Man City sink Sam Allardyce's team, win ticket to FA Cup fifth round

Coach Pep Guardiola's team won 3-0 on the field of Crystal Palace on the evening of January 28, thereby winning a ticket to the fifth round of the FA Cup.

Goal:Sterling 43', Sane 71', Yaya Toure 90'+2

Pep Guardiola's smile and confidence seemed to return. After the victory, he and the players shared joy with more than 3,600 fans who took the trouble to follow the team to the match.yardSelhurst Park. Before this match, Man City had won only two of their last five games. Therefore, it was inevitable that there would be doubts about the true ability of this team under the leadership of the former Barcelona and Bayern Munich coach.

Crystal Palace seem to have given up on the FA Cup to focus on their goal of staying in the Premier League.

Besides the victory, this match also brought Man City many positive signs in terms of playing style and personnel. CaptainVincent Kompany returned to action for the first time since November last year after a knee injury. The same is true ofFabian Delph - who also missed a long period due to fitness problems.

In the first official match,Gabriel Jesus promptly left his mark by passing to Raahem Sterling to score the opening goal two minutes before the end of the official first half time. Sterling himself had previously created two chances for Sane andDelph, but both missed.

Leroy Sane is another new player that Guardiola brought to Man City since the summer. And he was the author of the goal that raised the score to 2-0 in the middle of the second half, after a pass fromDavid Silva. This is the German winger's third goal in as many games for Man City.

Selhurst Park saw Toure make a surprise return to the City starting line-up two months ago, after a period of 'cold war' with manager Guardiola. And this week, it was there that the Ivorian midfielder scored a goal of his own in the second minute of injury time, from a set-piece, to seal a 3-0 win.

Joy returns to Man City players.

Last season, Crystal Palace made a beautiful story in the modern era of football by beating Southampton and Tottenham on their way to the final. But the current situation does not allow them to go that way again. New manager Allardyce decided to field only the second team, because in the middle of next week they have to faceBournemouth in the Premier League - where he and his students are drowning at the bottom of the table. That is why the home team did not pose much of a challenge to a Man City team hungry for victory.

CoachAllardyce, who was forced to leave the England team after a scandal at the end of last year, seems unable to work miracles for Crystal Palace. In all six matches against opponents in the same division in all competitions, his team has failed to keep a clean sheet.

According to VNE