Fourth Round: Cardiff City v Manchester City

0:00:52 > 0:00:57The fourth round of the Emirates FA Cup has brought all conquering

0:00:57 > 0:01:01Manchester City to South Wales to face a Cardiff side who would love

0:01:01 > 0:01:04to upset the odds this afternoon. They have done it before when they

0:01:04 > 0:01:10were playing across the road, they have built houses there are now,

0:01:10 > 0:01:17maybe they should have named one of the streets and Nathan Blake away.

0:01:17 > 0:01:22Every player has a day when you have that chance of glory. That one

0:01:22 > 0:01:28moment to change career your life. The 29th of January 1994 was my

0:01:28 > 0:01:35moment. We were in the third tier back then. They were the big boys.

0:01:35 > 0:01:43But you always get a chance.Sweet turn, he still got it, magnificent

0:01:43 > 0:01:50goal by Nathan Blake!Was at the best goal of my career? Possibly.

0:01:50 > 0:01:56Manchester City of the Premiership are stunned by some magic.We still

0:01:56 > 0:02:04had half an hour to go, we needed heroes.Great save!That win changed

0:02:04 > 0:02:10my career and my life.A famous result of Cardiff City, Nathan

0:02:10 > 0:02:16Blake's magical goal has got them to the next round of the FA Cup for the

0:02:16 > 0:02:20first time in 17 years.Today that moment is here again.

0:02:23 > 0:02:30Great memories, he got a move to the top flight soon after that and the

0:02:30 > 0:02:33current vintage are targeting promotion back to the Premier League

0:02:33 > 0:02:36after four seasons in the Championship. Neil Warnock at the

0:02:36 > 0:02:43head, just the 1400- odd games for him. Pep Guardiola in his second

0:02:43 > 0:02:46season in British football but his team are running away with the

0:02:46 > 0:02:49Premier League and earlier in the week reached the final of the League

0:02:49 > 0:02:56Cup. Sell-out crowd expected here, 33,000 of them at the Cardiff City

0:02:56 > 0:03:00Stadium for this final tie of the Emirates FA Cup fourth round.

0:03:00 > 0:03:06Alongside Allen Shearer today we have got Joleon Lescott and Danny

0:03:06 > 0:03:11gathered in, we are trying to even it out a little bit. In many ways

0:03:11 > 0:03:18you could not get to contrasting styles?No, Pep Guardiola is the

0:03:18 > 0:03:22best of the new breed, charismatic and stylish, wants to play the

0:03:22 > 0:03:26beautiful game of football where Neil Warnock is as old school as

0:03:26 > 0:03:32they come. Never afraid to say what he wants to say. He would love it if

0:03:32 > 0:03:38he could put one over Pep Guardiola today.He certainly would. You won

0:03:38 > 0:03:46the Allen FA Cup in 2011, they are constantly improving and look

0:03:46 > 0:03:54magnificent at times.I think you can rule out complacency, Pep said

0:03:54 > 0:03:59he does not want that to appear hopefully it doesn't today. And I

0:03:59 > 0:04:05think you played here just a years ago?

0:04:05 > 0:04:16ago?Cardiff on top?Maybe he didn't play!I was out there.Danny after

0:04:16 > 0:04:21the Newport team setting the tone after giving Spurs are scared maybe

0:04:21 > 0:04:25we can expect more of the same from Cardiff?

0:04:25 > 0:04:30we can expect more of the same from Cardiff?Hopefully, Newport County

0:04:30 > 0:04:32were fantastic, dashed down the road and showing what can be done, I

0:04:32 > 0:04:35thought they were unlucky not to hang onto the win but fantastic for

0:04:35 > 0:04:40them to go to Wembley and get a replay and hopefully

0:04:40 > 0:04:41them to go to Wembley and get a replay and hopefully Cardiff can

0:04:41 > 0:04:45take some inspiration.Imagine that, playing at Wembley on the fourth

0:04:45 > 0:04:49round.That was the least they deserve, it was a hell of a

0:04:49 > 0:04:56performance.Let's get the team news.Thank you Gary, for Cardiff

0:04:56 > 0:05:00City under Neil Warnock who have made two changes as far as the hosts

0:05:00 > 0:05:04are concerned, Neil Etheridge in goal, 12 clean sheets so far this

0:05:04 > 0:05:05season.

