City End Plymouth's Cup Run! ｜ Manchester City 3-1 Plymouth Argyle ｜ Emirates FA Cup 2024-25

De Bruyne. Realish, McAtee, Foden to strike it! There was a touch in there, it wasn't the most vicious shot he's ever hit. Well, it's well worked in the end. Does take the big deflection. There it is, off his heel. Might have been going in. We're at the short corner, Manchester City, dominating proceedings here in these early minutes. To get a goal and a penalty. Bernardo Silva. And of course we have got VAR now to check this. Vigasuelo, who had a fine game against Liverpool. He's trying to drag his arm back into the side of his body. As he's jumping there. It's an interesting one, because the ball was going to go into a dangerous area. But VAR, by the looks of it, is going to go against the referee. I think if Craig Posner had given the penalty, they wouldn't have gone against him either. I think it's the right decision. De Bruyne explores again. Nice little touch from Gundogan. Trying to hit it back in behind him for the runs of Gundogan. Grealish. Bernardo Silva. Good, strong header. Gundogan impressing in the air. A lot of work there, Jaco Jbe. What a chance for Gundogan. And perhaps the best of the lot and the closest of the lot, that's for sure. He was scoring almost every week for Manchester City towards the end of his first spell. And in this kind of position. He just runs from the edge of the box. It's a good strike as well. The goalkeeper was beaten. He uses the inside of his left foot. He just had too much bend on it in the end. Sends out the signal. Delivers the ball. And they've scored. And the power in the air. It's Talavierov. Who makes them go wild with delight at the Plymouth end. He keeps his calm. Simple set-piece. Straightforward header. But it's a goal against Manchester City. The struggling championship side. Plymouth Argyle who've knocked out Brentford. Who've knocked out Liverpool. And now they've taken the lead against Manchester City. You said it. Very simple set-play. Fairly lofted delivery into the box. Three players in and around the penalty spot. And he just jumps better. Attacks the ball better than any of the Manchester City players here. It's a very good header. Still got to guide it. Talavierov. What a good header that is. Foden to take the corner. Despite the fact they've got a lot of height there. This time it was Hayes coming in at pace. Grealish has been disappointing once again. And they hit back with a corner there. And they're getting into that kind of area. The goalkeeper, Hazard, is obviously one of those who says, I'm going to let my team-mates deal with it. Could he have come for that? Perhaps not. There's a lot of traffic. There's a lot of traffic, but it's only about four yards out. Good defending right at the end of it by Katic. It looked as though Aki had had a free header. But Katic actually got across and headed it on to Aki. It looks as though that is the tactic from the goalkeeper. I'm not going to come and find myself stranded. Indeed, maybe unhandled in a way that escapes the official's view. And he can trust the boys at the back. He's only been playing with a couple of them for a short period. Credit to the board at Plymouth, who didn't really back the transfers for a cup run, but for staying in the Championship. Here's De Bruyne! And Hazard got a touch to that. He knew where the space was. He'd made it back to Grealish and then made the run down the outside. And the pass back to him was inch-perfect. Very good save. Good save. Fingertips. One more piece of defending for Plymouth to do before half-time. And if they do it successfully, they'll go in the goal to the good. At the Etihad Stadium. Clone leaves it. De Bruyne takes it. And the header is a very successful one from Nico O'Reilly. It is 1-1. Those extra few seconds have been used very profitably by Manchester City. Maybe a play that they wouldn't have thought to pick up too much. But he sneaked in. And the header was strong enough to get past Hazard. And he's onside. That's the key. It is the ball I was talking about. Somewhere between the penalty spot and the six-yard box. Hit with a bit of pace. And it's a good run and a good header. The goalkeeper does quite well almost to keep it out. Ronaldo Silva making it wide. McAtee keeps it going for City. Gundogan advancing with pace. Still going, the German. It's a great stop in the end. They're not only competitors. They were cut apart here. It's Gundogan that makes that run. He beats three or four defenders to get to the byline. Lovely little cutback. Ronaldo couldn't squeeze it past Hazard. Absolutely. City's new side against West Bromwich Albion on Thursday night in the FA Youth Cup. City winning 5-0. Very good players in that team. De Bruyne trying to loft it in. Spectacular. That would have been from Lewis. Tucked in again. De Bruyne just trying to whip it into a dangerous area. It falls nicely. Just a little jump with the... Almost a good effort. De Bruyne. O'Reilly full-back moving into midfield. Now Bernardo Silva. Foden tries to place it. A bit of a token jump from Holland. He's definitely going for goal. That's what we have here. And now we have... 13 corners for Man City. Just the one for Plymouth. The one they scored from. There's a target but he doesn't do that. Back from Grealish. And whips it. That was a very fine... He probably didn't have players to play against in a championship who do this sort of thing. He's having a look and getting his players to mark up in the box. As De Bruyne hit it. Good ball to get back. Another corner for Manchester City. Again, De Bruyne. First Foden. And then Holland. A bit fortunate. Gets into that near-post area. Foden makes a real mess of his shot. He's onside. He just doesn't keep it down. Big, big chance. Almost comes off his shin. Foden. Once again it's Nick O'Reilly that's getting into the box. Grealish. Harlan coming round the back. Goalkeeper's kept it out but it's followed up. By Bernardo Silva. Yeah, very good ball here from Jet Grealish. Beyond the far centre half. Does well to keep it out there. Back on it now. It's a deeper one. And in the end, Nick O'Reilly. At the double here. We'll always talk about Manchester City, a group of players growing old. They've got some kids. And one of them may well be putting Plymouth Argyle, for all their gallantry, out of the FA Cup. And of course the Plymouth Argyle players are saying there's a little push in the back here. He's made a lot of good runs into the box. Scored the goal just before half-time. Let's have another look. Grealish comes round the back. He does give a little shove but he was being held in the first place. The substitute Houghton. Does he give him a shove? Is it enough for the VAR to intervene here? He didn't intervene for... They talked about pace a little while ago. I think he made a bad decision to go towards the ball there. Left space in behind him. Here's Houghton. And off goes Haaland. He'll certainly get there first. What's in his mind here? He slipped as he had the shot. The line went up again for De Bruyne. Job done. Not been easy. At Manchester City. We're into another FA Cup quarter-final. They win the ball back here. That's an excellent pass. On the side. Haaland, you expected him to score. It's at a tight angle. What he does here though is he's kept his composure. Kept his awareness. Plays it between the legs of the defender. Kevin De Bruyne making the run. An easy finish for him. Once again, Hazard has played well in goal, hasn't he? Good, he's ground there. It's the only way he could have got it to Kevin De Bruyne. If I plan it through the legs of Katic. He just gets there in time. 95 minutes even in defeat here. Yeah, we say it. Well organised. He's had a shake to them. Slight threat in the first half when the centre forward was holding up the play. But they're a credit, as we said. The manager's done brilliantly. Hopefully, they can stay in the championship. Great respect for both coaches there. Another step up the ladder for Nico O'Reilly. Getting one of eight against Salford. Eclipsed by getting two very important goals here. An equaliser in the go-ahead goal. After Kavirov shocked Manchester City by heading in the first-half corner. Needed in the second half. Contributing by providing the assist for Kevin De Bruyne. Scored the cup final against Watford back in 2019. He's got great stats in this competition. And he's added another one here. He's got another quarter-final to look forward to. Yes. They knocked out of the League Cup moment. Importantly here, painfully, they knocked out of the Champions League. But they're still alive in this competition.