English FA Cup

Manchester City vs Salford City, 2024-25 English FA Cup, Third Round

· English FA Cup
Manchester City
  • 8': Jérémy Doku
  • 20': Divin Mubama
  • 43': Nico O'Reilly
  • 49': Jack Grealish (P)
  • 62': James McAtee
  • 69': Jérémy Doku (P)
  • 72': James McAtee
  • 81': James McAtee
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8 - 0
Salford City
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    James McAtee nets hat trick as Man City hammer Salford 8-0

    James McAtee's first senior hat trick helped Manchester City rout League two side Salford City 8-0 in the third round of the FA Cup on Saturday.

    Match Commentary

    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 3': Offside, Manchester City. Divin Mubama is caught offside.
    • 3': Foul by Matty Lund (Salford City).
    • 3': Jack Grealish (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 4': Attempt missed. Nico O'Reilly (Manchester City) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Savinho.
    • 6': Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Matty Lund.
    • 8': Goal! Manchester City 1, Salford City 0. Jérémy Doku (Manchester City) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jack Grealish following a fast break.
    • 9': Attempt missed. Matty Lund (Salford City) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Luke Garbutt with a cross.
    • 10': Attempt missed. Savinho (Manchester City) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is close, but misses to the right.
    • 11': Divin Mubama (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 11': Foul by Curtis Tilt (Salford City).
    • 13': Attempt missed. Jérémy Doku (Manchester City) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Nico O'Reilly.
    • 15': Foul by Ilkay Gündogan (Manchester City).
    • 15': Haji Mnoga (Salford City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 16': Attempt blocked. Jack Grealish (Manchester City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Ilkay Gündogan.
    • 16': Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Luke Garbutt.
    • 17': Attempt blocked. Jahmai Simpson-Pusey (Manchester City) header from very close range is blocked. Assisted by Nathan Aké with a headed pass.
    • 20': Goal! Manchester City 2, Salford City 0. Divin Mubama (Manchester City) left footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Matheus Nunes.
    • 21': Liam Shephard (Salford City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 25': Delay in match because of an injury Matt Young (Salford City).
    • 27': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 29': Foul by Hakeeb Adelakun (Salford City).
    • 29': Nico O'Reilly (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 31': Offside, Manchester City. Divin Mubama is caught offside.
    • 33': Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Curtis Tilt.
    • 35': Attempt saved. Kylian Kouassi (Salford City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Tyrese Fornah.
    • 36': Foul by Ilkay Gündogan (Manchester City).
    • 36': Haji Mnoga (Salford City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 38': Attempt blocked. Jérémy Doku (Manchester City) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jack Grealish.
    • 39': Attempt missed. Savinho (Manchester City) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by James McAtee.
    • 41': Foul by Jack Grealish (Manchester City).
    • 41': Matty Lund (Salford City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 41': Attempt missed. Kylian Kouassi (Salford City) right footed shot from very close range misses to the left. Assisted by Hakeeb Adelakun with a cross following a set piece situation.
    • 42': Attempt missed. Kevin Berkoe (Salford City) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Matty Lund.
    • 42': Offside, Salford City. Kevin Berkoe is caught offside.
    • 43': Goal! Manchester City 3, Salford City 0. Nico O'Reilly (Manchester City) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jérémy Doku.
    • 45': Foul by Jack Grealish (Manchester City).
    • 45': Tyrese Fornah (Salford City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 45'+1': Fourth official has announced 3 minutes of added time.
    • 45'+2': Foul by Hakeeb Adelakun (Salford City).
    • 45'+2': Ilkay Gündogan (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 45'+2': Offside, Manchester City. Divin Mubama is caught offside.
    • 45'+3': First Half ends, Manchester City 3, Salford City 0.
    • 45': Second Half begins Manchester City 3, Salford City 0.
    • 45': Substitution, Manchester City. Manuel Akanji replaces Nathan Aké.
    • 46': Foul by Ossama Ashley (Salford City).
    • 46': Jack Grealish (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 47': Foul by Jérémy Doku (Manchester City).
    • 47': Liam Shephard (Salford City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 48': Penalty Manchester City. Jack Grealish draws a foul in the penalty area.
    • 48': Penalty conceded by Ossama Ashley (Salford City) after a foul in the penalty area.
    • 49': Goal! Manchester City 4, Salford City 0. Jack Grealish (Manchester City) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
    • 50': Corner, Salford City. Conceded by Jahmai Simpson-Pusey.
    • 51': Attempt missed. Hakeeb Adelakun (Salford City) right footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Curtis Tilt.
    • 54': Offside, Manchester City. Divin Mubama is caught offside.
    • 55': Substitution, Manchester City. Phil Foden replaces Savinho.
    • 56': Foul by Divin Mubama (Manchester City).
    • 56': Liam Shephard (Salford City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 56': Foul by Liam Shephard (Salford City).
    • 56': Jack Grealish (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 58': Substitution, Salford City. Jon Taylor replaces Haji Mnoga.
    • 58': Substitution, Salford City. Ryan Watson replaces Ossama Ashley.
    • 60': Divin Mubama (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 60': Foul by Curtis Tilt (Salford City).
    • 60': Curtis Tilt (Salford City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 61': Foul by Ryan Watson (Salford City).
    • 61': James McAtee (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 62': Goal! Manchester City 5, Salford City 0. James McAtee (Manchester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jérémy Doku with a cross.
    • 63': Attempt missed. Hakeeb Adelakun (Salford City) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Ryan Watson.
    • 64': Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Curtis Tilt.
    • 66': Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Liam Shephard.
    • 67': Attempt missed. James McAtee (Manchester City) left footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high following a corner.
    • 68': Attempt blocked. Jérémy Doku (Manchester City) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Phil Foden.
    • 68': Penalty conceded by Curtis Tilt (Salford City) with a hand ball in the penalty area.
    • 69': Goal! Manchester City 6, Salford City 0. Jérémy Doku (Manchester City) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
    • 70': Substitution, Salford City. Conor McAleny replaces Matty Lund.
    • 70': Substitution, Salford City. Cole Stockton replaces Kylian Kouassi.
    • 71': Attempt blocked. Phil Foden (Manchester City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Jérémy Doku.
    • 72': Goal! Manchester City 7, Salford City 0. James McAtee (Manchester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Phil Foden.
    • 73': Offside, Salford City. Cole Stockton is caught offside.
    • 74': Substitution, Manchester City. Mateo Kovacic replaces Jérémy Doku.
    • 74': Foul by Luke Garbutt (Salford City).
    • 74': Matheus Nunes (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 75': Conor McAleny (Salford City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 75': Foul by Nico O'Reilly (Manchester City).
    • 76': Attempt missed. Curtis Tilt (Salford City) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Luke Garbutt with a cross following a set piece situation.
    • 77': Attempt missed. Cole Stockton (Salford City) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Conor McAleny.
    • 78': Attempt blocked. Ilkay Gündogan (Manchester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jack Grealish.
    • 81': Goal! Manchester City 8, Salford City 0. James McAtee (Manchester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jack Grealish.
    • 85': Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Curtis Tilt.
    • 87': Attempt saved. Jon Taylor (Salford City) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Hakeeb Adelakun with a through ball.
    • 87': Corner, Salford City. Conceded by Ederson.
    • 87': Substitution, Salford City. Will Wright replaces Hakeeb Adelakun.
    • 88': Attempt missed. Conor McAleny (Salford City) right footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left following a corner.
    • 90'+1': Attempt saved. Ilkay Gündogan (Manchester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
    • 90': Fourth official has announced %injmins% minutes of added time.
    • 90'+1': Second Half ends, Manchester City 8, Salford City 0.
    • 0': Match ends, Manchester City 8, Salford City 0.