0:05:18 > 0:05:23Grujic on loan from Liverpool and making his second appearance today.

0:05:23 > 0:05:29Junior Hoilett with eight goals and six assists.

0:05:30 > 0:05:32six assists. For Manchester City four changes by Pep Guardiola after

0:05:32 > 0:05:36the 3-2 win against Bristol City. Claudio Bravo has started all six

0:05:36 > 0:05:44domestic cup ties. Tenth appearance this season for Vincent Kompany.

0:06:01 > 0:06:03No specialist striker starting but Raheem Sterling looking to add to

0:06:03 > 0:06:07all his goals in all competitions. No special striker for Manchester

0:06:07 > 0:06:16City but they still look formidable. We have seen Pep Guardiola play that

0:06:16 > 0:06:20formation, he likes his players to have some freedom, he looks pretty

0:06:20 > 0:06:24relaxed as you would expect of the season May are having. Coming back

0:06:24 > 0:06:28today someone we can look at is Vincent Kompany, he's had terrible

0:06:28 > 0:06:32luck with injuries.We know what he is as a player and a person having

0:06:32 > 0:06:37worked alongside him. Great guy, works incredibly hard. But he's just

0:06:37 > 0:06:44had so much bad luck regarding injuries.Frustrating.He just seems

0:06:44 > 0:06:48to get over one and then another one pops up. It must be incredibly

0:06:48 > 0:06:53frustrating for him. You can see what it means to him. You need to

0:06:53 > 0:06:57get out there, you need gametime, five or six games and he does not

0:06:57 > 0:07:02seem able to do it.In the last few weeks Manchester City have started

0:07:02 > 0:07:09to concede a couple more goals than they were prior to that.Yes, up

0:07:09 > 0:07:13player of his stature anyone will miss him. I spoke to him after the

0:07:13 > 0:07:18last injury and he was still upbeat, still confident he can maintain his

0:07:18 > 0:07:22fitness for the important stage of the season he said.He strikes me as

0:07:22 > 0:07:27a real leader.Definitely, he likes to control everything, in the right

0:07:27 > 0:07:33way. He demands respect and the effort put in in training.One or

0:07:33 > 0:07:37two weaknesses perhaps in the last few weeks defensively that perhaps

0:07:37 > 0:07:41Cardiff can exploit?Of course, I think the goals they have been

0:07:41 > 0:07:42conceding there is a

0:07:42 > 0:07:42think the goals they have been conceding there is a lack of

0:07:42 > 0:07:47communication. I think if you look at this one, the first one, they are

0:07:47 > 0:07:54moving up at different times. Fabian Delph could potentially say to Sane

0:07:54 > 0:07:59to get closer to his man. This one may be just trying to overplay it at

0:07:59 > 0:08:09times.It will be a very, certainly a different test today than the game

0:08:09 > 0:08:13against Bristol City, Bristol City were not afraid, they had ago, when

0:08:13 > 0:08:21forward and tried to take the to Manchester City. I think Cardiff

0:08:21 > 0:08:22today will sit deep and give them possession of the

0:08:22 > 0:08:23today will sit deep and give them possession of the ball and try to

0:08:23 > 0:08:28get as many set pieces and long throws as they can.If there is a

0:08:28 > 0:08:32weakness, who do Cardiff have that can exploit them?If you look at the

0:08:32 > 0:08:37front three they are playing with, on the counterattack lots of pace

0:08:37 > 0:08:40and power, Junior Hoilett in particular has been the main man

0:08:40 > 0:08:46this season. Zohore not so much but on his day a real handful. And

0:08:46 > 0:08:51Nathaniel Mendez-Laing was producing match-winning performances at the

0:08:51 > 0:08:55start of the season. Gone off the boil a little bit of late but on

0:08:55 > 0:09:00their day that front three is really difficult to handle.Neil Warnock

0:09:00 > 0:09:03was appointed Cardiff manager last season when the club in the

0:09:03 > 0:09:06relegation places and he now has them challenging for promotion. He

0:09:06 > 0:09:08knows how to motivate team.

