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Pep Guardiola makes nine changes from the team that beat West Ham 4-1 last weekend; the survivors are Nathan Ake and Savinho. Devin Mubama, signed from West Ham in the summer, will start up front. Kyle Walker has been left out of the squad.
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Salford bring in Matthew Lund and Kylian Kouassi for Ryan Watson and Cole Stockton. Their bench includes 15-year-old Marshall Heys.
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Manchester City (possible 4-3-3) Ederson; Nunes, O’Reilly, Simpson-Pusey, Ake; McAtee, Gundogan, Grealish; Savinho, Mubama, Doku.
Substitutes: Akanji, De Bruyne, Foden, Gvardiol, Haaland, Kovacic, Lewis, Ortega, Bernardo Silva.
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Salford City (possible 3-1-4-2) Young; Shephard, Tilt, Garbutt; Ashley; Mnoga, Lund, Fornah, Berkoe; Adelakun, Kouassi.
Substitutes: Chester, Heys, Jones, Malcolm, McAleny, Stockton, Taylor, Watson, Wright.
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Hello and welcome to live coverage of Manchester City v Salford City in the FA Cup third round. Nobody of sound mind could accuse Pep Guardiola of turning his nose up at domestic cup competitions; he’s won 10 of them, 16 if you include the Community Shield and Supercopa de España. This season, however, he needs the FA Cup more than ever. City are out of the Carabao Cup and almost certainly out of the title race. They’re also 22nd in the Champions League, a sentence that is weird on all kinds of levels.
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City will expect to reach the fourth round but their opponents might take some breaking down. This is surely the best team in Salford City’s short history. They are third in League Two and on a run of six straight wins without conceding a goal. The Class of 92’s involvement adds another narrative layer to tonight’s game. Gary Neville once gave Paul Scholes a big smacker when he scored an injury-time winner on this ground. The mind boggles at how they might celebrate if Salford pull of a shock tonight.
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Kick off 5.45pm.
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21 minutes Liam Shepherd was booked immediately after his goal. He cleared Jeremy Doku a couple of minutes in, but the ball didn't go away until City had scored.
That was a great team goal. Sabinho skated down the flank and played a great pass to an underlapping Nunez, who drew Young and squared the ball to give Mbama the opening goal.
goal! Man City 2-0 Salford (Mbama 20)
Devin Mbama scores on his Manchester City debut!
17 minutes Ake headed the resulting corner kick over goal and Kouassi kicked it on the goal line. Simpson-Pewsey headed the ball into fresh air before it reached Kuassi. If he had made contact he could have scored.
16 minutes Grealish smartly turned and moved to the edge of the area to fire a shot, which was well blocked by Garbutt.
15 minutes “Someone had to do it,” is the slightly ominous subject line of Matt Donney's email. “I was looking forward to an awkward game for Man City, obviously expecting an upset. But they already look like it's going to be a very comfortable night. Heaven knows I'm miserable right now. ”
13 minutes Grealish plays more centrally and sees a lot of the ball. So did Doc, who cut inside from the left and made a pop from 25 yards. He dragged it outside the near post.
10 minutes O'Reilly's cross hit Mbama's head and was deflected by Garbett, but it looped towards Sabinho past the far post. His volley hit the side netting and the blind referee mistakenly awarded a goal kick.
9 minutes On the other side, Matty Rand headed Garbutt's cross into the roof of the net. good luck.
goal! Manchester City 1-0 Salford City (Doku 8)
I was just about to say that Salford didn't park the bus. Maybe they wanted to do that. When Ashley lost the ball in midfield, City were relentless in their pursuit. Nunez moved forward, found Grealish and sent the ball to Doc with his left hand. He sent his first shot back onto goal, passing through the fingertips of a diving Young and hitting the post.
6 minutes Tilt heads Grealish's corner kick at the near post.
6 minutes Doc beat down the left side and won the first corner of the game.
4 minutes Simpson-Pewsey went flat near the halfway line, but the referee took the advantage. Eventually O'Reilly slashed wide from 25 yards.
2 minutes This is the rough formation of City.
Manchester City (4-3-3) Ederson; Nunez, Simpson-Pewsey, Ake, O'Reilly. Makati, Gundogan, Grealish. Sabinho, Mbama, Doc.
1 minute Beep beep! As I watched Manchester City kicked off from left to right. Matheus Nunez is expected to start at right-back and Nico O'Reilly at left-back.
