Manchester City have to wait till Tuesday, January 28 to know which opponents to face in the finals of the English League Cup.

After their 3-1 flattening of Manchester United at Old Trafford on Tuesday night, the rest was who to expect in the game between Leicester City and Aston Villa on Wednesday. The two sides gave fans the best of football at the King Power Stadium but the end of the 90 minutes saw the game  to be replayed.

Jamie Vardy started for the Foxes.

He scored twice in the Foxes' 4-1 Premier League win over Villa last month. Vardy returned for the first time in three games after the birth of his daughter and a calf injury. James Maddison, Youri Tielemans and Ricardo Pereira also started in a strong Leicester line up.

Jack Grealish started for Villa with Anwar El Ghazi deployed up front with their only fit senior striker Jonathan Kodjia missing completely.

The Away side struck first with a goal that came completely against the run of play. It was Smith's side's first real attack as El Ghazi produced an inch-perfect cross to the far post where Guilbert got to the ball ahead of Chilwell to turn it home.

They have scored 17 goals the highest number of goal in the competition, five more than any other team and added another.

Villa almost had a second in the 42-minute from a Grealish freekick. The inform Villa player clipped the ball into a dangerous area and Konsa attacked at pace. He got to it ahead of Schmeichel.

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However, the ball crashed back off the crossbar.

Dean Smith's men led at the break after started off as big underdogs. They defended stoutly after grabbing that goal and were impressive defensively. 

 The second half saw the Leicester City come out stronger in search of the equalizer. Villa were very focused defensively and covered every threat the Foxes tossed at them.

With 16-minutes left to end the game, Aston Villa gave the ball away cheaply and were punished by Leicester City.

Luiz was caught in possession by Choudhury deep inside his own half and Leicester pounced. Vardy sprung into life, played the ball through to Iheanacho, and he took a couple of excellent touches before striking a powerful effort past Nyland.

The game is all set up perfectly for the second leg on January 28 where it will be winner takes all.