:00:39. > :00:47.Good evening. With a Wembley final just one win away, there was no
:00:48. > :00:50.bigger incentive for the semifinalists of this season's
:00:51. > :00:53.Capital One Cup. Admittedly, both ties were intriguingly poised for
:00:54. > :00:56.very different reasons. A warm welcome to both Steve and Leroy, who
:00:57. > :01:03.are with me tonight to reflect on another dramatic night of knock out
:01:04. > :01:07.football. Here's what's coming up. After their 2-1 win at the Stadium
:01:08. > :01:10.of Light two weeks ago, it was advantage Sunderland going into this
:01:11. > :01:12.evening's second leg at Old Trafford.
:01:13. > :01:14.We'll find out whether they could hold out against David Moyes'
:01:15. > :01:17.Manchester United, desperate for a change in fortune after a troubled
:01:18. > :01:21.start to 2014. And with a record six goal deficit
:01:22. > :01:24.from the first leg of their semifinal against Manchester City,
:01:25. > :01:27.surely it was a case of mission impossible for Sam Allardyce's West
:01:28. > :01:36.Ham? We've the best of the action from last night's game at the Boleyn
:01:37. > :01:39.Ground. Right to tonight's match at Old Trafford, where David Moyes
:01:40. > :01:42.aimed to try and salvage a bitterly disappointing season by securing
:01:43. > :01:45.Manchester United's place at a Wembley final. Already out of the FA
:01:46. > :01:48.Cup, Sunday's seventh league defeat pretty much ended any hope of
:01:49. > :01:51.retaining the title. So could they lift morale by overcoming a 2-1
:01:52. > :01:57.deficit against an improving Sunderland? Commentary from Guy
:01:58. > :02:04.Mowbray. Eight of the last 19th to win the
:02:05. > :02:07.first leg at home have failed to reach the final. Manchester United
:02:08. > :02:23.have to turn it around tonight. Fletcher is captain for the night.
:02:24. > :02:28.Sunderland staged their own comeback to draw with sometimes and at the
:02:29. > :02:36.weekend. They only lost one of their last two games. Two changes for the
:02:37. > :02:40.visitors. Gus Poyet's team is backed by 9000 loud, travelling supporters,
:02:41. > :03:04.all dreaming of Wembley. Borini slid into eagerly. I think
:03:05. > :03:09.that is how Lee Mason interpreted it as well. Could have easily got the
:03:10. > :03:13.yellow card out for that. The adrenaline is flowing a bit too
:03:14. > :03:23.strongly. Hear me, it is at least a yellow card.
:03:24. > :03:42.Javier Hernandez. Nervous start from Sunderland in the back.
:03:43. > :03:53.A good leap from Javier Hernandez. Gus Poyet is enjoying the
:03:54. > :04:15.distraction from the survival battle.
:04:16. > :04:44.Really good go. The eyes tell you how close it was. Good running from
:04:45. > :05:01.Borini. In the front of Raffi L and he stayed there.
:05:02. > :05:36.Enjoying the snacks there, hopefully not a prawn sandwich.
:05:37. > :05:46.It is hoped behind. The final touch was on the boots. Final corner,
:05:47. > :06:02.taking quickly. He might have done his team a
:06:03. > :06:24.disservice there. Well back -- Welbeck. 1-0. The tide
:06:25. > :06:31.swings around to stop -- around. Manchester United have the advantage
:06:32. > :06:32.now. Rooney did not get out, just stayed loyal to ring from the goal
:06:33. > :06:54.line. -- loitering. It was Darren Fletcher who hit the
:06:55. > :07:01.woodwork. Mannone made a good save. What seemed like only a moment
:07:02. > :07:17.later, Sunderland were behind. They need to score tonight now.
:07:18. > :07:41.It is cleared away. Was not going in for Brown. It was powerful enough.
:07:42. > :07:57.Robin Van Persie, he has not played since the 10th of December.
