FULL TIME: Man City vs Huddersfield, De Bruyne reappeared, Man City crushed the “weakness” in the FA Cup

Final result Man City vs Huddersfield (5-0)

Goals: Phil Foden 33′, 65′; Alvarez 37′; Oscar Bobb 58′; Doku 74

Even though opponent Huddersfield (who is in the dangerous group in the Championship) is completely underdog and Man City is still playing at Etihad’s home field, coach Guardiola still fielded a quite strong squad with many key players (Foden, Grealish, Alvarez). , Dias, Akanji).

Of course, the “king of England” had no difficulty gaining the upper hand right after the opening whistle but encountered strong resistance from the guests. Therefore, despite holding the ball over 70%, Man City did not have any dangerous opportunities in the first half of the first half.

In the 18th minute, Man City also suffered personnel losses when Akanji could not continue playing due to injury and Matheus Nunes replaced him.

Without having to play too well, the Green Man still easily found the opening goal. In the 33rd minute, Foden “accidentally” received the ball from Alvarez, handled it quickly a few times before swinging his left foot and shooting decisively at a tight angle, hitting the away team’s net.

A few minutes later, Foden still had a good understanding with Nunes before the Portuguese player stretched for Rico Lewis to miss the ball. Fortunately, Julian Alvarez appeared behind him and kicked the ball extremely quickly, putting the ball into the net while the opponent’s goalkeeper was helpless.

At the beginning of the second half, young talent Oscar Bobb almost scored the third goal for Man City after a technical situation and then narrowly missed the post with his left foot.

In the 58th minute, Man City fans at Etihat Stadium simultaneously applauded the return of “creative genius” Kevin De Bruyne. The Belgian star suffered a serious injury in the opening match of the 2023/24 Premier League against Burnley and only now has he fully recovered to be able to play. Central defender Ruben Dias also immediately handed over the captaincy to De Bruyne.

Not long after De Bruyne appeared on the field, Man City scored the third goal. Kovacic waved the ball from midfield and Nunes broke the offside trap, escaped to receive the ball and pushed it to Oscar Bobb in the penalty area. The original intention of this young talent born in 2003 was to send the ball towards the far post for his teammates, but the ball hit an opposing player and changed direction, accidentally becoming a goal.

In the 65th minute, Phil Foden completed his double after a dangerous left-footed shot from the second line. The ball sank to the corner of the net and goalkeeper Nicholls was helpless despite falling all the way.

In the 74th minute, De Bruyne left his first mark after entering the field with a familiar smart cross from the bottom of the goal line, sending the ball into the vast space in the middle of Huddersfield’s penalty area and Doku comfortably finished the decisive goal. Guess one touch to score the 5th goal for the Green Man.

At the end of the match, coach Pep Guardiola introduced Jacob Wright – a young midfielder born in 2005 and currently on the staff of Man City’s U21 team. But because the match was arranged, there wasn’t much room for Wright to play.

In the end, Man City won 5-0 to enter the fourth round of the FA Cup. England’s No. 1 team had a perfect match in all aspects from score, play style to each individual with the excellence of Foden, Nunes and the return of De Bruyne and Doku more than expected.

MAN CITY VS HUDDERSFIELD LINE-UP

MAN CITY: Stefan Ortega, Manuel Akanji (Matheus Nunes 18′), Ruben Dias, Josko Gvardiol, Rico Lewis, Mateo Kovacic (Jacob Wright 76′), Sergio Gomez, Oscar Bobb, Jack Grealish (De Bruyne 58′), Phil Foden (Hamilton 76′), Julian Alvarez (Doku 58′).

HUDDERSFIELD: Lee Nicholls, Tom Lees, Michal Helik, Brodie Spencer, Alex Matos (Radulovic 62′), Jack Rudoni, Rarmani Edmonds-Green, Ben Wiles, Ben Jackson, Sorba Thomas, Josh Koroma (Brahima Diarra 81′).