Man City 3 – 1 Plymouth

Manchester City received a FA Cup fear when they were forced to come from behind to beat the Plymouth championship page 3-1 in the Etihad Stadium to book their place in the last eight.

90LyMouth – Liverpool's conqueror in the fourth round – looked at another big surprise when Maksym Talovierov led the Miron Muslic side into a lead in 38th minute.

But all hopes that the pilgrims may have had to extend their unlikely cup run after surprise gains against Brentford and Liverpool were wiped out by teenager Nico O'reilly, who struck twice when Manchester City fought back to lead.

The 19-year-old, who operated as a provisional left-back, led a compensation before the break and then repeated 14 minutes before the time.

Kevin de Bruyne then strengthened City's place in the quarter -finals with her third goal in the 90th minute.

The later victory of the city was no surprise in view of its almost complete dominance of playing, and victory keeps the hope of Pep Guardiola's team on the cutlery this season with the FA Cup her last chance to win a trophy.

However, Plymouth's defense contour in the Premier League gave a lot to think

The new head coach Muslic seems to have inhaled new life on New Year's Eve since Wayne Rooney was released, which gave them the chance to avoid relegation from the championship and monitor some heroic deeds in the trophy.

PEP proud of the city's FA Cup record

Manchester City Manager Pep Guardiola:

“I didn't take it for granted when I saw how well they defended and what problems they caused for Liverpool. They are an incredibly solid team.

“We created a lot and admitted little – the basics we have been doing for many years. We are happy to reach the quarter -finals and with the way we played.

“How many times have we reached the semi -finals in recent years? If you arrive six times in the semi -finals, it is because of it [the FA Cup] is important. If you play in this competition and behave as we behave, I am so proud – I love it.

“It shows how honest we are, and I like that. We are a game from Wembley and we will see what happens.”

Man City on course to save your season

Sky Sports News Reporter Ben Ransom in the Etihad Stadium:

You have to be there to win it, and you are now only two games from a third FA Cup final in a row.

To save something from this season, you would say that a Wembley trip together with the qualification of the Champions League is a must.

Was it a simple victory? Far from it. The team, which Liverpool and Brentford had already eliminated, carried the long trip to Manchester from another victory.

But one has been City's so -called “second cord” – one to which seven high -ranking caps belonged – managed to do what their Premier League rivals could not, the pilgrims with a cross, corner after the corner and finally.

There will still be a few questions about the defense of Man City, which is shortly before the break. But in contrast to other games this season, they were able to come back and win this time – a welcome boost.

As far as Plymouth is concerned, you can be incredibly proud of your FA Cup run, and nobody will be able to take the memories of your courageous services away.

Your attention is now going on the fight for the survival of the championship, and Muslic has the chance to continue to be fed in Argyle Folklore.

Before that, however, he has an urgent engagement – to raise a glass with Guardiola. The city administrator informed us on Friday that he bought an expensive bottle of wine to share Muslic before the game.
Ben Ransom and Charlotte Marsh

It is always important. Big competition. All teams play in England and we want to win it.

“Cup Run will strengthen trust in the fight to stay in the championship.”

Plymouth boss Miron Muslic:

“I think we have given City a game. We made it difficult. The structure was defensive. City is one of the best teams in the world that was trained by the best coach in the world. We can be disappointed with the result, but proud of the performance.

“This will give us a boost of confidence [in the fight to stay in the Championship]I was only eight or nine weeks here and my first message to the team was that it should be difficult to play against us, it should be annoying and difficult. We have proven this tonight, so these are steps that we can take. “

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