English FA Cup

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Match Report

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Manchester City squeeze past Salford to reach FA Cup fifth round

Manchester City reached the fifth round of the FA Cup with a far-from-convincing 2-0 win over League Two side Salford on Saturday.

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Highlights

01:57 How Antoine Semenyo has had a 'flawless' transition to Man City Watch on ESPN 00:46 Guardiola unhappy with Man City's 'flat' performance vs. Salford Watch on ESPN

Head to Head

MNC leads series 1-0

Lineups

MNC · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1James TraffordG
  2. 5John StonesCD-L
  3. 45Abdukodir KhusanovCD-R
  4. 21Rayan Aït-NouriLB
  5. 68Max AlleyneRB
  6. 10Rayan CherkiAM
  7. 14Nico GonzálezLM
  8. 82Rico LewisRM
  9. 7Omar MarmoushF
  10. 4Tijjani ReijndersAM-L
  11. 47Phil FodenAM-R

SAL · 3-5-2

  1. 1Matt YoungG
  2. 15Brandon CooperCD
  3. 28Zach AweCD-L
  4. 24Alfie DorringtonCD-R
  5. 17Joshua AusterfieldCM-L
  6. 7Ben WoodburnCM-R
  7. 8Jorge GrantAM
  8. 29Luke GarbuttLM
  9. 45Rosaire LongeloRM
  10. 10Kelly N'MaiCF-L
  11. 26Ryan GraydonCF-R

Timeline

  1. 3' Kelly N'Mai (Salford City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 6' Own Goal by Alfie Dorrington, Salford City. Manchester City 1, Salford City 0.
  3. 22' Substitution, Manchester City. Ryan McAidoo replaces Max Alleyne because of an injury.
  4. 64' Substitution, Manchester City. Nico O'Reilly replaces Rayan Aït-Nouri.
  5. 65' Substitution, Manchester City. Marc Guéhi replaces John Stones.
  6. 65' Substitution, Manchester City. Antoine Semenyo replaces Phil Foden.
  7. 70' Substitution, Salford City. Daniel Udoh replaces Kelly N'Mai.
  8. 70' Substitution, Salford City. Ossama Ashley replaces Jorge Grant.
  9. 75' Substitution, Manchester City. Rodri replaces Nico González.
  10. 79' Substitution, Salford City. Matt Butcher replaces Ben Woodburn.
  11. 79' Substitution, Salford City. Oliver Turton replaces Zach Awe because of an injury.
  12. 80' Rosaire Longelo (Salford City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 81' Goal! Manchester City 2, Salford City 0. Marc Guéhi (Manchester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner following a set piece situation.
  14. 86' Substitution, Salford City. Princewill Ehibhatiomhan replaces Ryan Graydon.

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