After a pair of surprising first legs in the Capital One Cup Semi Finals, there was a difference of hopes in the second legs with Man City all but through and city rivals United with a deficit to overturn.
Tuesday night saw no surprise as Man City continued where they left off in the first leg with a 3-0 win to had West Ham a humiliating 9-0 aggregate defeat after a double from Negredo sandwiched a goal from the returning Aguero to send them to the final and leave West Ham in tatters.
As City watched on their rivals Manchester United looked to setup a Manchester derby in the final but what transpired last night will be remembered for a long time as they hosted Sunderland who currently sit 19th in the Premier League.
United struck first as Evans snuck in for a header at the back post in the 37th minute but as away goals don't come into account until after extra time, United needed another to go through but despite coming close had to settle for a level aggregate of 2-2 after 90 minutes and went into extra time buoyant.
The impetus switched as it was Sunderland who now needed to score and avoid an exit on away goals but they came so close to conceding when Hernandez went clean through the defence only to slot wide. Two minutes remained of extra time and still the sides were level but then the game swung twice inside a minute as former United defender Bardsley hit for goal, the shot looked to be an easy save for De Gea but he fumbled and it flew into the net as the 9,000 visiting fans went wild.
Sunderland's joy lasted barely seconds as from the kick-off, United attacked and Januzaj swept in a cross that found Hernandez at the back post who tucked the ball past Mannone to put his side 2-1 up but level on aggregate at 3-3.
The final whistle went and a penalty shootout was on the cards, United's experience put them as favourites but Sunderland got off to terrible start as Gardner skied his spot kick. However, Welbeck repeated the feat and the score remained blank. The battle of the Fletcher's saw Steven miss and Darren score putting United 1-0 up, Alonso levelled for Sunderland and Januzaj missed so still 1-1.
Ki scored superbly and Jones missed to give Sunderland a massive advantage as Johnson stepped up but he missed the chance to send them through, Rafael knew a miss would send Sunderland through and stepped up but as his kick found the dive of Mannone, the game was up and Sunderland celebrated a famous win that sees them meet City in March's final.
Tuesday night saw no surprise as Man City continued where they left off in the first leg with a 3-0 win to had West Ham a humiliating 9-0 aggregate defeat after a double from Negredo sandwiched a goal from the returning Aguero to send them to the final and leave West Ham in tatters.
As City watched on their rivals Manchester United looked to setup a Manchester derby in the final but what transpired last night will be remembered for a long time as they hosted Sunderland who currently sit 19th in the Premier League.
United struck first as Evans snuck in for a header at the back post in the 37th minute but as away goals don't come into account until after extra time, United needed another to go through but despite coming close had to settle for a level aggregate of 2-2 after 90 minutes and went into extra time buoyant.
The impetus switched as it was Sunderland who now needed to score and avoid an exit on away goals but they came so close to conceding when Hernandez went clean through the defence only to slot wide. Two minutes remained of extra time and still the sides were level but then the game swung twice inside a minute as former United defender Bardsley hit for goal, the shot looked to be an easy save for De Gea but he fumbled and it flew into the net as the 9,000 visiting fans went wild.
Sunderland's joy lasted barely seconds as from the kick-off, United attacked and Januzaj swept in a cross that found Hernandez at the back post who tucked the ball past Mannone to put his side 2-1 up but level on aggregate at 3-3.
The final whistle went and a penalty shootout was on the cards, United's experience put them as favourites but Sunderland got off to terrible start as Gardner skied his spot kick. However, Welbeck repeated the feat and the score remained blank. The battle of the Fletcher's saw Steven miss and Darren score putting United 1-0 up, Alonso levelled for Sunderland and Januzaj missed so still 1-1.
Ki scored superbly and Jones missed to give Sunderland a massive advantage as Johnson stepped up but he missed the chance to send them through, Rafael knew a miss would send Sunderland through and stepped up but as his kick found the dive of Mannone, the game was up and Sunderland celebrated a famous win that sees them meet City in March's final.
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