How Nathan Jones will treasure this victory. Southampton may be rock bottom of the Premier League but an inspired performance that was capped by goals from Sékou Mara and Moussa Djenepo’s spectacular chip knocked the wind out of Manchester City’s sails on a blustery night on the south coast.
For Pep Guardiola, who was aiming to become the first manager to win this competition five times and move ahead of Sir Alex Ferguson and Brian Clough, it was a night to forget as Kalvin Phillips made his first start for a City side that never really looked like finding a way back into this game…
