Pep Guardiola: 'I was told nobody cares about Carabao Cup. Phew'

Liverpool have won the League Cup on Sunday, beating Chelsea in the final at Wembley. Jurgen Klopp hailed the triumph as the 'most special, a memory forever'.

Pep Guardiola said at a press conference: "I still remember when I arrived at City, [then-assistant manager] Brian Kidd told me: Carabao Cup, pfff, don’t pay attention! Play young players, nobody cares...

"Sir Alex Ferguson was always, eugh it doesn’t matter. Phew, I don’t know what happened in the last years! Looks like a final of I don't know which competition. But it's the trurth."

Guardiola has won four League Cups with Man City.

Klopp: 'Fans of other clubs will say it's just a Carabao Cup. Yeah... you wish you would be here'