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Manchester City take on Championship side Swansea in the quarter-finals of the FA Cup as they continue to eye an historic quadruple.
With the League Cup already ticked off, City have three more trophies to go as they juggle the demands of European and domestic football. Standing in their way today is a Swansea side which is aiming to reach the third FA Cup semi-final in the club’s history. The Welsh outfit stand 15th in the Championship but are unbeaten in seven games at the Liberty Stadium.
Swans manager Graham Potter has urged his men to believe they can pull off a famous shock, saying “anything can happen”. Stranger things have happened.
18 mins: Swansea 0 – 0 Man City
Roberts gets the ball on the right, he plays it inside to Routledge who gives it to Celina. Routledge runs into the box and gets the ball back off Celina but gets the ball tangled in his feet and City take it off him.
15 mins: Swansea 0 – 0 Man City
Sane runs the ball to the byline on the left, he flicks it across the box to the box post where Bernardo collects the ball and shoots… but Nordfeldt dives to his right and pushes the ball away.
12 mins: Swansea 0 – 0 Man City
Good defending from James. Man City break and Bernardo sends the ball to Mahrez, Mahrez holds onto it as Walker runs into the box, the ball is slipped into him but James pushes him off the ball and Nordfeldt collects.
9 mins: Swansea 0 – 0 Man City
Swansea defend well aganist Man City’s corners but they can’t move the ball out of their own half fluidly. James gets sent down the left with a long ball and runs it forward before giving it to Celina. Celina takes too many touches and loses the ball.
6 mins: Swansea 0 – 0 Man City
Sane runs the ball into the box, dips his shoulder and fires a shot at Nordfeldt. The ball comes off the keeper and Mahrez heads the ball wide.
3 mins: Swansea 0 – 0 Man City
Swansea look to press Man City high up the pitch but City play the ball around their defence with ease. Bernardo Silva sends the ball long to Kyle Walker on the overlap and he wins a corner.
Swansea vs Man City
Team news
Phew! I need a breather.
There’s no such thing in this game though as the matches keep on coming. We move back to the FA Cup quarter-finals now as Swansea host Manchester City.
Team news to come…
Bournemouth 1 – 1 Newcastle
Bournemouth thought they were in front but Dummett makes an overhead kick clearance to clear the ball off the line for Newcastle. What a clearance!
Burnley 1 – 1 Leicester
Charlie Taylor runs into the box with the ball, he cuts in front of Ndidi who looks to have brought him down but the referee waves to play on. No penalty!
Burnley 1 – 1 Leicester
McNeil causes problems down the left hand side and hits a low cross into the box, Chris Wood latches on to the end of it and sends it over the bar from four yards out.
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