League Cup Final: Manchester City beat Tottenham in front of 8,000 at Wembley in UK’s biggest football crowd after COVID | UK News

Manchester City won the League Cup final at Wembley in front of the UK’s biggest football crowd since before the pandemic.

Eight thousand people created an authentic atmosphere as City took on Tottenham Hotspur with the winners winning 1-0.

Each club had 2,000 fans in the stands, while another 4,000 tickets were given to NHS staff and local residents.

Everyone had to present a negative COVID-19[female[feminine result of the test before being allowed entry, while City fans were required to travel to London by official club transport.

Last weekend’s FA Cup semi-final between Leicester and Southampton was played out in front of a crowd of 4,000 spectators.

If Sunday’s event is considered successful, there will be 21,000 fans in next month’s FA Cup final between Chelsea and Leicester.

On the pitch, it was the 82nd minute before there was a goal, Aymeric Laporte came in on a Kevin de Bruyne free kick for Manchester City.

Laporte told Sky Sports: “We are very happy to win this title again. We lost in the FA Cup so it is something good for us to have confidence and to continue as we have done these last months.”

Spurs could say he was fortunate enough to still be on the pitch after fouling their striker Lucas Moura twice in the closing stages of the first half, having only been booked for the second.

But Gary Neville, commenting on the game for Sky Sports, said …