:07:58. > :08:27.That was not a bad effort at all. They tend to be pretty special
:08:28. > :08:28.efforts. Personalized snood 's, I wonder if they will catch on with
:08:29. > :08:55.any other teams. The ball dipped but it did not
:08:56. > :09:10.curl. Mannone was troubled for an instant. I think the pass was on.
:09:11. > :09:13.That will not reach Borini. Stephen Letcher at -- Fletcher has been left
:09:14. > :09:23.behind. He tried to absolutely smack it. He
:09:24. > :09:27.only just caught it with the top part of his period. Very nearly a
:09:28. > :09:42.slice. -- his brute. Great block tackle. A goal has
:09:43. > :10:12.effectively been saved. Steven Fletcher has really put in a
:10:13. > :10:28.shift and a half here. Sunderland appealing as he would
:10:29. > :11:07.accept -- expect them to. It was curling as well. Urgency now
:11:08. > :11:18.from the team in red, not wanting another 30 minutes if they can help
:11:19. > :11:32.it. It is a Manchester United corner.
:11:33. > :11:43.It was a goal bound but did not have the power, and Mannone made quite an
:11:44. > :11:50.easy catch in the end. United throw. It is last chance now, in the final
:11:51. > :12:00.moments of the three I did and to the 90. -- added onto. O'Shea is
:12:01. > :12:11.going to go in the book. Manchester United have one shot for Wembley.
:12:12. > :12:24.An 18-year-old who has been one of the brightest things about this
:12:25. > :12:30.season for Manchester United. It is held and saved by Mannone. He wants
:12:31. > :12:36.to get it out quickly, but he will not be able to get it out quickly
:12:37. > :12:40.enough. Another 30 minutes will be played. If we do not get a goal,
:12:41. > :13:04.Manchester United will be going to Wembley anyway.
:13:05. > :13:21.The ball is perfect for Hernandez. Fans of all ages, shirts of all
:13:22. > :13:49.euros. -- eras. Right across the face. Only needed a
:13:50. > :14:09.touch. Phil Bardsley has done a really well here.
:14:10. > :14:26.It is in! Phil Bardsley has brought Sunderland to the Capital One Cup
:14:27. > :14:34.final! A Wembley final has bring slipped from the grasp of Manchester
:14:35. > :14:41.United. Nothing on target all tonight for Sunderland until this.
:14:42. > :14:50.Straight at the goalkeeper, straight through the goalkeeper. A Manchester
:14:51. > :14:56.United goal in the second that remain. Thus Poyet is taking his
:14:57. > :14:59.black hat to the first major Wembley cup final since 1992. -- Gus Poyet
:15:00. > :15:17.will stop -- Gus Poyet. It might not be over yet. Back to
:15:18. > :15:23.Phil Jones. Headed away by Brown. Here's Darren Fletcher. Januzaj.
:15:24. > :15:32.There is a chance. Januzaj in. It's in the net! Hernandez has done it.
:15:33. > :15:47.Sunderland celebrations premature. Hernandez, into the roof of the net.
:15:48. > :15:51.The drama goes on. It will go onto a penalty shoot-out, unless there is
:15:52. > :16:02.another twist. It's incredible! Remarkable! That's a mark of what
:16:03. > :16:07.Manchester United used to do, a lot. Smalling to Januzaj. Nobody could
:16:08. > :16:10.get the ball away. Now, watch the reaction of David Moyes, it's as
:16:11. > :16:27.measured as he can possibly be. Up towards Altidore, faced by
:16:28. > :16:32.Rafael. Altidore has been found guilty of a bump and a barge. There
:16:33. > :16:37.is one relieved Manchester United goalkeeper, who you never know,
:16:38. > :16:43.could be a penalty-saving hero. That is what we are going down to. A
:16:44. > :16:49.shoot-out to decide who will face Manchester City in the final.
:16:50. > :16:55.Sunderland had it won. De Gea has to try and save penalties. In the goal
:16:56. > :17:03.in which he let through a soft one, just a few minutes ago.
:17:04. > :17:18.Gardner has blazed it high over the bar. Almost reached those Sunderland
:17:19. > :17:27.fans in the top tier. Up steps Danny Welbeck. The former Sunderland loan
:17:28. > :17:39.star. Now, Welbeck. He's blazed it, and missed as well. Goodness me.
