Manuel Pellegrini has no doubt in his mind that Manchester City deserve their place in the 2015/16 Capital One Cup final.

City came from behind to beat Everton 3-1 at the Etihad Stadium on Wednesday night in the semi-final second leg, to win 4-3 on aggregate following their 2-1 defeat at Goodison Park.

There was controversy on the second half of the match as City's second goal was questionable because replays showed the ball had gone out of bounds when Raheem Sterling cut back for Kevin De Bruyne to score.

Regardless of this one incident, Pellegrini felt it was a well-deserved victory for City who will now meet Liverpool in the League Cup final at Wembley on February 28.

"I am very happy, to play a final at Wembley, it is very important," he said.

"It's a special stadium with a special atmosphere. When you have two teams like City and Liverpool playing a final, it's even more special.

"We scored 18 or 19 goals in this tournament – we lost just one game against Everton but it was a game of 180 minutes and I think we played this semi-final in an intelligent way.

"I just saw it [the Sterling incident] – maybe it was a mistake of the referee but one thing Everton cannot complain about is the referee. We lost the first game to a clear offside goal and we didn't get a clear penalty for a foul on Jesus Navas.

"We drew in the Premier League when a clear penalty wasn't given for the foul on Raheem Sterling. We were the best team on this night and we deserve to be in the final."