LONDON: Southampton caused a major upset by beating Manchester City in the League Cup to reach the semi-finals.

Substitutes Erling Haaland and Kevin De Bruyne failed to inspire a fightback against the Premier League’s bottom club who won with first-half goals from Sekou Mara and Moussa Djenepo.

City manager Pep Guardiola began with Haaland and De Bruyne on the bench for the second successive game ahead of Saturday’s Manchester derby at Old Trafford. The decision backfired.

This was Saints’ first home success over Premier League opposition since they beat Chelsea in August and only a sixth since the start of 2022.

Southampton overcame League One clubs Cambridge, Sheffield Wednesday and Lincoln to reach this stage but the vast number of empty seats suggested many home fans did not envisage further progression.

Goalkeeper Dean Henderson was the hero for Nottingham Forest as he saved two penalties in a shoot-out against Wolves to send his side through to the semi-finals.

The on-loan Manchester United keeper kept out spot-kicks from Ruben Neves and Joe Hodge as Forest emerged 4-3 winners after it had ended 1-1 in normal time.

Willy Boly scored against his old club to put Forest ahead but Raul Jimenez levelled after the break in a bad-blooded encounter that saw a mass brawl on the pitch at the end of the penalty shootout, which is sure to land both clubs in trouble.

Forest are in the last four of a competition that they have special memories in, having won it four times.

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