Highlights: Manchester City - Watford | Carabao Cup 24/25

It's the scene at the Etihad Stadium ahead of this Caracal Cup for the third time between Manchester City and Watford. Deportivo shaking hands there with Tom Cleverley. If you look at the last 20 meetings between these two clubs it's been extraordinarily one-sided. City have won 18 and the other two have been drawn. City have won the last 15 in a row. They might have got away with it. City had other ideas. That's the danger. They're moving the ball around. City are excellent on the press. They know what's coming and that particular person had the ball. They're sure you've got to be more comfortable. ...here with the short back pass which McAtee read. He was forced to the byline and Watford flooded back. But this first touch here from Doku it hasn't really worked out for him so far. His big money move from Wolves but this could be a kickstart for him. ...five times. That's the challenge. He's in pretty good company, isn't he? Sir Alex Ferguson, Brian Clough, Jose Mouritz. He's been penalised for a foul on Braithwaite Bar. That's an interesting one to say the least. No VAR, of course, at this stage of the Carabao Cup. Now was that just good aggressive forward play or was it a foul? He gets into position here as one of the arm comes out. I think when you look at it it's that one. Maybe that straightened arm convinced the referee. Foden. Stokes. Nicely done, Lewis. Mateus Nunez. Golden City fighting for clearance for the club. It's 2-0. Mateus Nunez! Rico Lewis starting that off and then a double goal around the corner. La Russie as they move into stoppage time at the end of the half. There was the chance they'd been waiting for. La Russie here begging to be headed home. Ben Savino. Oh, fantastic clearance off the line. Nunez. ...saved on the right-hand side for Golden City. Keep them locked in. Right past. Excellent decision-making from Savino and Grealish must have thought he'd scored. The storming break couldn't quite poke it through to Ince but he's got it back again here. Now it's Ince with the corner! Oh! Ince has given the Hornets hope here and sent the away end into Radjus. That's what we talked about waiting for. Might squeeze it through to Porteous. City breathe again. It's a frenetic finale. But they've got over the last stages and much respect there from Pep Guardiola. Really through the tie-in to the Valence once again and it's Manchester City the eight-time winners who are through to the fourth round. It's finished. Manchester City 2 1-0.