City halt gallant Newport
Manchester City eventually brought an end to the gallant FA Cup run of plucky Newport County as they ran out 4-1 winners at Rodney Parade.
The Welsh minnows walked away with their heads held high however, having held the Premier League champions scoreless for 51 minutes.
Indeed, Newport came with inches of sensationally grabbing the lead in the first half, despite being ranked more than 80 places below Man City in the footballing ladder.
A long throw from Mickey Demetriou bounced all the way through to the back post and Tyreeq Bakinson stooped to head goal-ward from five-yards, only for Ederson to produce a sublime one-handed stop down to his right, on a night when Gordon Banks was recalled before the game began.
Leroy Sane's shot on 51 minutes flew straight at goalkeeper Joe Day, cannoning into his face and leaving him with a bloodied nose before it looped over the goal line to give Pep Guardiola's men the lead.
Phil Foden appeared to have made the win safe on 75 minutes but Newport's FA Cup specialist Padraig Amond took advantage of some hesitant defending on 88 minutes, toe-poking over Ederson from 20-yards to briefly put the home side back in the contest.
City responded within 71 seconds as Foden grabbed his second and Riyad Mahrez added a fourth deep into stoppage time.
Brighton are also into the last-eight after overcoming Derby County 2-1 at the Amex Stadium, while Millwall continued their FA Cup progress with a 1-0 win away at AFC Wimbledon on Saturday. The winning trio join Watford in the hat for the quarter-finals.
Manchester City are 1/1 to win the FA Cup this season, with Watford 12/1 and Brighton now 16/1 to hoist the trophy at Wembley.
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Manchester City eventually brought an end to the gallant FA Cup run of plucky Newport County as they ran out 4-1 winners at Rodney Parade.
The Welsh minnows walked away with their heads held high however, having held the Premier League champions scoreless for 51 minutes.
Indeed, Newport came with inches of sensationally grabbing the lead in the first half, despite being ranked more than 80 places below Man City in the footballing ladder.
A long throw from Mickey Demetriou bounced all the way through to the back post and Tyreeq Bakinson stooped to head goal-ward from five-yards, only for Ederson to produce a sublime one-handed stop down to his right, on a night when Gordon Banks was recalled before the game began.
Leroy Sane's shot on 51 minutes flew straight at goalkeeper Joe Day, cannoning into his face and leaving him with a bloodied nose before it looped over the goal line to give Pep Guardiola's men the lead.
Phil Foden appeared to have made the win safe on 75 minutes but Newport's FA Cup specialist Padraig Amond took advantage of some hesitant defending on 88 minutes, toe-poking over Ederson from 20-yards to briefly put the home side back in the contest.
City responded within 71 seconds as Foden grabbed his second and Riyad Mahrez added a fourth deep into stoppage time.
Brighton are also into the last-eight after overcoming Derby County 2-1 at the Amex Stadium, while Millwall continued their FA Cup progress with a 1-0 win away at AFC Wimbledon on Saturday. The winning trio join Watford in the hat for the quarter-finals.
Manchester City are 1/1 to win the FA Cup this season, with Watford 12/1 and Brighton now 16/1 to hoist the trophy at Wembley.
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Source: bet365.com
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