It reminds us of the team on the field. Basically, no one has any idea what kind of structure Manchester City will have.
Manchester City (possible 4-3-3) Ederson; Nunez, O'Reilly, Simpson Pusey, Ake. Makati, Gundogan, Grealish. Sabinho, Mbama, Doc.
Substitutes: Akanji, De Bruyne, Foden, Gvardiol, Haaland, Kovacic, Luiz, Ortega, Bernardo Silva.
Salford City (possible 3-1-4-2) Young; Shepherd, Tilt, Garbutt. Ashley; Mnoga, Lund, Forna, Vercoe. Adelakun, Quassi.
Substitutes: Chester, Hayes, Jones, Malcolm, McAleney, Stockton, Taylor, Watson, Wright.
“Hello, Rob.” Peter O says. “With Tilt in the central defense, we’re definitely going to see a lot of pinball action in the Salford six-yard box.”
“This is why the FA Cup is so great.” Mary Waltz writes. “The hellish Plymouth come back from the dead and shock the Premier League teams. We know Plymouth won't make much of a run in this competition and a PL team will win. But sometimes David upsets Goliath. It's great to see.”
It never gets old.
Forget about the game. No need for soccer. The BBC's coverage has just begun with a poem by Salford's finest, John Cooper Clarke, and that's all the entertainment we need tonight.
There will be no VAR and no replays in the FA Cup third round. If necessary, tonight's game could go into overtime or a penalty shootout.
“evening,” Damian Clarke says. “Any news from Johnny Marr? Considering he's a City supporter, a huge percentage of people around the world only know about Salford. Because of the album cover? ”
He typically doesn't email MBM until after the game has started. But since I mentioned The Queen Is Dead, let's listen to some music to get in the mood.
The first big shock in the third round of the FA Cup It happened this afternoon at Gtech Community Stadium. Jonathan Wilson was there for us.
Pep's rebuild starts here
team news
Josep Guardiola made nine changes to the squad that beat West Ham 4-1 last weekend. Survivors include Nathan Ake and Savinho. Devin MbamaHe signed from West Ham in the summer and will start up front. Kyle Walker was removed from the team.
Salford manager will bring on Matthew Rand and Killian Kouassi for Ryan Watson and Cole Stockton. Their bench includes: 15 years old Marshall Hayes.
Manchester City (possible 4-3-3) Ederson; Nunez, O'Reilly, Simpson Pusey, Ake. Makati, Gundogan, Grealish. Sabinho, Mbama, Doc.
Substitutes: Akanji, De Bruyne, Foden, Gvardiol, Haaland, Kovacic, Luiz, Ortega, Bernardo Silva.
Salford City (possible 3-1-4-2) Young; Shepherd, Tilt, Garbutt. Ashley; Mnoga, Lund, Forna, Vercoe. Adelakun, Quassi.
Substitutes: Chester, Hayes, Jones, Malcolm, McAleney, Stockton, Taylor, Watson, Wright.
Read the preview for Will Unwin
Salford sit third in League Two and there is growing optimism that they can get through the ceiling rather than the floor. Robinson has done a great job with the players at his disposal, and the academy is starting to produce players that hint at an upward curve. Oxford's former manager backed the owners after meeting with them to discuss the job just over a year ago. He believed so strongly that he did not sign a contract for the first seven games of his reign, but they further rewarded their decision to hire him by raising funds to jump-start their ambitions. was completed.
preamble
Hello. Welcome to our live coverage of the FA Cup third round match between Manchester City and Salford City. No one in their right mind could fault Pep Guardiola for turning his nose up in a domestic cup match. He has won 10 of them, 16 times if you include the Community Shield and the Supercopa de Espana. But this season he needs the FA Cup more than ever. City were knocked out of the Carabao Cup and almost certainly out of the title race. They are also 22nd in the Champions League, which is strange on every level.
City are hoping to advance to the fourth round, but their opponents may show some disruption. This is undoubtedly the best team in Salford City's short history. They sit third in League Two and have won six straight without conceding a goal. The addition of the Class of 92 adds another layer of storytelling to tonight's game. Gary Neville once gave Paul Scholes a big slap when he scored the winning goal in stoppage time at this ground. If Salford are shocked tonight, I wonder how they will celebrate.
kick off 5:45 p.m.
