James McAtee scored his first senior hat-trick as Manchester City cruised to a routine 8-0 rout of Salford City in the FA Cup third round.
2024/2025 FA Cup
8-0
Match Events
0' The match is about to start!
5' Match Event for Man City vs Salford City
9' DOKU finishes it into the bottom left corner! Man City 1-0 Salford City
13' Doku's shot wide out!
20' DIVIN MUBAMA SCORES HIS FIRST GOAL FOR MAN CITY! Man City 2-0 Salford City
34' Salford with a shot. Comfortable for Ederson
38' Match Event for Man City vs Salford City
42' Salford City they should have scored Adeuklan put in a good ball
44' NICO O'REILLY MAKES IT THREE !!! Man City 3-0 Salford City
50' JACK GREALISH SCORES A PENALTY !! Man City 4-0 Salford City
55' Match Event for Man City vs Salford City
62' JAMES MCATEE MAKES IT FIVE !DOKU WITH ANOTHER ASSIST! Man City 5-0 Salford City
70' DOKU PRODUCES 2 GOALS & 2 ASSIST AGAINST SALFORD! Man City 6-0 Salford City
72' SALFORD ARE GETTING ABSOLUTELY DESTROYED! Man City 7-0 Salford City (McAtee)
81' GOAL! Man City 8-0 Salford City (James McAtee)
Match Report
Jeremy Doku netted twice, while Divin Mubama, Nico O'Reilly and Jack Grealish were also on target during a comfortable win for Pep Guardiola's side at the Etihad Stadium.
Just eight minutes had elapsed when Grealish set up Doku for the opener, before Matheus Nunes unselfishly squared for the unmarked Mubama to tap into an empty net on 20 minutes.
It was 3-0 just before half-time as Doku got in behind the defence before cutting the ball back for O'Reilly to neatly sweep into the far corner.
Grealish got in on the act with his first goal in over a year just after the break. The England international was brought down by Ossama Ashley, before picking himself up and sending Matt Young the wrong way from 12 yards out.
The hosts grabbed a fifth goal in the 62nd minute. Nunes released the speedy Doku down the right with the latter crossing for McAtee to sweep home a lovely first-time finish.
Doku then doubled his goal tally from the penalty spot on 69 minutes, while McAtee completed his own brace from close range soon after. The latter then had the final word nine minutes from time, turning in Grealish's low cross to seal his treble.
HAT-TRICK!!!
— Manchester City (@ManCity) January 11, 2025
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Data Debrief: Grealish ends drought as Man City soar
Man City scored seven or more goals in a game for the first time since beating Rotherham United 7-0 at this stage of the 2018-19 competition, in which they eventually triumphed.
The Citizens have now won their last 25 matches against sides from a lower division (across both the FA Cup and EFL Cup) by an aggregate score of 96-12.
Grealish ended his goal drought with the first of the spot-kicks; the England international netting for the first time since Man City's 2-2 draw with Crystal Palace in December 2023.
Doku also struck from 12 yards, meaning Guardiola's side have scored their last seven FA Cup penalties, last failing to do so when Gabriel Jesus was unsuccessful against Swindon Town in January 2022.
Line-ups
Man City XI: Gundogan, Ake, Ederson, Grealish, Matheus Nunes, Jérémy Doku, James McAtee, Divin Mubama, Savinho, Nico O'Reilly, Jahmai Simpson-Pusey
Subs: De Bruyne, Stefan Ortega, Kovacic, Bernardo, Akanji, Haaland, Foden, Josko Gvardiol, Rico Lewis
Salford City XI: Matty Lund, Luke Garbutt, Hakeeb Adelakun, Liam Shephard, Curtis Tilt, Ossama Ashley, Haji Mnoga, Kevin Berkoe, Tyrese Fornah, Kylian Kouassi, Matthew Young
Subs: Chester, Conor McAleny, Jon Taylor, Cole Stockton, Ryan Watson, Jamie Jones, K. Malcolm, Marshall Heys, Will Wright