Manchester City are through to the quarter-finals of the FA Cup after a comfortable 3-0 win at Championship side Bristol City.
Kevin De Bruyne returned after missing two games through illness to captain Manchester City.
England midfielder Kalvin Phillips started for only the second time since leaving Leeds in a side showing five changes from Saturday’s Premier League win at Bournemouth, with Ederson, Jack Grealish and Erling Haaland among those on the bench.
Bristol City made one change to the side that stretched their unbeaten run to 12 games on Saturday by beating Hull, with Nahki Wells replacing the cup-tied Anis Mehmeti in the Sky Bet Championship side’s attack.
Phillips struck the crossbar from 25 yards after 63 seconds before Bristol City fashioned their first chance, Manuel Akanji’s slip allowing Sam Bell a shooting opportunity which was deflected wide.
Manchester City took a seventh-minute lead when Riyad Mahrez and De Bruyne worked a clever one-two for the Algerian to cross to the far post where Phil Foden fired high into the roof of the net.
Foden doubled Manchester City’s lead after 74 minutes.
De Bruyne found Nathan Ake with a delicious pass and Julian Alvarez helped it on to Foden, who produced another clinical finish past Max O’Leary in the Robins goal.
City claimed a third goal after 81 minutes to kill off the tie.
De Bruyne was left in space 20 yards out and arrowed a shot in to the bottom corner.
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