Manchester City’s Julian Alvarez celebrates scoring their second objective with Phil Foden.
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Different competitors, identical consequence. Manchester City beat Chelsea for the second time in lower than three days, on this event within the FA Cup.
And this time it was a 4-0 thrashing, with out even needing Erling Haaland and Kevin De Bruyne.
City’s high two gamers got a relaxation after the 1-0 win over Chelsea within the Premier League on Thursday but they weren’t particularly missed, with Riyad Mahrez, Julián Álvarez and Phil Foden scoring first-half objectives and Mahrez including one other late on in a third-round cruise.
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Next up for City in world soccer’s oldest knockout competitors is a rival that’s prone to be its largest risk to the protection of the Premier League title. Arsenal, which leads second-place City by 5 factors within the league, shall be heading to Etihad Stadium within the fourth spherical if it beats third-tier Oxford United on Monday.
Mahrez scored the one objective within the groups’ league match at Stamford Bridge on Thursday. While that was a tap-in, this one within the cup was a curling shot from a direct free kick that sailed into the highest nook within the twenty third minute.
Álvarez, making his first begin for City since successful the World Cup with Argentina, transformed a Thirtieth-minute penalty after Chelsea ahead Kai Havertz bizarrely selected to guide together with his left arm as he tried a headed clearance at a nook and succeeded solely in punching the ball away to concede a spot kick.
Foden wrapped up a three-goal flurry in a 15-minute span on the Etihad when he guided dwelling a close-range end on the finish of a flowing staff transfer involving Rodri, Mahrez after which Kyle Walker, who sprinted upfield to ship a cross for Foden.
Mahrez scored his second from the penalty spot within the eighty fifth after Foden was bundled over by Kalidou Koulibaly.
The issues mount for Chelsea supervisor Graham Potter, whose injury-hit squad is in tenth place within the Premier League and is already out of each cups — having already misplaced to City within the League Cup in November.
City continues to be within the hunt for trophies in all 4 competitions and performs Southampton away within the League Cup quarterfinals on Wednesday.
Villa shocked
Aston Villa conceded twice from the 88th minute and was overwhelmed 2-1 at dwelling by fourth-tier Stevenage in in all probability the most important shock of the third spherical.
Ahead because of Morgan Sanson’s Thirty third-minute objective, Villa was lowered to 10 males when Leander Dendoncker was red-carded within the eighty fifth for an expert foul that gave Stevenage a penalty.
That was transformed and the guests, who’re in second place in League Two, grabbed an unlikely winner within the ninetieth.
Leeds’ rally
Jesse Marsch had fairly the experience in his first match within the FA Cup.
The American coach noticed his Leeds staff rally from 2-0 down in opposition to second-tier Cardiff to attract 2-2 because of an equalizer within the third minute of stoppage time by substitute Sonny Perkins.
Rodrigo started Leeds’ restoration by pulling a objective again within the sixty fifth earlier than the Spain striker had a penalty saved within the 81st after Cardiff defender Joel Bagan stopped a goal-bound shot from Junior Firpo together with his outstretched hand and was proven the pink card.
The 18-year-old Perkins got here to Rodrigo’s rescue with a close-range objective to ship the groups to a replay.
The final time they met within the well-known competitors was in 2002, when Leeds — the Premier League chief on the time — was shocked by a Cardiff staff that was in tenth place within the third tier.
Fourth-round draw
Wrexham, the non-league staff owned by Hollywood stars Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney, was rewarded for beating second-tier Coventry within the third spherical by getting a house match in opposition to one other membership from the Championship — Sheffield United.
In different standout matches from the draw made Sunday, Manchester United will host second-tier Reading, Brighton shall be at dwelling to the winner of the replay between Liverpool and Wolverhampton, Tottenham will go to second-tier Preston and fourth-tier Walsall will host Leicester.
The video games shall be performed from January 27-30.
