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Manchester City overcame one Carabao Cup Scared to book a place in the quarter-finals with a 3-1 win swansea,
Gonçalo Franco had put the Championship side ahead with the first goal effort of the game after 12 minutes, but City equalized just before half-time. jeremy dokuThe effort took a wicked deflection.
Swansea faced intense pressure, but without the absent Erling Haaland, City scored largely empty-handed until Omar Marmoush took the lead after 77 minutes.
Ryan Cherky Andy Fisher confirmed the win in stoppage time by turning the ball inside the far post, ultimately ending Swansea’s hopes of repeating their third round victory over Nottingham Forest.
Holland was stopped 24 more goals were added to his tally in the season For club and country pep guardiola Gave him the night off – and left the Norwegian with the eight-time competition winners guilty of profligacy.
Bernardo Silva, Ruben Dias and Tijani Remus have also been kept in, with Gian Pipalgigi Donumma, John Stones, Josco Guardiola and Phil Fadden in the reserves.
Oscar Bob was the only survivor of the starting line-up in Sunday’s 1-0 Premier League defeat at Aston Villa, but Swansea were also much changed amid a busy league schedule with Adam Idah in attack in place of top scorer Zane Vipotnik.
This was City’s third visit to this corner of south Wales in six years, with the visitors having won twice in the FA Cup – their first meeting coming in the 2019 quarter-final in which Swansea led 2–0 in the final quarter.
Swansea started at a feverish pace and James Trafford, playing for the first time since the third round five weeks earlier, was quick to get the ball out of the net.
Josh moved forward down the right and managed to brilliantly find the top corner for Franco from the edge of the box.
Swansea worked hard to keep City at arms’ length, getting bodies behind the ball and closing down passing routes.
Cherky fired a cross across goal that would have been meat and drinks for Haaland but no one in the black shirts could muster a finish.
Swansea almost capitalized on a mistake by Abdukodir Khusanov when the defender sent his pass straight to Melker Videl.
The Sweden international’s shot appeared destined for the bottom corner, but Trafford got a decisive touch to send it wide.
Cherky was increasingly influential as City probed before the break, with an effort deflected wide before Bob’s center hit a post.
The equalizing goal came six minutes before the break as Doku made quick work of Ryan Ait-Nouri’s pass to keep the game in play.
Doku cut inside the key and fired a shot that bounced off Cameron Burgess for his second goal of the season.
Kellan Casey palmed Marmoush’s effort off the underside of his own crossbar and Fischer grabbed Rico Lewis’ deflected drive, but the pattern of City dominance was firmly established.
Foden, Guardiol and Stones were sent on to convert the pressure into a winner, but Swansea were just 13 minutes away from taking the contest to penalties when Marmoush scored his first goal of an injury-hit campaign and Cherky sealed the deal.
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