:17:40. > :17:48.That's as bad as Craig Gardner's. Some can barely watch. Fletcher.
:17:49. > :17:58.It's tame, to say the least. Saved by De Gea. One Fletcher has missed.
:17:59. > :18:03.Up comes the other for David Moyes. It's Darren Fletcherer the captain
:18:04. > :18:07.for the night. That wasn't strong either, but it was accurate. It was
:18:08. > :18:12.just out of the reach of Mannone. Manchester United are on the board.
:18:13. > :18:23.You can see the nerves written large across his face. Only just signed
:18:24. > :18:29.for Sunderland. On-loan. Alonso, it's a really good spot check. It's
:18:30. > :18:39.Adnan Januzaj, 18 years old, world at his feet.
:18:40. > :18:48.Januzaj, verses Mannone. Mannone, saves! It was too close to him. It's
:18:49. > :19:00.level again at one penalty each, three taken each.
:19:01. > :19:11.He scores, easily sends De Gea the wrong way. Now it's Phil Jones to
:19:12. > :19:13.make the long walk. Seems to have been around for ages. Seems to have
:19:14. > :19:26.loads of experience. Still only 21. Jones has put it over. Got right
:19:27. > :19:34.underneath the ball. Mannone, not needed again. Manchester United have
:19:35. > :19:36.scored one out of four penalties. Sunderland are one successful
:19:37. > :19:52.spot-kick away from Wembley. If Adam Johnson scores, Jim
:19:53. > :19:56.Montgomerie, all that lot, will be going to Wembley. Johnson will be
:19:57. > :20:04.facing his former team, Manchester City, in the final, if he scores
:20:05. > :20:22.this kick. Saved by De Gea. It's not over yet. Another dramatic twist.
:20:23. > :20:27.Manchester United have another life. Rafael must score to deep alive.
:20:28. > :20:33.Saved by Mannone. Sunderland are heading to the Capital One Cup
:20:34. > :20:39.final. Vito Mannone takes the plaudits. Sunderland's Italian
:20:40. > :20:47.goalkeeper is their hero at the end. What a turn around in their season.
:20:48. > :20:54.Rock bottom, going nowhere but down, then in came Gus pout. They Poyet.
:20:55. > :21:01.They are climbing away from trouble slowly. They are going to a major
:21:02. > :21:06.final. Their first trip to a major cup final since 1992. Misery, more
:21:07. > :21:12.of it, for Manchester United and David Moyes. Out of the Capital One
:21:13. > :21:19.Cup. No final for Sir Alex to attend this year. Tears for Danny Welbeck.
:21:20. > :21:25.Tears of joy for all from Wearside. Sunderland, win on penalties. David,
:21:26. > :21:29.should it have gone that far? We didn't play well enough tonight to
:21:30. > :21:33.do it We had chances to put the game to bed really. We had a few breaks.
:21:34. > :21:37.I thought Sunderland played well tonight. They deserved the credit.
:21:38. > :21:40.They got themselves to the final over the first half and the
:21:41. > :21:46.second-half I didn't think we did well enough. Albeit, it looked as if
:21:47. > :21:49.we were going to get ourself-to the final until the last-minute. Don't
:21:50. > :21:54.know where to start, I suspect you don't either Difficult just playing
:21:55. > :21:58.the game. Today I think we were... Listen, we were organised, difficult
:21:59. > :22:02.to play against. We gave them a few chances. They created. They score.
