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O’Reilly brace beats Arsenal to earn City’s ninth League Cup success

After a tense first 45 minutes, City broke through on the hour mark after Arsenal goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga let Rayan Cherki’s cross slip through his gloves and O’Reilly was on hand to nod in the opener.

Four minutes later, O’Reilly was at it again, this time heading in expertly from a Matheus Nunes cross.

The victory sees us claim our ninth League Cup trophy and Academy graduate O’Reilly was elated after leading the team to silverware.

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“Unbelievable feeling!” he said in his interview after the game. “To win a final, to beat this team, we know how good they are. We need to build on it now, it’ll give us momentum, and buzzing with today.

“Yeah, a bit of disbelief to see the fans celebrate like that when I scored my goals. Really a good feeling. And a great weekend, a great birthday weekend.“Since I was a kid, I always played midfield and was always arriving in the box and scoring goals. To bring it into a senior level and the highest level, it’s good for me and brings goals to my game. It’s a great feeling.”

The Englishman also spoke about his excitement to celebrate the win with his entire family at Wembley

“My whole family came today,” he revealed.

“They’re all in the stand, they’ll be buzzing and I can’t wait to celebrate with them.”