Manchester City beat Burton 1-0 to reach Carabao Cup final

Manchester City reached the Carabao Cup final after completing a 10-0 aggregate win over League One Burton in their semi-final.

The tie was already over after City’s remarkable 9-0 first-leg win but Pep Guardiola still named several first-team stars in a weakened line-up.

Sergio Aguero scored the only goal of the night from Riyad Mahrez’s pass after good play from Kevin de Bruyne.

Burton did have chances with Will Miller’s shot cleared off the line.

Get breaking news on your Mobile as-it-happens. SMS ‘NEWS’ to 22163

EFL Cup holders City will face either Chelsea or Tottenham in the Wembley final on Sunday, 24 February.

Spurs lead 1-0 going into Thursday’s semi-final second leg against the Blues at Stamford Bridge.

City’s sensational win in the first game made the second leg, played in the freezing cold, a formality. It was arguably the lowest-key semi-final the competition has seen.

Guardiola named City’s youngest XI in over a decade, with eight changes from the weekend’s Premier League win over Huddersfield.

Aguero, who missed a simple chance to make it 2-0 in the second half, has scored in five of his past six League Cup semi-final appearances.

City handed a debut to England Under-19 winger Ian Carlo Poveda, who was lively, and Eric Garcia blocked a shot on the line after fellow young defender Philippe Sandler lost possession.

Goalkeeper Arijanet Muric looked shaky on more than one occasion but kept his fourth clean sheet in five EFL Cup games this season.

Guardiola made substitutions in the second half – with France left-back Benjamin Mendy returning from injury and 18-year-old Felix Nmecha coming on for a debut.

Elsewhere, Chelsea have signed Juventus striker Gonzalo Higuain on loan for the remainder of the season with an option to buy him for 36m euros (£31.3m).

The Blues also have the option to extend the Argentine’s loan deal until June 2020 for 18m euros (£15.6m).

Higuain, 31, spent the first half of the season on loan at AC Milan, scoring eight goals in 22 games.

“When the opportunity to join Chelsea presented itself I had to take it,” said Higuain.

Higuain  played under Chelsea boss Maurizio Sarri while at Napoli in 2015-16, equalling the Serie A goalscoring record with 36 goals.