:22:03. > :22:05.Maybe people suspected Manchester United to go all the way. We came
:22:06. > :22:12.back in the second-half with the attitude to go and score that goal
:22:13. > :22:16.that at least gave you a chance. We couldn't do it. Getting closer and
:22:17. > :22:20.closer extra-time. Extra-time, heavy legs, difficult to play. We were
:22:21. > :22:25.always on the front foot. We were coming. Of course we didn't know how
:22:26. > :22:30.we will score. Then you score, when you think you've won it and you are
:22:31. > :22:35.through, the second leg, they score again. And when everybody thinks we
:22:36. > :22:39.are dead, we miss the first penalty. It was incredible story. You could
:22:40. > :22:43.make a book with the game today. Game told us more than any you can
:22:44. > :22:47.never tell what had happened. You had won it, you lost it, you won it,
:22:48. > :22:51.you lost it. Did you think you had gone through? No. The way it has
:22:52. > :22:55.gone recently I would have been doing that too soon the way things
:22:56. > :22:59.are at the moment. That is football. We will get on with it. Pick
:23:00. > :23:03.ourselves up and go again. Incredible evening. You feel worn
:23:04. > :23:06.out having watched it twice now. Well done to Sunderlandment they are
:23:07. > :23:10.through to the Capital One Cup final. Incredible finish Steve to a
:23:11. > :23:15.game that was largely forgettable for most of it? It was, wasn't it?
:23:16. > :23:19.We got there in the end. We waited long enough. When you do highlight
:23:20. > :23:23.packages you leave some of the stuff out because there is a lot of action
:23:24. > :23:27.in it. What you saw was what you got. Apart from that, very little
:23:28. > :23:32.happened in that game. David Moyes was right, unconvincing performance
:23:33. > :23:37.by them. They had the game by the scruff of their neck. You expected
:23:38. > :23:41.them to win the game. They couldn't. They couldn't get the tempo of the
:23:42. > :23:46.game. I was confused as to whether he quite knew what his best system
:23:47. > :23:49.and best personnel was with the players. Attacking line-up? It
:23:50. > :23:53.changed two or three times during the game. It might have been
:23:54. > :23:58.attacking line-up it didn't work out as an attacking performance.
:23:59. > :24:04.Januzaj, Hernandez, Danny Welbeck there and Kagawa. You are never
:24:05. > :24:09.quite sure where he plays? No. Sunderland are celebrating, a final
:24:10. > :24:16.appearance, first major cup final in 20 years. They had had to do it the
:24:17. > :24:22.hard way, coming from a goal behind and pick themselves up from the
:24:23. > :24:27.death? The game management of Gus Poyet's side was excellent. They
:24:28. > :24:31.gave away a poor goal. They might try and get the goal, kept it tight.
:24:32. > :24:37.Made it difficult for Manchester United. This is the goal. Poor
:24:38. > :24:42.defending. John O'Shea will kick himself, just ball watches. Jonny
:24:43. > :24:46.Evans, he let's him go. He is on his own on the back post. Absolutely
:24:47. > :24:51.shocking defending. That was their one lapse in concentration in that
:24:52. > :24:55.first half. Second-half, in terms of how they got back into the game,
:24:56. > :24:59.they started to crank it up and press that little bit more. Take a
:25:00. > :25:04.few more gambles. The control with which they did it I thought was
:25:05. > :25:10.commendable in the semi-final of a Cup. Gus Poyet and his men need to
:25:11. > :25:17.take credit for that. They stay in games. When they are not dominating
:25:18. > :25:20.possession. Chelsea, they went behind against Chelsea, they were a
:25:21. > :25:25.poor second in the first half. They worked back into the game. If you
:25:26. > :25:29.said that Gus Poyet said, this is how I want the game to go, that is
:25:30. > :25:33.how he would have imagined it. If we were going to be under pressure, we
:25:34. > :25:36.don't panic and work back into the game. That is what they did. That
:25:37. > :25:41.was the low-key build-up. We were given no idea as to what was to
:25:42. > :25:44.follow. Towards the end of extra-time Sunderland's first shot
:25:45. > :25:49.on goal in the whole game. This is what happens? This is a run of
:25:50. > :25:55.attacks. It ends up with Phil Bardsley. De Gea, what is he doing?
:25:56. > :26:00.He moves a little bit. That's a regulation save for any keeper. Gus
:26:01. > :26:07.Poyet thinks he has won it. We think he has won it. When you celebrate.
:26:08. > :26:13.Look at this? Perfect. He thinks, it's gone. They celebrated. That
:26:14. > :26:18.hampered them when they went back to defend against United. I think they
:26:19. > :26:22.are exhausted. Bardsley is lying on the ground. 119 minute of the game.
