Manchester City won a 5-0 win over Burnley in the FA Cup fourth round at the Etihad Stadium on Saturday (26/1) local time.
Manager Pep Guardiola did not put Sergio Aguero, Leroy Sane, David Silva and Raheem Sterling on the list of core players. But the Citizens still have Riyad Mahrez, Ilkay Guendogan, Gabriel Jesus, and Bernardo Silva.
Kevin de Bruyne who became the team’s motorcycle repeatedly made opportunities that endanger Burnley’s goal.
From the first round whistle sounded, Manchester City immediately took over the game. With ball possession reaching 75%, City managed to make Burnley’s game not develop. Burnley even failed to make one kick towards goal in this match. While City managed to record 10 kicks on goal.
The new host can breaking into the Clarets net in the 23rd minute. Receiving a breakthrough bait from Danilo, Jesus then made an individual action by passing two opposing players before removing the ball with a hard kick from inside the penalty box which could not be anticipated away by goalkeeper Nick Pope.
Man City’s possession was felt in the first half, but no more goals were created until halftime.
Man City supporters just cheered back in the 52nd minute after Bernardo Silva scored his second goal from a left-footed shot in the box 16.
Entering the 61st minute, De Bruyne fired horizontally from outside the penalty box that changed the score on the scoreboard to 3-0.
The distance between Man City and Burnley was back away in the 73rd minute after De Bruyne’s shot was wrongly anticipated by Kevin Long who was recorded to have scored an own goal.
In the 84th minute Long was again involved in the process of creating Man City’s fifth goal. Long’s violation to Silva made the referee blow the whistle and pointed to the penalty spot.
Sergio Aguero who came on to replace Jesus in the 75th minute, advanced to become the executor and managed to break into Burnley’s goal.
Victory made Man City advance to the FA 2018/2019 fifth round following city rivals Manchester United who stepped up after beating Arsenal.
Manchester City’s goal to reach the quadruple is still wide open after recording this victory. Manchester City itself is still competing in 4 competitions, namely the English League, League Cup, FA Cup and Champions League. In the League Cup itself, City have been in the final which will bring them to Chelsea (24/2). Pep Guardiola also admitted that he would play seriously in all competitions this season.
