I saw surprise Erling Haaland treatment - it shows Man City's true feelings about Carabao Cup defeat

Manchester City are out of the Carabao Cup after defeat at Tottenham - but they didn't seem to mind.

Injuries to Manu Akanji and Savinho will be a concern, taking the injury count up to eight players, but there were positives in defeat and it eases the burden on the winter fixture schedule.

Pep Guardiola made changes to his City side as expected, rotating his senior players and leaning on the academy as well. Timo Werner and Pape Sarr scored early which proved enough for Spurs, despite Matheus Nunes' latest strike just before half-time to give the Blues hope and they almost snatched an equaliser through Nico O'Reilly.

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These are the moments you might have missed from City's clash with Spurs:

Dias steps in unexpectedly

There were so many changes to Pep Guardiola's line-up that it was hard to work out who had come in and who was getting rested. Manu Akanji and John Stones were named in defence yet it was Ruben Dias who emerged to lead the team out rather than Ilkay Gundogan.

A quick double-check of the team sheet and count of the players, and it was clear Akanji was the man Dias had replaced. A calf problem saw him add to City's growing injury list which now stands at eight players.

Dias was the most senior of City's six elected captains on the pitch so he delivered the team talk in the pre-match huddle. Guardiola had said beforehand that he had just 14 fit senior options to pick from, excluding youngster Nico O'Reilly but including fellow academy graduate James McAtee.

Add Savinho's enforced substitution and now it's just