Pep Guardiola's side's wretched play looked similar reaching a caller debased arsenic Orient held connected to a 16th-minute pb fixed to them by Jamie Donley's long-range wonder-strike that went successful via the crossbar and the backmost of City keeper Stefan Ortega. (Screengrabs: X/FA Cup)
League One broadside Leyton Orient gave the mighty Manchester City a scare successful the FA Cup arsenic they took the pb successful the 16th infinitesimal of the lucifer acknowledgment to a stunning onslaught from adjacent to the halfway line.
Pep Guardiola’s side’s wretched play looked similar reaching a caller debased arsenic Orient held connected to a 16th-minute pb fixed to them by Jamie Donley’s long-range wonder-strike that went successful via the crossbar and the backmost of City keeper Stefan Ortega.
But of course, the magic of a imaginable FA Cup classical upset didn’t past long. City survived the scare arsenic Kevin De Bruyne came disconnected the seat to unafraid a 2-1 triumph astatine the third-tier nine connected Saturday.
A beardown City line-up huffed and puffed successful effect and were relieved erstwhile Abdukodir Khusanov equalised successful the 56th minute, deflecting successful Rico Lewis’s changeable pursuing a corner.
De Bruyne came connected precocious successful the crippled and City’s playmaker spared his broadside other clip erstwhile helium was played successful by Jack Grealish to people from adjacent scope successful the 79th minute.
Even past Orient astir equalised erstwhile skipper Dan Happe volleyed implicit a large accidental successful the closing minutes.
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However, contempt the alleviation of a win, City’s caller signing Nico Gonzalez was injured and substituted aft 22 minutes of his debut for the Premier League club.
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The midfielder, who joined from Porto for a reported $61.8 cardinal connected transportation deadline day, appeared to wounded his ribs aft falling awkwardly successful a situation with Leyton Orient’s Sonny Perkins.
With Reuters and AP inputs
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