On Saturday, January 11, Manchester City hosted Salford from League 2 at home in the FA Cup.

It became clear quite quickly that the match would end in defeat.. Already in the 8th minute, Doku opened the scoring; even before the break, Salford conceded twice from City reserves Mubama and O'Reilly.

City scored another quick goal in the second half, Grealish converting from the penalty spot in the 49th minute.

And then a real defeat followed - Doku scored a double, and James Maketi scored a hat-trick.

The final score is 8:0, even for the problematic City club from the English League 2 did not become at least a small problem.

Manchester City - Salford 8:0.

Goals: Doku 8, 69, Mubama 20, O'Reilly 43, Grealish (pen) 49, Maketi 62, 72, 81 Expected goals (xG): 4. 84 - 0. 99.

Ball possession: 68% - 32%.

Beats: 20 - 10.

Shots on target: 10 - 2.

Corners: 6 - 2.

Fouls: 7 - 11.