:26:23. > :26:27.They have to defend. I think they are out of energy. They did lose
:26:28. > :26:32.concentration for that split second. That is how Manchester United got
:26:33. > :26:35.back into it. A minute later? It was never convinced from United. We said
:26:36. > :26:39.that before. Without peppering the United goal, there was a threat
:26:40. > :26:43.there at some stage. You look at this. That is just tiredness. Have
:26:44. > :26:47.you enough men in there. You have got six, seven players. There is
:26:48. > :26:52.still that gap between the defenders and the goalkeeper. How that ball
:26:53. > :26:56.finds its way to the back post, Hernandez. Januzaj played one-two on
:26:57. > :26:59.the edge of the box. In the second-half he wanted to shoot and
:27:00. > :27:03.take responsibility when there were other options on to him. First time
:27:04. > :27:08.he played one, two, got to the by-line. In the 120th minute and
:27:09. > :27:12.they got the goal. We talk about the penalty shoot-out before we talk
:27:13. > :27:17.about the tenth and final one. Have you ever seen such a poor penalty
:27:18. > :27:23.shoot-out in all your times? No. Seven failed to get into the back of
:27:24. > :27:28.the net. The way they were missed. I mean, I can't remember the keeper
:27:29. > :27:32.making a decent save. Even the ones they made, I can remember one of
:27:33. > :27:36.them, he had to drag it with him almost it was that poor a penalty.
:27:37. > :27:40.They weren't great penalties. The golden rule is, it doesn't matter
:27:41. > :27:44.what you do, how you hit it or where you hit it, you must get it on
:27:45. > :27:53.target. You must get it on target and not give the goalkeepers the
:27:54. > :28:00.eyes. Not go that way. Look at Rafael's eyes. The keeper might go
:28:01. > :28:04.for a double bluff. He took a gamble and went that way. The keeper here.
:28:05. > :28:09.If it was an experienced penalty taker. Someone who is giving you a
:28:10. > :28:13.double bluff. It wasn't. You can't blame those young lads for stepping
:28:14. > :28:19.up and taking the penalty, Januzaj, Jones and Rafael. On the pich you
:28:20. > :28:24.have people like Evra, Evans, experienced players. Hernandez
:28:25. > :28:27.didn't take the penalty as well? Why are the experienced players stepping
:28:28. > :28:33.out of that situation. The young players stepped up. As they walked
:28:34. > :28:37.up, Phil Jones, you didn't fancy him to pull away. No confidence in their
:28:38. > :28:41.performance or in extra-time or in that penalty shoot-out. It doesn't
:28:42. > :28:45.resonate of how it might do. That says an awful lot about the state of
:28:46. > :28:49.the side as it is that players haven't stepped forward. Gus Poyet
:28:50. > :28:54.said that everybody wanted to take the penalty. Obviously, it's quite a
:28:55. > :28:58.few didn't for Manchester United. Probably a lack of confidence at
:28:59. > :29:03.this stage. Penny for his thoughts right now, to be honest? I don't
:29:04. > :29:06.hold with the... I don't -- Fergie being present? Why shouldn't he go.
:29:07. > :29:10.I remember you saying that last time? I don't get that. He is there
:29:11. > :29:14.for support. He will be disappointed as anybody. A side note. Four
:29:15. > :29:21.English players took penalties. Four of them all missed. It doesn't bode
:29:22. > :29:27.really for the World Cup Year. What next for David Moyes. Gus Poyet, one
:29:28. > :29:31.defeat in 11. He is turning around Sunderland at the right time. For
:29:32. > :29:37.David Moyes the rebuilding has Gunn. They have agreed a fee of ?37
:29:38. > :29:41.million format ya from Chelsea. The medical will be done and dusted
:29:42. > :29:45.tomorrow. The rebuilding has Gunn. It's time?
