Man City 9-0 Burton: Holders destroy League One side in Carabao Cup semi-final first leg

Man City 9-0 Burton: Holders destroy League One side in Carabao Cup semi-final first leg

Report and highlights as Gabriel Jesus scores four in Carabao Cup semi-final first-leg stroll

"Manchester City destroyed League One Burton Albion with a 9-0 victory in the Carabao Cup semi-final first leg at the Etihad Stadium on Wednesday"

Holders City took just five minutes to get going through Kevin De Bruyne's header from a David Silva cross, before Gabriel Jesus doubled their lead on the half hour for the first of his four goals with a header of his own from close range.

Jesus then made it 3-0 with a 10-yard finish off the post (34), and Oleksandr Zinchenko continued the procession with his first-ever City goal (37), a deep cross which somehow found its way over goalkeeper Bradley Collins.

Player ratings

Man City: Muric (6), Walker (8), Otamendi (7), Garcia (7), Zinchenko (8), Gundogan (7), D Silva (9), Sane (8), De Bruyne (9), Mahrez (9), Jesus (9)

Subs: Foden (7), B Silva (7), Danilo (6)

Burton: Collins (4), Brayford (4), Buxton (4), Allen (4), Turner (4), Fraser (5), Akins (4), Harness (3), Hutchinson (4), Wallace (4), Boyce (4)

Subs: Fox (5), Templeton (5), Sbarra (NA)

Man of the match: Gabriel Jesus

Jesus got his third and City's fifth with a header following a fine move (57), substitute Phil Foden made it six with a close-range finish (63), before Jesus flicked in for seven with 25 minutes still remaining.

Kyle Walker then turned home an eighth (70) and Riyad Mahrez poked in for 9-0 (83), and that was the end of the scoring as City took an insurmountable lead into the second leg at the Pirelli Stadium on January 23, live on Sky Sports Football.

It looked to be a routine evening for the hosts early on as De Bruyne got them going with his 13th goal involvement in 13 League Cup games for City. Laying the ball off to David Silva and continuing his run, the Belgian sneaked in between Burton's centre-backs to head neatly past Bradley Collins.

Burton, backed by over 3,000 fans, then looked bright, missing a fine chance at the far post as Marcus Myers-Harness blazed over unmarked from 10 yards, but Jesus made them pay with a close-range header after Leroy Sane's shot was saved.