• Women’s team travel to
Arsenal in League Cup on Wednesday• Men’s side in Carabao Cup derby action at Etihad on same night
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The outgoing
Manchester City manager Nick Cushing has criticised the fixture clash that means his women’s team travel to Arsenal on Wednesday night at the same time as Manchester City men’s team host
Manchester United, both in League Cup semi-finals.
“I think it would definitely help if we didn’t play on the same day,” said Cushing, who leaves City to take up the position of assistant coach at
New York City FC in the MLS after Sunday’s Women’s Super League home game against Arsenal. “I consistently talk with our fans; we have a group of fans that travel to every game, men’s and women’s, and I think when you have to ask them to choose it puts them in a place where they don’t really want to be in because they want to watch both teams. If we’re going to grow the game it’s not ideal.”