Manchester Metropolis cruised into the Fourth Spherical of the FA Cup after a commanding 8-0 victory over League Two Salford Metropolis on the Etihad.
Salford-born James McAtee bagged a primary senior hat-trick as Metropolis facet averted an enormous cup upset with a ruthless efficiency that shall be a welcome confidence increase for Pep Guardiola and his gamers.
The wonderful Jeremy Doku scored a brace, whereas Jack Grealish, Nico O’Reilly and debutant Divin Mubama accomplished the rout to proceed the Premier League champions’ nice begin to 2025.
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— Manchester Metropolis (@ManCity) January 11, 2025
Elsewhere, top-of-the-Championship Leeds United edged previous League Two strugglers Harrogate City at Elland Highway.
The sport was goalless at half-time however Largie Ramazani discovered the online with a header shortly earlier than the hour mark to safe passage to the subsequent spherical for Daniel Farke’s facet.
The all-Championship contest between Coventry and Sheffield Wednesday went all the way in which to penalties after the 2 sides couldn’t be separated over 120-minutes.
Liam Kitching gave Frank Lampard’s crew the benefit with 26-minutes gone had preserved the lead till deep into second-half stoppage time.
Nonetheless, Wednesday’s Anthony Musaba popped up with the equaliser with 93-minutes on the clock to ship the sport to further time.
Neither crew may discover a winner through the extra half an hour and so the tie was to be determined by a shootout, which Coventry received 4-3.
