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5 heavy defeats in English football

  • Manchester City won the first leg of their Carabao Cup semi final against Burton 9-0 on Wednesday night.
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    5 heavy defeats in English football

    Manchester City won the first leg of their Carabao Cup semi final against Burton 9-0 on Wednesday night.
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    5 heavy defeats in English football

    Manchester City won the first leg of their Carabao Cup semi final against Burton 9-0 on Wednesday night.
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    5 heavy defeats in English football

    Manchester City won the first leg of their Carabao Cup semi final against Burton 9-0 on Wednesday night.
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    5 heavy defeats in English football

    Manchester City won the first leg of their Carabao Cup semi final against Burton 9-0 on Wednesday night.
  • Manchester City won the first leg of their Carabao Cup semi final against Burton 9-0 on Wednesday night.
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    5 heavy defeats in English football

    Manchester City won the first leg of their Carabao Cup semi final against Burton 9-0 on Wednesday night.
  • Manchester City won the first leg of their Carabao Cup semi final against Burton 9-0 on Wednesday night.
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    5 heavy defeats in English football

    Manchester City won the first leg of their Carabao Cup semi final against Burton 9-0 on Wednesday night.
Manchester City won the first leg of their Carabao Cup semi final against Burton 9-0 on Wednesday night.
Manchester City won the first leg of their Carabao Cup semi final against Burton 9-0 on Wednesday night.
Manchester City won the first leg of their Carabao Cup semi final against Burton 9-0 on Wednesday night.
Manchester City won the first leg of their Carabao Cup semi final against Burton 9-0 on Wednesday night.
Manchester City won the first leg of their Carabao Cup semi final against Burton 9-0 on Wednesday night.
Manchester City won the first leg of their Carabao Cup semi final against Burton 9-0 on Wednesday night.
By Press Association Sport staff

Gabriel Jesus scored four goals as holders Manchester City powered towards a return to the Carabao Cup final with a ruthless 9-0 demolition of League One side Burton at the Etihad Stadium.

Here, Press Association Sport takes a look at some of the biggest winning margins in the history of English football.

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Liverpool 10 Fulham 0 – September 1986

Soccer – FA Cup – Final – Everton v Liverpool
Liverpool scored plenty of goals in the 1980s (PA)

Kenny Dalglish’s team went one better than Pep Guardiola’s in the League Cup second round with Steve McMahon scoring four times. The Reds reached the final but lost to Arsenal.

Manchester City 10 Huddersfield 1 – November 1987

Soccer – Manchester City Photocall – Maine Road
David White was one of three City players to score hat-tricks against Huddersfield (PA Archive)

Three City players – Tony Adcock, Paul Stewart and David White – scored hat-tricks as the Yorkshire side were routed at Maine Road.

Manchester United 9 Ipswich 0 – March 1995

Soccer – FA Carling Premiership – Manchester United v Ipswich Town – Old Trafford
Manchester United’s Andy Cole celebrates the first of his four goals (PA Archive)

Andy Cole scored five goals as Sir Alex Ferguson’s team recorded their biggest Premier League win but the title went to Blackburn.

Tottenham 9 Wigan 1 – November 2009

Soccer – Barclays Premier League – Tottenham Hotspur v Wigan Athletic – White Hart Lane
Jermain Defoe celebrates scoring Tottenham’s’ seventh goal (Neil Tingle/PA)

Jermain Defoe found the net five times as Spurs recorded their biggest Premier League victory. Amazingly, the score was only 1-0 at half-time.

Middlesbrough 8 Man City 1 – May 2008

Soccer – Barclays Premier League – Middlesbrough v Manchester City – Riverside Stadium
Afonso Alves and Manchester City’s Vincent Kompany battle for the ball (Owen Humphreys/PA)

Sven-Goran Eriksson’s final game as City boss ended with a humbling by Middlesbrough as Afonso Alves scored a hat-trick in a Premier League rout at the Riverside.