Man City narrowly avoid one of biggest FA Cup upsets ever with Leyton Orient comeback

LEYTON ORIENT 1-2 MANCHESTER CITY: Substitutes Abdukodir Khusanov and Kevin De Bruyne came disconnected the seat to rescue Manchester City aft Leyton Orient gave them a large scare.

Manchester City whitethorn person spent much than £150million successful January but Kevin De Bruyne sent a reminder that helium is inactive Pep Guardiola's main man

City's FA Cup travel to League One broadside Leyton Orient was 1 of the biggest mismatches of the circular connected paper. Orient had already travel done 3 cupful ties, 2 of them via punishment shoot-out victories, earlier welcoming the 2023 winners to Brisbane Road.

With 15 minutes connected the clock, the location fans smelled a shock. Jamie Donley fto alert from 40 yards and visiting keeper Stefan Ortega didn't spot it coming. The shot deed the crossbar and bounced successful disconnected the backmost of the German, and Orient were successful front.

They couldn't clasp connected to the lead, though, with City benefiting from a premix of luck and quality. Abdukodir Khusanov didn't cognize excessively overmuch astir his extremity that brought the visitors level, but past De Bruyne's prime and determination completed the turnaround - with Orient's Dan Happe missing a aureate accidental to unit extra-time close astatine the death.

City named a much-changed side, but inactive had much than £100million worthy of caller signings successful the starting XI. Vitor Reis and Nico Gonzalez were some handed debuts, portion January accomplishment Omar Marmoush led the enactment with Erling Haaland handed a rest.

It was Richie Wellens' underdogs who struck first, though, with Donley possibly feeling his effort deserved the fortunate bounce disconnected Ortega. Things got worse for City erstwhile Gonzalez went disconnected with a backmost injury midway done the archetypal half, but they brought themselves level successful fortunate circumstances.

Rico Lewis fired successful a hopeful effort and it flicked disconnected the backmost of Abdukodir Khusanov - connected arsenic a half-time sub - to wrong-foot Orient keeper Josh Keeley. Orient didn't springiness up anticipation of uncovering a second, though, and apical scorer Charlie Kelman went adjacent aft a free-kick from the near caused confusion, but the QPR loanee couldn't find the target.

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CIty threw successful the cavalry successful the last 20 minutes, with De Bruyne and Phil Foden brought disconnected the bench. Kelman continued to airs a threat, though, forcing a crisp prevention from Ortega arsenic the timepiece ticked down.

Instead, though, it was Belgian playmaker De Bruyne who got the occupation done. He was much decisive than Keeley arsenic Jack Grealish played the shot through, and poked retired a limb to present what proved to beryllium the winner.

There was inactive clip for a imaginable leveller arsenic Happe got circular the backmost to conscionable a last infinitesimal free-kick. The defender couldn't support his effort down, though, and that was that.

Guardiola's squad volition person been delighted to get the occupation done successful 90 minutes, with a large Champions League match-up with Real Madrid conscionable 3 days away. Orient fell conscionable abbreviated successful the end, but they spell retired of the contention knowing they near everything retired determination connected the pitch,

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