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Standout Matches
- Newport County 1-4 Manchester City
Phil Foden stole the show as the League leaders traveled down to Newport. Two brilliant goals scored by Foden sandwiched between strikes from Mahrez and Sane saw City avert a Cup upset.
Newport played well and managed to frustrate City as they carved out the best chance of the first half. City showed their class as they brushed aside the fourth tier side and kept the quadruple dream alive.
Foden scored his first with a brilliant solo run, picking up the ball at the halfway line and driving at their defence. A few step-overs and a cut back to his favored left foot allowed him to shoot and get City ahead. Newport pulled one back and raised some hopes of a comeback. Within minutes, Foden took a rocket of a shot and put the game to bed. With 5 goals to his name this season, Foden is establishing himself as a first-team star at the tender age of 18.
- Chelsea 0-2 Manchester United
He was back at it! Paul Pogba drives Manchester United to pick up a famous win over Chelsea at Stanford Bridge. First assisting Harerra then getting onto a Rashford cross himself to head his side into the next round.
Chelsea held most of the possession, constantly moving the ball from side to side, but lacked penetration. They controlled the tempo of the game, but United was solid and allowed Chelsea no space in the final third. On the other hand, they were extremely lethal on the counter scoring from both of their only real opportunities on goal.
Chelsea had the same issues again. Alonso was at fault for both the goals. First, he let his man free and allowed Harerra a free header from 6 yards out. For the second he let Rashford just too much space to look up and pick out Pogba who was darting into the box from deep. Jorginho was ineffective again as United's midfield diamond overran Chelsea in the middle of the park.
Pogba put in another great performance. He played on the right of the diamond instead of his preferred no10 role. He defended and tracked back to help his side and was lethal at the other end of the field.
With Lingard and Martial out for lengthy periods, Lukaku and Sanchez seem to be getting more minutes on the field as United go all out for the rest of the season.
