The 18-year-old England youth international Lily Murphy scored once and provided an assist in an impressive, match-winning display for Manchester City that knocked neighbours Manchester United out of the Women’s League Cup.

The victory gave Gareth Taylor’s visitors immediate revenge, in the second Manchester derby in the space of just four days after Sunday’s error-strewn 4-2 league defeat to their rivals at the Etihad Stadium. It also set up a one-legged semi-final away to Arsenal, to be played on 5 or 6 February.

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