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Manchester City manager, Pep Guardiola, has picked Arsenal among the best three teams in Europe, despite beating them 2-0 in the Carabao Cup final on Sunday.

Nico O’Reilly scored two headers in the second half as City won their first piece of silverware this season.

After the game, Guardiola spoke about his satisfaction in getting one over Mikel Arteta’s team.

He said: “Alongside Bayern Munich and maybe Barcelona, to face the best team in Europe, they suffocated us for the first 15 minutes but after that we started to win a few more second balls.

“Antoine was really good in the first half, in the second half Jeremy, and we found Rodri and Bernardo in the positions we needed.

“We won an incredible victory. The Carabao Cup is not the Premier League or the Champions League but a win against that team makes it a special title.”

Carabao Cup final: Guardiola names best three teams after 2-0 win over Arsenal

Coventry City head coach, Frank Lampard has provided a fitness update on Frank Onyeka ahead of his side’s trip to Bristol City on Saturday.

Onyeka picked up a knock in the Sky Blues 2-1 win over Stoke City at the CBS Arena last weekend.

The Nigeria international was replaced by Victor Torp 10 minutes after the break.

Lampard said after the game that the defensive midfielder is battling with fatigue.

The former England international revealed that the 28-year-old has not trained much this week.

“He (Onyeka) hasn’t trained much this week but he’s due to train today (Friday) so we’ll see how is for tomorrow.”

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Super Eagles striker, Victor Osimhen, was one of the three players that were absent from training on New Year’s Day.

The other two are Ryan Alebiosu and Cyriel Dessers.

Nigeria is preparing to play Mozambique in the last 16 of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations on Monday.

Head coach Eric Chelle insisted the squad trained behind closed doors on Thursday.

However, the trio of Osimhen, Dessers and Alebiosu were missing in the session.

Both Dessers and Alebiosu are injured and are unlikely to be fit for the encounter.

But Osimhen is believed to have been rested as the coaching staff continue to monitor his load management.

AFCON 2025: Osimhen, two Super Eagles stars miss training ahead of Mozambique clash