( CNN ) -- Manchester City captured the first trophy of the English domestic season Sunday as they recovered from a goal down to beat Sunderland 3-1 in the League Cup final at Wembley . Fabio Borini gave the underdogs a deserved early lead until second half goals from Yaya Toure , Samir Nasri and Jesus Navas settled an exciting final . Sunderland , in the relegation zone in the English Premier League , gave Manuel Pellegrini 's expensively assembled team an almighty shock by not only going ahead but dominating the proceedings until City woke up after the break . `` The first half was not up to standard , but the second half was brilliant , '' was the verdict of captain Vincent Kompany as his team eye a treble in England after years of domination by neighbors Manchester United . Manchester City 's last trip to Wembley had ended in bitter disappointment in last season 's English FA Cup final and the sack for Roberto Mancini . When Borini latched on to a fine pass from Adam Johnson and eluded Kompany before firing the Black Cats ahead , it looked for a while that the nightmare might be repeated . Sunderland continued to look dangerous in counter attacks and might have gone further ahead , but after the break the tide changed . In the 55th minute , Pablo Zabaleta rolled the ball back to Toure and the Ivory Coast international beat Vito Mannone from long range with a glorious effort . Almost from the restart , Nasri had put City ahead for good as he swept home Aleksandar Kolarov 's deflected left-wing cross . It was the cue for City to bring on Navas in place of Sergio Aguero , who was returning to the side after injury . Gus Poyet introduced Craig Gardner and Steven Fletcher , the latter missing a chance to equalize in the dying moments . The ball was quickly switched upfield and Toure found Navas who scored a clinching third . City could return to Wembley in the FA Cup , having reached the quarterfinals and have been strongly challenging for the English Premier League title . But a home defeat to Barcelona in the first leg of the last 16 has damaged their chances in the European Champions League . In the English Premier League , Tottenham Hotspur maintained their push for a Champions League spot with a 1-0 home win over Cardiff City to close up in fifth spot . Roberto Soldado broke his EPL goal drought by scoring in the first half to leave the visitors firmly rooted in the bottom three . Christian Benteke scored twice in Aston Villa 's 4-1 win over struggling Norwich , while Swansea and Crystal Palace battled to a 1-1 draw .
Manchester City win English League Cup at Wembley . Beat Sunderland 2 - 1 in all Premier League clash . Sunderland led through Fabio Torres strike . Jimmy Toure , Samir Nasri and Francisco Rodríguez scored City 's goals .