0:09:14 > 0:09:18You know when they have these ideas of making managers were microphones

0:09:18 > 0:09:24I just feel it would not be a good idea with Neil Warnock.Penalty

0:09:24 > 0:09:30kick, red card, discuss?I am disgusted. I say what I think and

0:09:30 > 0:09:34it's cost me a wed over the years. Telling the assistant referee he

0:09:34 > 0:09:40should have these.Look at me while I am talking.His style of

0:09:40 > 0:09:46management can be unorthodox.Don't try and do everything, just what you

0:09:46 > 0:09:56are good at.They are sexed down and he's arguing about a corner kick.

0:09:56 > 0:10:02You have to enjoy every minute of it.

0:10:02 > 0:10:06Dare I say you have mellowed a little over the years?I think

0:10:06 > 0:10:10everyone does as you get older. I still get a bit carried away now and

0:10:10 > 0:10:14then but I think that's why I am still in the game. I enjoy football

0:10:14 > 0:10:18and I enjoyed the lads I have got in my team this season and others I

0:10:18 > 0:10:23have our promotions, it's been great.Manchester City the visitors

0:10:23 > 0:10:26next, after 37 years in management do you still get excited by

0:10:26 > 0:10:31occasions like this.We knew in the draw was made we had to put a full

0:10:31 > 0:10:35team at Mansfield and get this draw because the fans deserve it. Coming

0:10:35 > 0:10:39to the growing today, two and a half hours before the game and its

0:10:39 > 0:10:45chock-a-block. It has taken the imagination, the kids coming in,

0:10:45 > 0:10:49they can get them to come back for the league games, it's super. The FA

0:10:49 > 0:10:53Cup as something about it. We could have picked a better team than

0:10:53 > 0:10:56Manchester City to play against but you cannot have everything!You have

0:10:56 > 0:11:00asked for some devilment in your approach, what do you mean?We will

0:11:00 > 0:11:04not be too in all of them, you see the team sheet and it is frightening

0:11:04 > 0:11:08but I think its great for us to put our wits against them. I am looking

0:11:08 > 0:11:13forward seeing one or two challenges. We will have to defend

0:11:13 > 0:11:16really well, they are the best team in the country is not the world at

0:11:16 > 0:11:20the moment. But I think it's just got to inspire us.Facilities here

0:11:20 > 0:11:26are terrific. But no room for manoeuvre in terms of the cold

0:11:26 > 0:11:33shower treatment, any tricks are pure sleeve?Those days are gone

0:11:33 > 0:11:36now, you just have to believe in your own team. It's the first time

0:11:36 > 0:11:42in four decades, this is the highest grade we have had, the best since he

0:11:42 > 0:11:45had the new stadium so let's enjoy it and hope that a good game for you

0:11:45 > 0:11:54guys.His team are currently third in the Championship but just one win

0:11:54 > 0:12:01in the last six games. He asked for some devilment from his team, that

0:12:01 > 0:12:06doesn't surprise me!That is him all over. I had half a season under him

0:12:06 > 0:12:11when he was QPR manager and he was a fantastic motivator and man manager.

0:12:11 > 0:12:15The first time he will see a full house as Cardiff City manager, they

0:12:15 > 0:12:19will thrive off that atmosphere. The players will be well up for the

0:12:19 > 0:12:23game. He loves being the underdog. He loves these occasions and it's

0:12:23 > 0:12:29why he still in the job.He will love this atmosphere here today. He

0:12:29 > 0:12:33will have been on about it all week getting them all pumped up and they

0:12:33 > 0:12:37will be doing exactly the same in the dressing room to his players.

