Manchester City booked its place in the FA Cup semi-finals after defeating its guest, Newcastle United, with two unanswered goals, today, Saturday, in the eighth round of the competition.
The victory came thanks to a brace by Portuguese Bernardo Silva in the 13th and 31st minutes.
The Citizens were in control from the beginning, but the danger did not appear early until 13 minutes later when Silva shot a ball that hit the body of a defender and deflected into the net.
Newcastle did not show any desire to respond, which helped the homeowners impose their control without any attempt from the MacBais, then Foden tried to direct a powerful shot, but it went over Dubravka’s goal.
In a repeated scenario, Silva again penetrated the visitors’ penalty area before firing a left shot that hit Botman’s head, quickly changing and deceiving the Newcastle goalkeeper, thus increasing City’s lead.
From the first real opportunity, Newcastle almost reduced the score to the first goal after Byrne headed the ball to Ishaq inside the area, and the latter met it with a left shot on the bird, but Ortega’s ingenuity prevented it from hitting his goal.
Ruben Diaz advanced to the Newcastle penalty area the moment a corner kick was taken, and received a pass from him with a header, which landed in Dubravka’s hands, ending the first half with Man City leading (2-0).
The beginning of the second half witnessed a dangerous attempt by Man City after Doku penetrated into the penalty area, directing a shot from the left side, for which Dubravka was waiting.
The pace of play calmed down after that, without either team making dangerous attempts on both goals. Then Newcastle coach Eddie Howe decided to make 4 substitutions at once, hoping to revitalize the team’s attack.
But this measure was not reflected on the field with a positive impact, so calm remained prevailing without any change, at a time when City coach Pep Guardiola pushed Oscar Pope at the expense of Doku.
In the last 10 minutes, Newcastle began to advance slightly towards the homeowners’ penalty area, hoping to threaten Ortega’s goal, but those attacks ended without danger in the final third.
