Manchester City's Belgian midfielder #11 Jeremy Doku wears a ripped shirt during the English League Cup fourth round football match between Manchester City and Brighton and Hove Albion at the Etihad stadium in Manchester, north-west England on October 28, 2026. (Photo by PETER POWELL / AFP via Getty Images) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE. No use with unauthorized audio, video, data, fixture lists, club/league logos or 'live' services. Online in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No video emulation. Social media in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No use in betting publications, games or single club/league/player publications. /

Bayer Leverkusen's Spanish midfielder #24 Aleix Garcia shoots a free kick over the wall but fails to score during the German Cup (DFB-Pokal) football match between Bayer 04 Leverkusen and FC Nuernberg in Leverkusen, western Germany on October 28, 2026. (Photo by INA FASSBENDER / AFP via Getty Images) / DFB REGULATIONS PROHIBIT ANY USE OF PHOTOGRAPHS AS IMAGE SEQUENCES AND QUASI-VIDEO.

Manchester City's Brazilian defender #22 Vitor Reis celebrates scoring the team's second goal during the English League Cup fourth round football match between Manchester City and Brighton and Hove Albion at the Etihad stadium in Manchester, north-west England on October 28, 2026. (Photo by PETER POWELL / AFP via Getty Images) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE. No use with unauthorized audio, video, data, fixture lists, club/league logos or 'live' services. Online in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No video emulation. Social media in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No use in betting publications, games or single club/league/player publications. /

Chelsea's English midfielder #17 Morgan Rogers shoots from the penalty spot to score the team's first goal during the English League Cup fourth round football match between Liverpool and Chelsea at Anfield in Liverpool, north west England on October 28, 2026. (Photo by Darren Staples / AFP via Getty Images) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE. No use with unauthorized audio, video, data, fixture lists, club/league logos or 'live' services. Online in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No video emulation. Social media in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No use in betting publications, games or single club/league/player publications. /

Manchester City's French midfielder #10 Rayan Cherki celebrates (R) Manchester City's Brazilian defender #22 Vitor Reis scoring the team's second goal during the English League Cup fourth round football match between Manchester City and Brighton and Hove Albion at the Etihad stadium in Manchester, north-west England on October 28, 2026. (Photo by PETER POWELL / AFP via Getty Images) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE. No use with unauthorized audio, video, data, fixture lists, club/league logos or 'live' services. Online in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No video emulation. Social media in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No use in betting publications, games or single club/league/player publications. /

Manchester City's Brazilian defender #22 Vitor Reis (3R) scores the team's second goal during the English League Cup fourth round football match between Manchester City and Brighton and Hove Albion at the Etihad stadium in Manchester, north-west England on October 28, 2026. (Photo by PETER POWELL / AFP via Getty Images) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE. No use with unauthorized audio, video, data, fixture lists, club/league logos or 'live' services. Online in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No video emulation. Social media in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No use in betting publications, games or single club/league/player publications. /

(L-R) Magdeburg's Finnish midfielder #38 Luka Hyrylainen, Bayern Munich's Moroccan midfielder #34 Ismael Saibari and Bayern Munich's German midfielder #08 Tom Bischof vie for the ball during the German Cup (DFB-Pokal) football match between FC Bayern Munich and 1. FC Magdeburg in Munich, southern Germany on October 28, 2026. (Photo by Karl-Josef HILDENBRAND / AFP via Getty Images) / DFB REGULATIONS PROHIBIT ANY USE OF PHOTOGRAPHS AS IMAGE SEQUENCES AND QUASI-VIDEO.

Nuremberg's Finnish midfielder #06 Adam Markhiyev (L) and Bayer Leverkusen's Algerian midfielder #30 Ibrahim Maza vie for the ball during the German Cup (DFB-Pokal) football match between Bayer 04 Leverkusen and FC Nuernberg in Leverkusen, western Germany on October 28, 2026. (Photo by INA FASSBENDER / AFP via Getty Images) / DFB REGULATIONS PROHIBIT ANY USE OF PHOTOGRAPHS AS IMAGE SEQUENCES AND QUASI-VIDEO.