Moments missed from Man City win vs Arsenal - Guardiola delight and cheeky Cherki

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Manchester City beat Arsenal 2-0 in the Carabao Cup final at Wembley with Nico O'Reilly scoring twice for the Blues.

Manchester City beat Arsenal 2-0 at Wembley on Sunday to lift the Carabao Cup thanks to a Nico O'Reilly double.

The Blues were second best in the first half but dominated after the break to claim the first domestic trophy of the campaign in style. O'Reilly was the hero with a match-winning brace, and Arsenal had no answer as City dealt their Premier League title rivals a psychological blow.

Here are the moments you might have missed from Wembley:

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Kicking off the celebrations

When O'Reilly stooped to head home the opener Pep Guardiola turned towards his dugout and celebrated vociferously. Such was his emotion that the advertising hoarding in front of the dugouts took a battering from a kung-fu kick from the City boss.

On the field his players were equally enthusiastic. Rayan Cherki clattered the corner flag in delight and City's subs sprinted down the touchline. It was Guardiola himself who was halfway down the touchline when the second went in, while Pep Lijnders jumped on Kolo Toure and punched the air with delight.

Cheeky Cherki

City were two up and in control when the ball was switched to Cherki on the left touchline. He had time and space and pulled the ball down expertly, proceeding to do three kick-ups while he waited for a defender to engage him. The City fans loved it, his manager less so.

Guardiola was captured on the sidelines shaking his head at the showboating. Minutes later Cherki would have been back in his manager's good books as he delayed a pass perfectly to encourage a shoulder challenge from Ben White which saw the Arsenal man booked. When Cherki came off in the final minutes, his manager embraced him with a friendly headlock and a ruffle of the hair.

Respecting the ball

A lot has been made of the styles of these two teams. Arsenal are the kings of set pieces, the experts in delaying the game. City are the pass masters who want to play and probe and press.

Perhaps that was encapsulated by the way the two teams kicked off. The Gunners got the game underway and immediately went long down their right-hand side with three players ready in anticipation of chasing the kick, almost rugby union style with an early territorial gain in mind.

When City started the second half, Bernardo knocked the ball back to Rodri and the Blues kept the ball for more than 90 seconds. Talk about respecting the ball. . .