Mahrez Forgets Man Utd Still in Carabao Cup After City Beat Liverpool

• Manchester City winger Riyad Mahrez seems not to reckon Manchester United as a competition
• The Algerian forgot the Red Devils are still in the Carabao Cup after City beat Liverpool
• Southampton awaits for Man City in the quarter-final of the competition they've won four times under Guardiola

Manchester City won their first competitive match back after the World Cup as they triumphed over rivals Liverpool 3-2 in a fiercely contested encounter in the last 16 of England's secondary cup competition the Carabao Cup.

Erling Haaland opened the scoring in the tenth minute before Liverpool drew levelled ten minutes later through youngster Fabio Carvalho to end the first half in a draw.

Riyad Mahrez put the Citizens ahead for the second time in the game two minutes into second half and yet again Liverpool drew level through Mo Salah before Nathan Aké settled it in the 58th minute and the rest of the match ended in back and forth.

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The Algerian then seemed to forget city rivals Manchester United are still in the competition when talking about their chances of lifting the league cup for the fifth time in six years.

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As quoted by Football Daily, Mahrez while peaking after the game in a joint post-match conference with match winner Nathan Aké, he forgot Manchester United are still in the competition.

''I don't know who's left, we beat Chelsea and Liverpool, two top teams. We would see but we are going to take it game by game and concentrate on the next Premier League game which is the most important for us at the moment.'' he said.

Manchester United beat Burnley on Wednesday to reach the quarter-final where they will play Charlton Athletic for a chance to reach the last four.

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Sports Brief earlier reported that Erling Haaland scored the opening goal against Liverpool in under ten minutes, showing why he is to be feared the more by opponents after he rested during the World Cup.

Haaland and Norway failed to qualify for the Qatar 2022 World Cup and the Manchester City striker used the one month to relax ahead of club football restart.

He already has 24 goals in all competitions for City and his goalscoring will be important for City to retain their Premier League title.