The sporting weekend in pictures

First-half goals from Sergio Aguero and Rodri were enough for City to lift the first silverware of the season.

Manchester City winning the Carabao Cup and Watford handing Liverpool a first Premier League defeat in 45 matches were the stand out performances of the sporting weekend.

Pep Guardiola’s team retained the trophy at Wembley with a 2-1 victory against Aston Villa on Sunday, winning the competition for the third straight year.

Twenty-four hours earlier, Liverpool’s unbeaten Premier League season came to a grinding halt as they were thrashed by struggling Watford at Vicarage Road.

Elsewhere, England beat West Indies to reach the semi-finals of the Women’s T20 World Cup, Elinor Barker secured Great Britain’s first gold medal of the Track Cycling World Championships in Berlin and Real Madrid defeated Barcelona in El Clasico.

Here, the PA news agency relives the weekend of sport in pictures.

Aston Villa v Manchester City – Carabao Cup – Final – Wembley Stadium — Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola got his hands on the Carabao Cup once again (Nike Egerton/PA)

Watford v Liverpool – Premier League – Vicarage Road — Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah appears dejected as his side lose in the Premier League for the first time since January 2019 (Adam Davy/PA)

Tottenham Hotspur v Wolverhampton Wanderers – Premier League – Tottenham Hotspur Stadium — Raul Jimenez scored Wolves’ winning goal in a 3-2 victory at fellow European contenders Tottenham (Bradley Collyer/PA)

Sophie Ecclestone, left, became the youngest woman to reach 50 T20I wickets (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)

Hull FC v Catalans Dragons – Super League – KCOM Stadium — Israel Folau made his debut for Catalan Dragons during their Super League win at Hull (Richard Sellers/PA)

Sport Review of the Year 2019 — Judd Trump won a record-equalling fifth ranking title of the season with a 10-4 win over Yan Bingtao in the Players Championship (Richard Sellers/PA)

Real Madrid ended their long wait for an El Clasico win over Barcelona to move top of LaLiga (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)