup Final made it to 100
league goals in 400
league appearances between 1919 - 1931.
On 21 December 1965 they were set firmly on course for a third consecutive
final appearance thanks to a 5 - 2
League Cup semi-
final first leg victory against Cardiff at Upton Park.
Götze enjoyed the finest period of his career for Klopp at Dortmund, scoring 22 goals in 83 Bundesliga
appearances and playing a key role in the club's two Bundesliga titles, one German
Cup success and progress to the 2013 Champions
League final.
Although he made just eleven
appearances for his club side in the 2015/16 season, he was part of the squad that won the Russian Premier
League title and reached the Russian
Cup Final.
Mangala was playing regular Champions
League football before his 19th birthday and scored in Standard's Belgian
Cup final victory over Westerlo in 2011 on what proved to be his farewell
appearance for the club before joining Portuguese giants FC Porto.
In addition to winning the
League Cup and our UEFA
Cup Final appearance, we also enjoyed two more
League Cup Finals, an FA
Cup Final and two consecutive European adventures that brought with them the scalps of Lazio, Stuttgart and Roma.
What made the gesture all the more remarkable was that Hill's previous Wembley
appearance, for Tranmere in the
League Cup final 14 years earlier, ended prematurely when he was sent off.
During the course of the season, Bailly has played a total of 1,270 minutes of action; 909 in the Premier
League, making ten starts (900 minutes) and one substitute
appearance (nine minutes), 270 in the UEFA Champions
League, playing three complete matches, also playing 91 minutes in the Emirates FA
Cup this season, playing one full match and coming on in the
final minute in another.
His third and
final Arsenal first - team goal came against Reading in a 3 - 0
League Cup win, and his singular Premiership
appearance also arrived, in a 1 - 0 loss to Blackburn Rovers.
Under 18's got beat 4 — 1 by our neighbors in the
Cup semi
final, and the under 23's lost a top of the table clash at Leicester 3 — 1, although that result is tempered by the fact that our best players from that team were absent due to their anticipated
appearance in the Europa
league game on Thursday night.
Arsene Wenger and his men have battened down the hatches at the back and developed a ruthless streak that has seen them win 11 of their last 13 Premier
League games and book another Wembley
appearance in the FA
Cup final.
When Fàbregas won the Golden Boy Award in 2006, he had already helped drag Arsenal to a Champions
League final, won an FA
Cup and made over 100 senior
appearances for one of Europe's elite sides.