City’s Cup reign ends

Manchester City’s four-year reign as English League Cup titleholder is over. City lost 5-3 to West Ham in a penalty shootout in the last 16 yesterday after the game finished 0-0 after 90 minutes at the London Stadium. Phil Foden struck City’s first penalty wide and it proved costly as West Ham converted all of their spot kicks, with Sa¨ıd Benrahma scoring the decisive fifth. That condemned City to their first elimination in the League Cup since losing to Manchester United at the same stage five years ago. Now the competition is open, with Liverpool, Tottenham and Leicester joining the quarterfinal lineup that also contains Chelsea, Brentford, Sunderland and Arsenal.

All Whites star Sarpreet Singh scored again for Jahn Regensburg but had to watch from the sidelines as his team crashed out of the German Cup in a penalty shootout. Singh – fresh from a spectacular league goal against Hannover FC last weekend – struck in the 71st minute for the fourth goal of his loan period with the German second-tier outfit.