Man City wins 8-0 against Salford City in the FA Cup and Liverpool routs Accrington Stanley

By Canadian Press on January 11, 2025.

MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Manchester Metropolis routed fourth-division Salford Metropolis 8-0 within the third spherical of the FA Cup on Saturday.

Salford, which is co-owned by Manchester United icons David Beckham, Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes, Gary and Phil Neville and Nicky Butt, was humbled by Pep Guardiola’s four-time defending Premier League champion at Etihad Stadium.

Rising expertise James McAtee struck a second-half hat trick, and Metropolis prospects Divin Mubama and Nico O’Reilly additionally scored.

Liverpool, Chelsea, Brighton, Bournemouth and Leicester additionally booked their place within the subsequent spherical with huge wins.

Quad chasing

Liverpool’s bid to win an unprecedented quadruple was nonetheless on after a 4-0 victory over Accrington Stanley.

The Premier League and Champions League chief was additionally into the semifinals of the English League Cup.

Fourth-division Accrington was by no means anticipated to forestall Arne Slot’s staff from advancing to the fourth spherical and Diogo Jota, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Jayden Danns and Federico Chiesa scored for Liverpool at Anfield.

Rio Ngumoha, aged 16, grew to become Liverpool’s second youngest debutant.

Massive wins

Chelsea received 5-0 in opposition to fourth-division Morecambe at Stamford Bridge. Tosin Adarabioyo and Joao Felix scored two objectives every for the eight-time winner.

Leicester was preventing relegation however thrashed second-tier Queens Park Rangers 6-2 for under its second win below supervisor Ruud van Nistelrooy. The Dutch coach hadn’t received since his first recreation in cost firstly of December in opposition to West Ham.

James Justin scored twice and Jamie Vardy transformed a second-half penalty.

Georginio Rutter scored twice in Brighton’s 4-0 win at Norwich. Norwich’s American striker Josh Sargent went on as a 79th-minute substitute after recovering from groin surgical procedure that had sidelined him since Oct. 27.

Bournemouth’s Dango Ouattara struck a double in a 5-1 victory in opposition to West Brom.

Forest advances

Sitting third within the Premier League, Forest notched its seventh straight win by beating Luton 2-0. Ryan Yates and Ramon Sosa scored.

Wolverhampton superior 2-1 at second-division Bristol Metropolis.

Plymouth shocks

Plymouth is in peril of being relegated to the third division and final month parted methods with supervisor Wayne Rooney. Nevertheless it turned giant-killer with a late winner in opposition to Brentford.

Morgan Whittaker’s 82nd-minute strike ended Plymouth’s 11-game winless run and secured a well-known Cup upset.

Former Manchester United prospect Demetri Mitchell scored twice to assist third-division Exeter beat second-division Oxford 3-1.

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James Robson, The Related Press

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