Extended Highlights - Man City 2-0 Salford City - Marc Guéhi scores first City in FA Cup victory!

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Manchester City take a brief break from Premier League commitments to turn their focus to
another competition. It's the FA Cup today. League 2 outfit Salford City travel across
town to the Etihad for this FA Cup fourth round tie. These two teams of course did butt
heads in the third round last season. It was City who eased to an emphatic 8-0 home victory
over the Amis. Can they do similar today and progress into the next round of the
competition? It's a strong starting line-up named by Pep Guardiola.
Chedki gets that from Aitnori, a little step over from him to try and buy himself some space.
Successive FA Cup final. They look to open the scoring here and they do so with a low drive
from an acute angle. Ryan Aitnori's delivery. We will see if it took a touch on the way through.
He's going to somewhat reluctantly celebrate that whether it was intentional or not.
Aitnori finds the net, opens the score in just five minutes in.
Indeed it was turned in by the opposition defender. Aitnori tries that in, maybe off
Dorrington. There's one of the owners, former coach of Salford City, Paul Scoles.
Marmouche, they tee this up for a shot. Oh, brilliantly taken. But it's not going to stand.
Omar Marmouche is called offside. The technique was perfect there as he lashed that one into the net.
Omar Marmouche is on there and by a considerable margin allows that to bounce through. Belts it
past Young, the goalkeeper. A sumptuous strike and it does not go up on the score sheet.
Guardiola not happy with that one having been ruled out. Abbott, Woodburn, back post,
chested down, right-footed strike. Caught up with Aitnori, that ball's chipped over.
Woodburn, wonderful save from Trafford to tip that over. May well have been dipping under the bar
from the Salford number seven. First shot ricochets around and clipped back, taken on by
Woodburn first time. Stunning stuff from James Trafford. Moves over to the back post. Trafford
just had that one super save to make. Headed down and headed wide and it's the last touch
of the first half. Manchester City go into the break with a 1-0 lead over Salford City.
Outside to Mikaidu. Mikaidu slides that ball. Will Reinders reach it? It's been taken away by Cherki.
Foden finds some space in the end. It's blocked by Orr, the defender.
City showing good persistence there to keep the move going.
Back to here by Cherki. Cherki outside. Mikaidu has to be pushed away two-handed.
And he's deflected shot with his left foot. Lifted towards the goalkeeper and Young improvises the
save from the City youngster. Outside, sliding there by Stones. Timed the challenge well.
It's been nicked away by Manns-Dorrington. Mike Norrie's turn to block. There's a shot from a
close angle. Trafford stands in front of the ball and makes the block. O'Reilly outside to Semenu.
First touch since he's come on. Semenu takes on the defender. He's shown outside. He goes outside,
tries to pull it back into the middle. Nico O'Reilly was waiting. So was the defender.
Another ball pulled across. Nearly turned across the line. Semenu follows up with a blast into
the side netting. Now City tried to work the set-piece routine. Nico O'Reilly was trying that
backheel. Didn't quite make clean contact on that. The goalkeeper was able to recover, as was the
defender. Semenu then powers it into the side netting. Semenu. Semenu tries to turn. Cherokee.
It's brought across to the back post. It's turned in by Gueye. 2-0 to Manchester City.
And they put this one almost beyond all doubt now. Marguerite opens his account, having come on as a
substitute. Quick reaction from him to turn the ball into the net. Here's another look at Cherokee.
Plays that across. Yeah, good finish from him. So now take him back to Gueye. Back to the day job
for him. They're defending. They've had several changes in defence this afternoon.
He's gone inside here. Tries to play the pass through. It's a deflected shot.
Tiani Reinters gets that up from under his feet. Cherokee ambushes outside of it for
Gueye. It's nicely played through to Semenu. Off the post. A patient defence splitting pass there.
Play from the edge of the box. Semenu did almost everything right as well.
Unfortunate for that to come back out.
