Southampton are currently in the bottom of the Premier League but they have dumped Manchester City out of the Caraboa Cup.
The Saints have defeated favorites Manchester City to reach the EFL semifinals in a feisty encounter.
Two first goals from Sekou Mara and Moussa Djenepo were enough to hand the Saints a well deserved victory — Mara gave Southampton the lead with a crisp finish after 23 minutes before Djenepo added a superb second five minutes later with an audacious clip over the goalkeeper keeper Stefan Ortega.
Key players including Erling Haaland and Kevin de Bruyne started the game from the bench as Pep Guardiola sought to rest his ammunitions for the this weekend Manchester derby.
But you cannot take away the resilience Southampton displayed, because if your opponent lowers his guard you still have to be able to clip his chin.
Pep introduced Haaland and De Bruyne after the resumption but their influence did little to spark a comeback as Southampton held on with grit to reach the last four.