:29:46. > :29:56.I do not think this result does that a lot of harm. Everybody will wonder
:29:57. > :30:01.if it needs to be rebuilt, because that amplifies the fact that we
:30:02. > :30:06.really need some new players. I think the problem is, it is not just
:30:07. > :30:12.one or two players, is it? If one or two players can rectify the
:30:13. > :30:17.situation, fine, but they need about six to turn it around. It is a
:30:18. > :30:24.start, and then you get your best players sat on the bench today,
:30:25. > :30:34.Rooney and Robin Van Persie, and it sounds like a cliche, but the focus
:30:35. > :30:40.has to be getting something from this season in the league. Do you
:30:41. > :30:44.see that happening? It will have to be dramatic from what we have seen
:30:45. > :30:48.so far. There are for better sides in the Premier League than
:30:49. > :30:54.Manchester United so far. And Sunderland are in Europe as well. It
:30:55. > :31:03.is 20 or 25 years since they have been in a major final. They are
:31:04. > :31:12.passionate fans. 9000 at Old Trafford today. 150 coach loads of
:31:13. > :31:18.them, all put on by the club. They lost to the Northeast rivals and it
:31:19. > :31:28.has all turned around and now they have the league finals to look
:31:29. > :31:31.forward to. As for last night's other semifinal, for West Ham, it
:31:32. > :31:33.was all about keeping the aggregate scoreline within respectable
:31:34. > :31:35.proportions against Manchester City, who hit six unopposed goals in the
:31:36. > :31:38.first leg. The omens were not promising,
:31:39. > :31:43.though, with City having scored their 100th goal of the season over
:31:44. > :31:46.the weekend. Sam Allardyce made seven changes from West Ham's last
:31:47. > :31:55.league outing, which included the return of Andy Carroll up front,
:31:56. > :31:59.making his first start since May. Manuel Pellegrini made eight changes
:32:00. > :32:03.for City, including a first start for Sergio Aguero in over a month.
:32:04. > :32:06.He was paired with Alvaro Negredo up top, a partnership that has scored
:32:07. > :32:07.42 goals between them this season. Jonathan Pearce describes the
:32:08. > :32:15.action. for Sergio Aguero in over a
:32:16. > :32:20.Two red cards for Nolan for bizarre behaviour. He lost his head on a
:32:21. > :32:27.couple of occasions to get those red cards. A powerful run it forward by
:32:28. > :32:37.Gael Clichy. Manchester City take the lead at West Ham United and go
:32:38. > :32:48.7-0 up on aggregate. It is the start. Negredo continues his scoring
:32:49. > :32:51.run. It has taken them just to one half moments -- minutes to score.
:32:52. > :33:19.West Ham, absolutely sliced open. That would have given them something
:33:20. > :33:21.to cheer about, it ticking Nolan back in the site after his
:33:22. > :34:07.suspension. -- getting Nolan. 2-0. Negredo and Aguero, once again
:34:08. > :34:20.scoring. Their personal race to finish as top scorer for Manchester
:34:21. > :34:23.City this season. Good work by the teenager. Tenacity, and Abe really
:34:24. > :35:16.and finish. -- a brilliant finish. Finished my medicine lay. --
:35:17. > :35:21.magnificently. There was half a chance. He made it into a genuine
:35:22. > :35:34.chance and took the chance. Such power. Three -02 Manchester City.
:35:35. > :35:51.-- 3-0. 58 minutes gone. He just kept carrying on.
:35:52. > :35:57.Carlton Cole got between defenders and should have hit the target.
:35:58. > :36:05.Totally would have created the biggest cheer of the night.
:36:06. > :36:16.I think we have played five games in the Capital One Cup. We scored 19
:36:17. > :36:24.goals and we conceded just one goal. It is going all right to the final.
