Man City 7-0 Rotherham: Sterling, Jesus & Mahrez send City into FA Cup 4th round

Championship strugglers Rotherham United were thoroughly outclassed in the FA Cup third round, losing 7-0 at Manchester City on Sunday.

Match Events

12'GOAL! Man City 1-0 Rotherham United (Sterling)

GOOOAAALLL!! MAN CITY 1-0 ROTHERHAM! The home side score the goal that their early dominance deserves. De Bruyne and Sterling exchange passes and the latter shifts the ball onto his right, before calmly guiding it past Rodak.

43'GOAL! Man City 2-0 Rotherham United (Foden)

GOOOAAALLL!! MAN CITY 2-0 ROTHERHAM! The home side score what could well be a killer second goal, and it is Foden who scores it for only his second goal in senior football. It was a bit of a fluke, in truth, as the youngster miscontrols Gundogan's ball over the top, knocking it against his knee with a poor first touch, but it trickles past Rodak.

46'OWN GOAL! Man City 3-0 Rotherham United (Ajayi)

GOOOAALLL!! MAN CITY 3-0 ROTHERHAM! The visitors have completely fallen apart over the past few minutes. Mahrez has a back-post header saved by Rodak, but the Rotherham keeper is unable to prevent Ajayi from scoring an own goal. Walker wins a header high up the pitch and exchanges passes with Mahrez, before sending in a dangerous cross that is turned in by Ajayi, who had Sterling breathing down his neck.G

52'GOAL! Man City 4-0 Rotherham United (Jesus)

GOOOALLL!! MAN CITY 4-0 ROTHERHAM! With seven minutes of the second half played, Jesus gets the goal that he was desperately after. Sterling creates it by powering past Vyner down City's left and teeing up his team-mate for the simplest of finishes from a few yards out.

73'GOAL! Man City 5-0 Rotherham United (Mahrez)

GOOAAALLL! MAN CITY 5-0 ROTHERHAM! Mahrez adds his name to the scoresheet with a good finish through the legs of Rodak. The Algeria winger exchanges passes with Gundogan and keeps his composure with just the goalkeeper to beat. Rotherhan cannot deal with their opponents' quick passing.

78'GOAL! Man City 6-0 Rotherham United (Otamendi)

GOOOAALLLL!! MAN CITY 6-0 ROTHERHAM! Gundogan completes his hat-trick of assists by sending a corner towards the front post, where Otamendi - far from a regular goalscorer - is waiting to power the ball past Rodak with his head.

85'GOAL! Man City 7-0 Rotherham United (Sane)

GOOOOAAALLL! MAN CITY 7-0 ROTHERHAM! The seventh goal arrives with five minutes still to play at the Etihad Stadium, matching Tottenham's result against Tranmere a couple of days ago. Gundogan is again involved, exchanging passes with Sane, who gets away from Ajayi and blasts the ball down the middle from outside the box. A deflection helps it over Rodak.

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Match Report

Raheem Sterling starred as Manchester City blitzed Championship side Rotherham United 7-0 at home in the third round of the FA Cup.

Sterling gave City an early lead and they were 3-0 up at the half-time interval with Phil Foden and a Semi Ajayi own goal adding to their advantage.

Jesus finally got his goal in the 53rd minute, on hand to tap home Sterling's cross, with Pep Guardiola then handing a club debut to Philippe Sandler.

City had not needed to get out of second gear but they showed their class with a fine goal, Mahrez slotting in Gundogan's pass after Rotherham were sliced open again.

Otamendi rose highest to thump home his first goal of the season from a Gundogan corner and the rout was completed with five minutes to go when Sane's 20-yard drive deflected past helpless goalkeeper Marek Rodak.

Line-ups

Man City XI: N. Otamendi, K. Walker, İ. Gündoğan, K. De Bruyne, Mahrez, R. Sterling, J. Stones, Ederson Moraes, Zinchenko, Gabriel Jesus, Foden

Subs: Fernandinho, Danilo, A.Laporte, Sané, Bernardo Silva, P. Sandler, A. Murić

Rotherham United XI: J. Mattock, Michael Smith, Clark Robertson, J. Taylor, A. Forde, R. Williams, Will Vaulks, S. Ajayi, Marek Rodák, Zak Vyner, Ben Wiles

Subs: R. Wood, B. Jones, L. Price, Sean Raggett, J. Newell, Matthew Palmer