A Riyad Mahrez double, plus further goals from Julián Álvarez and Phil Foden, helped Manchester City to a 4-0 FA Cup third round victory over Chelsea
Chelsea’s first third-round exit for 25 years – when the late Gianluca Vialli scored twice in a 5-3 defeat against Manchester United – continued their miserable run of form and results under Potter. It is now five defeats in seven games for the former Brighton manager and five games without a goal in that sequence. They never troubled City’s stand-in goalkeeper Stefan Ortega throughout a chastening cup tie.
City then got on with the business of ushering Chelsea out of another cup in an utterly dominant first-half display. Guardiola made seven changes from the win at Stamford Bridge on Thursday, Potter six, with the teenagers Bashir Humphreys and Lewis Hall starting in the visitors’ defence, the new signings Benoit Badiashile and David Fofana on the bench and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang joining a lengthy injury list with a bad back.
The hosts took the lead five minutes later courtesy of a stunning free-kick from Mahrez. The match-winner on Thursday was fouled 25 yards out by Hall and brushed himself down to curl an unstoppable free-kick into Arrizabalaga’s top left-hand corner. The shot may have taken a touch off the Chelsea wall but that did not alter the flight of the ball as it flew beyond the Chelsea keeper, giving Mahrez his third goal against the Stamford Bridge club this season.
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