:36:25. > :36:29.Maybe they think they will be more relaxed. I think they had a very
:36:30. > :36:37.professional performance. I am very happy about that. The disappointing
:36:38. > :36:41.thing is leading opposition of this quality get an easy goal in the
:36:42. > :36:48.first attack of the game. It just kills everybody. Here we go again,
:36:49. > :36:54.as it were. All of the lads fought not to allow that to happen, but
:36:55. > :36:57.that was just a bog-standard defending from the central
:36:58. > :37:05.defenders. Get on your markers when a cross comes in. Not much for him
:37:06. > :37:10.to look back and, but for Manchester City, the dream of the quadruple is
:37:11. > :37:18.clearly still going. They look in fantastic form. They are. They would
:37:19. > :37:23.not have expected such an easy ride in the first five minutes. They
:37:24. > :37:26.would have expected West Ham to get tackled him. It was almost like a
:37:27. > :37:34.crossing and finishing training session. The bald get out wide and
:37:35. > :37:39.then it is crosses -- the ball gets out wide and is then crossed into
:37:40. > :37:42.the box. No-one is marking him will stop a simple header. West Ham are
:37:43. > :37:46.looking at each other to stop a simple header. West Ham are
:37:47. > :37:53.looking take responsibility. From that moment on, it was even more
:37:54. > :37:57.difficult. It would have been a difficult atmosphere anyway, but
:37:58. > :38:06.this compounds the situation. How many times have we seen teams get
:38:07. > :38:12.into this position Mister Mark -- position? Totally professional. They
:38:13. > :38:16.play the same way. Everybody was comfortable in the positions that
:38:17. > :38:22.they came in. You can rotate. If you keep players in the environment that
:38:23. > :38:26.they are comfortable in. That is exactly what he did. He said, we are
:38:27. > :38:30.better than you and we will score more goals and we will concentrate
:38:31. > :38:38.on our strengths and they will carry us through. And there were injuries
:38:39. > :38:44.to Joe Cole and Mohamed Diame. So many positives for Manchester City.
:38:45. > :38:50.Marcos Lopes, the 18-year-old kid, he delivered a man of the match
:38:51. > :38:56.performance. He is left footed and in control, balanced. He got lots of
:38:57. > :39:00.confidence in those first three minutes with that cross and then he
:39:01. > :39:08.looked like a team player. Another plus for Pelligrini. You were
:39:09. > :39:15.impressed with him. It was a good game for the people who could play
:39:16. > :39:20.for Man City. Let's take a look at the final. Sunderland have to get it
:39:21. > :39:25.to get into Europe. That is a fax that was whispered into my ear
:39:26. > :39:28.Elizabeth earlier. Let's look at the form book. Sunderland have -- a
:39:29. > :39:42.little bit earlier. Lots, I suppose, for someone like
:39:43. > :39:45.Gus Poyet to gain some heart from. They have played some tough sides
:39:46. > :39:52.already in this competition and they managed to stay in those games. They
:39:53. > :39:58.have got a game plan. You just wonder where men 50 were -- where
:39:59. > :40:02.Manchester City were then and where they are now and if they have enough
:40:03. > :40:08.quality on their side to compete. They are very dogged and they are
:40:09. > :40:13.good for the game. We do not want a repeat of a one-sided final as far
:40:14. > :40:18.as may be 12 months ago. Sunderland will look back and say that they are
:40:19. > :40:23.one of only two teams to stop Manchester City from scoring this
:40:24. > :40:30.season. Anything can happen in a cup final. This is Pelligrini's first
:40:31. > :40:37.final. He needs to get over that hurdle, as does this group of
:40:38. > :40:42.players. Sunderland can go in there, sit back, keep it nice and tight,
:40:43. > :40:46.and the longer the game goes on without Manchester City getting
:40:47. > :40:49.their noses in front, the better off they will be. They are going to want
:40:50. > :41:03.to put a few wrongs right. That's almost it from us. Before we
:41:04. > :41:06.go, though, a quick reminder that Football Focus is on at 12:00 on
:41:07. > :41:09.Saturday morning on BBC One. And later you can join Jonathan Edwards
:41:10. > :41:13.for some live international indoor athletics starting at 1:45 also on
:41:14. > :41:15.One. Steve, Leroy, thanks for your company tonight.
:41:16. > :41:19.Thank you for yours as well. Sunderland against Manchester City
:41:20. > :41:21.in the year's Capital One Cup final. They certainly have plenty to live
:41:22. > :41:29.up to. Good night.