Jonny Weeks January 27, 2010

Manchester United v Manchester City in the Carling Cup

The best images from the second leg of the Carling Cup semi-final between Manchester United and Manchester City at Old Trafford

League Cup: Manchester United v Manchester City — After Carlos Tevez's 'boot-licker' barb directed at ex-Manchester United team-mate Gary Neville, the Carling Cup semi-final between the two Manchester sides is sure to have some venom ... City lead 2-1 following the first leg at Eastlands, but United have that precious away goal to rely on ...
Photograph: John Peters/Man Utd via Getty Images Photograph: John Peters/guardian.co.uk

League Cup: Manchester United v Manchester City - Carling Cup Semi Final — City manager Roberto Mancini said before the match that his advice to his players was "Don't look back in anger" – refering to City's most famous musical supporters, the Gallagher brothers from Oasis
Photograph: Alex Livesey/Getty Images Photograph: Alex Livesey/guardian.co.uk

League Cup: Manchester United v Manchester City — Nani skips past Craig Bellamy, who gave United's defenders a torrid time the last time these sides met at Old Trafford
Photograph: Matthew Peters/Man Utd via Getty Images Photograph: Matthew Peters/guardian.co.uk

League Cup: league cup — City's Argentinian defender Pablo Zabaleta leaps with the United midfielder Darren Fletcher
Photograph: Paul Ellis/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Paul Ellis/guardian.co.uk

League Cup: league cup — Nani, United's maligned midfielder, plucks the ball from the sky with composure
Photograph: Jon Super/AP Photograph: Jon Super/guardian.co.uk

League Cup: Manchester United v Manchester City - Carling Cup Semi Final — Tempers boil as Zabaleta confronts Wayne Rooney following a challenge
Photograph: Alex Livesey/Getty Images Photograph: Alex Livesey/guardian.co.uk

League Cup: league cup — Rooney fires a shot as Micah Richards watches the ball soar
Photograph: Jason Cairnduff/Action Images Photograph: Jason Cairnduff/guardian.co.uk

league cup: Manchester City's Tevez — Tevez looks bemused as the United fans rant abuse at him. His summer transfer still wrankles with the red half of Manchester
Photograph: Phil Noble/Reuters Photograph: Phil Noble/guardian.co.uk

league cup: league cup — Richards holds off a clutch of United players
Photograph: Paul Ellis/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Paul Ellis/guardian.co.uk

league cup: Manchester United v Manchester City — Rafael Da Silva looks to dispossess Tevez, but City's talisman is on his game tonight and neatly shields the ball
Photograph: Matthew Peters/Man Utd via Getty Images Photograph: Matthew Peters/guardian.co.uk

cup match: cup match — Tevez and Ferdinand mirror one another as they challenge for possession
Photograph: Paul Ellis/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Paul Ellis/guardian.co.uk

league cup: Manchester United v Manchester City - Carling Cup Semi Final — The match turns sour when fans throw coins and beer bottles at Bellamy. The Welshman is hit on the head, prompting Edwin van der Sar to go to the scene of the incident to prevent further bombardment
Photograph: Alex Livesey/Getty Images Photograph: Alex Livesey/guardian.co.uk

league cup: Manchester United v Manchester City — Ferdinand attempts a wild flick
Photograph: John Peters/Man Utd via Getty Images Photograph: John Peters/guardian.co.uk

league cup: Manchester United v Manchester City — United take the lead as Paul Scholes rattles home a shot from 16 yards .. it's now 2-2 on aggregate (though United's away goal won't come into play until the end of extra-time) ... But there are still at least 38 minutes to go
Photograph: Matthew Peters/Man Utd via Getty Images Photograph: Matthew Peters/guardian.co.uk

league cup: league cup — Michael Carrick adds a second in the 71st minute to give United the upper hand ... his quick shot beats the trailing leg of keeper Shay Given and goes in off the far post ... City's hopes of a first trophy in 34 years are in tatters
Photograph: Jason Cairnduff/Action Images Photograph: Jason Cairnduff/guardian.co.uk

league cup: Manchester United v Manchester City - Carling Cup Semi Final — But City respond and it's that man again, Carlos Tevez! The Argentinian stabs his boot at a fizzing cross - more in hope than expectation - and the ball flies into the bottom corner .. it's 2-1 on the night and 3-3 overall
Photograph: Alex Livesey/Getty Images Photograph: Alex Livesey/guardian.co.uk

league cup: Rooney heads — We're into injury time now and United get a corner ... Giggs and Evra play a short one-two and the former swings the ball into the danger area where Rooney rises unchallenged to score!
Photograph: Phil Noble/Reuters Photograph: Phil Noble/guardian.co.uk

league cup: league cup — The England striker is so delighted he attempts a comically acrobatic celebration. There's no time for City to recover from this ... United are off to Wembley for the Carling Cup final
Photograph: Paul Ellis/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Paul Ellis/guardian.co.uk

cup match: Manchester United v Manchester City - Old Trafford — Bellamy wears a look of disbelief while Zabaleta drops to the floor as City feel the pain of losing out to their rivals
Photograph: Martin Rickett/PA Photograph: Martin Rickett/guardian.co.uk

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