Boyhood Manchester City fan Nico O'Reilly's brace assisted his side got rid of 9-4 odds to upset quadruple-chasing Arsenal in Sunday's EFL Cup final at Wembley, with the Citizens' 2-0 win providing Pep Guardiola a 5th triumph to make him the most successful manager in the competition's history.

The Gunners, who are leading of the Premier League and into the quarter-finals of the FA Cup and Champions League, started the game as 4-6 shots to raise the prize and 14-1 possibilities to finish the quadruple however their tendency to bottle the huge moments came forward as Wembley experts City prevailed.

Bet365 now make 8-1 to complete the treble and 11-1 to end the season without any trophies. They are an even-money price to end up the project with two pieces of silverware and 6-4 to land just one.

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The game began reasonably frantically with Arsenal forcing a triple save out of James Trafford, chosen to Gianluigi Donnarumma by Guardiola, but things soon died as the 2 sides took a cautious method, each trading spells of ownership without actually developing anything of note.

Arsenal's own back-up goalkeeper, Kepa, escaped with just a yellow card after pulling Jeremy Doku back after misjudging a long ball in the second half's very first considerable occasion but he was not so fortunate when next pushed into action.

It was a big call from Arteta to stick to Kepa, provided he infamously declined to be replaced before putting in a stunning efficiency in Chelsea's penalty-shootout defeat to City in the 2019 EFL Cup final and also missed the vital spot-kick in the 2022 showpiece against Liverpool, but he may be regretting it now.

The Spaniard flapped at Rayan Cherki's tame cross to enable young midfielder O'Reilly to tap home the opener in the 60th minute, a mistake which has actually cost Arsenal their chance at an unprecedented quadruple.

Kepa might not do anything about O'Reilly's 2nd, though, as the 20-year-old's skillfully positioned header cruised into the far corner to double City's lead, make Guardiola a yellow card after a joyous sprint down the touchline and see him become the third-youngest gamer to score an EFL Cup last brace.

Arsenal brough on the likes of Noni Madueke and Riccardo Calafiori to claw their way back into the game but Guardiola handled the event perfectly, with City managing the game to show that he still holds the edge over his previous apprentice Arteta.

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City will be hoping that their EFL Cup accomplishment will be the springboard to get their Premier League title charge back on track. They are nine points behind the Gunners at current but they have a game in hand and likewise host their title rivals at the Etihad on April 19.

The Citizens are 13-10 with bet365 to win that potentially crucial match - that looks great value given their dominant display at Wembley - while they are 6-1 to pip 1-10 Arsenal to the Premier League title

Guardiola's side are out of the Champions League after a 5-1 aggregate loss to Real Madrid but they are 3-1 second-favourites for the FA Cup, simply behind 7-4 Arsenal. They need to conquer a challenging quarter-final clash with Liverpool if they are to raise a second domestic trophy of the season, though.

Where do Arsenal go from here?

Arsenal have actually been roughly displayed bottlers at times over the past couple of seasons however offered their brief odds to raise the EFL Cup, that tag was justified on Sunday.

Arteta's group merely didn't show up when it mattered most, as City's big-game experience proved the distinction in a cagey final, which may have the more downhearted Gunners fans fearing the worst could occur in the Premier League.

A nine-point lead over City seems big however it might quickly evaporate and certainly will if they put in more nervy efficiencies over the last 7 video games of the Premier League season.

Viktor Gyokeres, Bukayo Saka and Leandro Trossard all put in ghost-like performances in the EFL Cup final and you need to question whether Arsenal have the leaders and enemies to hold their nerve in a title race which is far from over.

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