A stunning 30-yard goal from Yaya Toure turned the League Cup final on its head as Manchester City came back from a goal down to win 3-1 against Sunderland.

Toure’s peach early in the second-half cancelled out Fabio Borini’s first-half effort before Samir Nasri and Jesus Navas sealed the win to give Manuel Pellegrini his first trophy in England football.

“I’m very happy,” said Pellegrini.

“I think the team deserve this cup because we played well during the cup and we scored a lot of goals and conceded just two goals.

“To start winning the first trophy I think is very important for the club, for the players, for me, for board member, the executives — all of us.”

The Citizens were behind after just 10 minutes, Borini getting the better of Vincent Kompany before firing the ball past Costel Pantilimon from a tight angle — The Black Cats were in dream land.

Borini had a great chance to double Sunderland’s lead seven minutes before the break, but Kompany made a last-gasp tackle to deny the Italian further glory.

It took until the early stages of the second half for Pellegrini’s side to dominate with any real purpose.

And with that dominance came goals — two stunning strikes in as many minutes.

First, from a chance out of nothing, the Ivorian Toure unleashed a shot worthy of winning any final that nestled in the top-left corner of Vito Mannone’s goal.

With Sunderland defenders blocking all passing options, the imposing midfielder decided to take the bull by the horns and powerfully drew his side level.

Nasri then gave City the lead with a sublime shot from the edge of the box before substitute Navas secured the victory on 90 minutes.

It was an incisive break finished by the Spaniard, who cooly slotted the ball past Mannone to break the hearts of the travelling Mackems.

A proud Gus Poyet believed his side were more than a match for City.  

He said: “I think that’s the main thing to talk about, the way we played against one of the top teams in the world with plenty of power, quality, money, the best players.

“We had a go, we were 1-0 up, we had the chance to score the second goal and maybe that was the difference today.

“I think for 50-plus minutes, we were more than a decent team and I think the fans need to stay proud because the players tried their best.”