Man City 8-0 Salford City: Highlights, man of the match, stats as McAtee, Doku dazzle in FA Cup slaughter

James McAtee scored a hat-trick and Jeremy Doku produces a man-of-the-match show arsenic Manchester City obliterate Salford City 8-0 successful the 3rd circular of the FA Cup.

The sojourn of the Ammies saw Pep Guardiola yet assistance Erling Haaland a hard-earned remainder arsenic Divin Mubama came successful for his elder debut, and the 20-year-old justified his manager's telephone successful a regular archetypal half.

Mubama bagged a debut extremity for the Premier League champions either broadside of strikes from Doku and Nico O'Reilly, arsenic the hosts punished Karl Robinson's men for failing to marque the astir of a mates of promising openings.

The Citizens kicked the slaughter up a notch successful the 2nd half, wherever substitute McAtee struck a fantastic hat-trick, Jack Grealish ended a 13-month drought and Doku bagged his 2nd from the punishment spot successful the existent explanation of a demolition job.

As the visitors marque the abbreviated travel location with their tails betwixt their legs, merciless Man City volition larn their fourth-round opponents erstwhile the gully is made connected Sunday evening.

SPORTS MOLE'S VERDICT

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For the archetypal clip since October, Man City person won 3 games of shot successful a row, and Saturday's sojourn of Salford was ever going to beryllium a lawsuit of conscionable however galore they would prevail by.

Guardiola volition nary uncertainty item his team's cohesion and tendency to people again and again, but contiguous was a time for a fistful of individuals to bargain the spotlight, galore of whom desperately needed this injection of confidence.

Doku had a nonstop manus successful 4 goals, McAtee's hat-trick volition surely springiness Guardiola immoderate nutrient for thought, Mubama and O'Reilly some opened their City accounts, and Grealish scored successful the archetypal 2 weeks of 2025 aft not managing a azygous onslaught successful 2024.

A penny for the thoughts of Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes and Nicky Butt arsenic their broadside made a decent content successful the archetypal fractional earlier being torn to shreds successful the second, and the Ammies inactive believed that a consolation extremity could beryllium theirs close astatine the death.

MAN CITY VS. SALFORD CITY HIGHLIGHTS

Jeremy Doku extremity vs. Salford City (8th min, Man City 1-0 Salford City)

Made by Matheus Nunes, dispatched by Jeremy Doku.

The erstwhile steals possession backmost for Man City successful midfield and lays disconnected Jack Grealish, who successful crook slips successful Doku, and the Belgian's onslaught hits the goalkeeper's manus and the wrong of the station earlier trickling in.

Divin Mubama extremity vs. Salford City (20th min, Man City 2-0 Salford City)

A peculiar infinitesimal for Divin Mubama arsenic helium marks his Man City debut with a goal! 🩵#MCISAL #BBCFootball pic.twitter.com/K8mi3ITW4c

A debut extremity for the 20-year-old!

The effervescent Savinho - who has been a existent livewire successful caller weeks - plays the astir delicate walk to find the tally of Nunes into the six-yard box, and goalkeeper Matthew Young tries successful vain to adjacent him down.

The Portuguese midfielder clips the shot backmost crossed goal, and Mubama easy evades his antheral earlier tapping successful a straightforward archetypal City extremity into an bare net.

Nico O'Reilly extremity (43rd min, Man City 3-0 Salford City)

First Man City extremity for Nico O'Reilly! 🙌#MCISAL #BBCFootball pic.twitter.com/j9ifHxNBaw

Another first-time scorer successful entity blue! Again, the hosts beryllium devastating down the wings, arsenic Doku surges to the byline successful the left-hand broadside of the container and cuts backmost for O'Reilly.

The 19-year-old has the clip to instrumentality a interaction and find the acold broadside of the nett done the legs of a Salford defender.

Jack Grealish punishment extremity (49th min, Man City 4-0 Salford City)

Jack Grealish scores from the spot - his archetypal competitory extremity for Manchester City since December 2023.#MCISAL #BBCFootball pic.twitter.com/5gkRN8YcfQ

Not rather a first-ever extremity successful City colours, but a archetypal since December 2023 for Grealish, who ends his 13-month drought with an emphatic spot kick.

The erstwhile Aston Villa antheral is scythed down successful the country by Ossama Ashley, dusts himself down and coolly sends Young the incorrect way; hard and debased to the goalkeeper's right.

James McAtee extremity vs. Salford City (62nd min, Man City 5-0 Salford City)

Tidy decorativeness from James McAtee 👌#MCISAL #BBCFootball pic.twitter.com/LnNwiBDhBC

An outpouring of emotion from the young McAtee, who has had to beryllium incredibly diligent for his infinitesimal successful the City spotlight, but helium takes his archetypal extremity astatine the Etihad with finesse.

The electrifying Doku is released down the close flank and sweeps successful an inch-perfect transverse for McAtee, who gets crossed his antheral and deftly finishes with a first-time effort from adjacent range.

Jeremy Doku extremity vs. Salford City (69th min, Man City 6-0 Salford City)

There is nary VAR successful cognition astatine the Etihad this evening, but referee Josh Smith did not request a 2nd look to spot that Doku's onslaught was blocked by the outstretched limb of Curtis Tilt - a stonewall pen.

Doku assumes the work from 12 yards, and adjacent though Young is simply a bully gait oregon 2 disconnected his enactment by the clip the Belgian connects with the ball, Doku calmly slides successful City's sixth.

MAN OF THE MATCH - JEREMY DOKU

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The calibre of absorption whitethorn person been acold weaker than what helium is usually utilized to, but Doku dazzled and delighted passim the evening and deserved the lasting ovation helium received arsenic helium near the tract midway done the 2nd half.

The Belgium planetary had a nonstop manus successful 4 of City's goals - 2 of his ain and 2 assists - portion besides completing some of his dribble attempts successful what was undoubtedly 1 of his finest performances successful entity bluish truthful far.

MAN CITY VS. SALFORD CITY MATCH STATS

Possession: Man City 68%-32% Salford City
Shots: Man City 20-10 Salford City
Shots connected target: Man City 10-2 Salford City
Corners: Man City 6-2 Salford City
Fouls: Man City 7-11 Salford City

BEST STATS

Jack Grealish scores his archetypal extremity for Man City successful 392 days. pic.twitter.com/n0w6LzyH3h

WHAT NEXT?

After discovering their fourth-round opponents time night, Man City deed the roadworthy for their adjacent Premier League fixture connected Tuesday evening, taking connected Brentford astatine a Gtech Community Stadium renowned for goal-laden extravaganzas this season.

As for Salford, Robinson's men person a afloat week to retrieve from Saturday's humiliation earlier resuming their bid for League Two promotion astatine location to Fleetwood Town connected January 18.

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