    Statistics

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    11 Fouls 7
    2 Yellow Cards 0
    0 Red Cards 0
    2 Offsides 4
    2 Corner Kicks 6
    1 Saves 2
    31.6 Possession 68.4
    10 SHOTS 20
    2 ON GOAL 10
    0.2 On Target % 0.5
    0 Penalty Goals 2
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 2
    176 Accurate Passes 456
    235 Passes 517
    0.7 Pass Completion % 0.9
    5 Accurate Crosses 2
    10 Crosses 11
    0.5 Cross % 0.2
    51 Long Balls 41
    22 Accurate Long Balls 20
    0.4 Long Balls % 0.5
    0 Blocked Shots 5
    9 Effective Tackles 7
    12 Tackles 12
    0.8 Tackle % 0.6
    11 Interceptions 2
    22 Effective Clearances 12
    22 Clearances 12

    Game Information

    Competition: English FA Cup

    Venue: Etihad Stadium
    Location: Manchester, England
    Attendance: 52,056

    Line-Ups

    MNC Manchester City (3-4-2-1)

    No. Name
    31 Ederson (GK)
    6 Nathan Aké
    75 Nico O'Reilly
    66 Jahmai Simpson-Pusey
    19 Ilkay Gündogan
    87 James McAtee
    10 Jack Grealish
    27 Matheus Nunes
    67 Divin Mubama
    11 Jérémy Doku
    26 Savinho
    Manchester City Substitutes:
    Phil Foden, Josko Gvardiol, Erling Haaland, Rico Lewis, Mateo Kovacic, Bernardo Silva, Manuel Akanji, Kevin De Bruyne, Stefan Ortega.

    SAL Salford City (3-1-4-2)

    No. Name
    13 Matt Young (GK)
    16 Curtis Tilt Yellow Card
    29 Luke Garbutt
    32 Liam Shephard Yellow Card
    4 Ossama Ashley
    6 Tyrese Fornah
    8 Matthew Lund
    3 Kevin Berkoe
    19 Haji Mnoga
    31 Hakeeb Adelakun
    27 Kylian Kouassi
    Salford City Substitutes:
    Will Wright, Jon Taylor, Conor McAleny, Kyrell Malcolm, Jamie Jones, Marshall Heys, Cole Stockton, Ryan Watson, James Chester.

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