Pep Guardiola after winning the club's fifth title in the competition and his 19th personally with Manchester City said: 'No one, including myself, would have bet a single pound on City winning.' The Spaniard Pep Guardiola admitted after winning the League Cup thanks to a brace from academy graduate Nico O'Reilly, who celebrated his 21st birthday on Saturday, that he did not believe they could beat the Gunners at Wembley. 'Arsenal was playing amazing matches and we, in turn, could not achieve victory at our stadium against Nottingham Forest or West Ham, and we lost 5-1 on aggregate to Real Madrid in Europe.'
Guardiola: No one believed in City's victory
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola commented on the victory over Arsenal in the League Cup final, admitting he did not believe in his team's success after a series of failures.