0:12:37 > 0:12:47Similar personality to Pep Guardiola...I would say exactly the

0:12:47 > 0:12:52opposite!Junior Hoilett perhaps the man most likely to open up

0:12:52 > 0:12:55Manchester City if anyone? Bean yeah, he's played at the highest

0:12:55 > 0:12:58level, played in the Premier League and shown he can handle that kind of

0:12:58 > 0:13:04company.The last couple of seasons his career has stagnated a little

0:13:04 > 0:13:07but Neil Warnock has taken the chance on him, he's come to Cardiff

0:13:07 > 0:13:14City and seems to have riveted his career. Top goal-scorer with eight,

0:13:14 > 0:13:18that is playing of the left hand side so it's a good return. He has

0:13:18 > 0:13:23the individual ability on his day. He is a matchwinner. They will be

0:13:23 > 0:13:27looking to get the ball to him as much that they can this afternoon.

0:13:27 > 0:13:33Just have to get the ball first. Exactly.It could be a busy day for

0:13:33 > 0:13:39the Cardiff City defenders, the stats are not bad at all.

0:13:42 > 0:13:56I am a manager for the correct pass, the speed of the ball.

0:13:57 > 0:14:00the speed of the ball.How he coaches people speaks for itself.

0:14:00 > 0:14:05Each game he set his ideas and gives us our blueprint.Sometimes it

0:14:05 > 0:14:14happens. I can imagine one game and what we have to do, it's like chess.

0:14:14 > 0:14:20I think Manchester City are the best the Premier League has ever seen.No

0:14:20 > 0:14:22matter the opposition or the competition in the next game is the

0:14:22 > 0:14:27most important one, that is what the manager has instilled in us.Part of

0:14:27 > 0:14:29your preparation for this game was a trip to Mansfield is what did you

0:14:29 > 0:14:36learn about Cardiff City?How good a team they are, what they do. What

0:14:36 > 0:14:41they do they do really, really well. Does it help that its second

0:14:41 > 0:14:48Championship opposition in five days?Yes. That competition in my

0:14:48 > 0:14:53short experience here it's more conjugated away from home especially

0:14:53 > 0:14:55Championship team, last season against Huddersfield and needed the

0:14:55 > 0:14:59replay. The Championship is so tough, I prefer Premier League teams

0:14:59 > 0:15:07in the cup, in a way it's always complicated.What problems do you

0:15:07 > 0:15:13expect from Cardiff City compare to Bristol City?They were both tough,

0:15:13 > 0:15:19Bristol City we had two games, in one game anything can happen. Two

0:15:19 > 0:15:23games it a little bit easier in one way because we have another chance.

0:15:23 > 0:15:29But away in one game it's always complicated.You are starting today

0:15:29 > 0:15:34without a recognised striker so what are you looking for from your team?

0:15:34 > 0:15:41Defend well, score goals, win the game, go through. They defend

0:15:41 > 0:15:45man-to-man, they follow the position, they are so aggressive,

0:15:45 > 0:15:54trying to make a lot of passes.Good luck today.Thank you so much.There

0:15:54 > 0:16:00you go, so simple, defend well and score a few goals.He's honestly

0:16:00 > 0:16:05going without a recognised centre forward today in his line-up so he

0:16:05 > 0:16:13will give his usual freedom to his players, Sterling, Sane, De Bruyne,

0:16:13 > 0:16:19they can go where they want. Sterling is in very good form, 18

0:16:19 > 0:16:22goals he's got this season so it should not be a problem for them

0:16:22 > 0:16:29playing that system.They played some beautiful football at times.It

0:16:29 > 0:16:34is great to watch. I am becoming a bigger fan as the season goes on. My

0:16:34 > 0:16:38kids watch the games and it's great to watch and be a part of.It's

0:16:38 > 0:16:46going to be a tough afternoon. Hopefully for Man City! They have to

0:16:46 > 0:16:49defend well, that has been the backbone of their success this

0:16:49 > 0:16:52season but even more so today when they get possession and they keep

0:16:52 > 0:16:56fit enough to get the front three in the game and then utilise the set

0:16:56 > 0:17:00piece which they have. They are a big and opposing team and if there

0:17:00 > 0:17:03is a weakness with Manchester City I think it's the physical side of the

0:17:03 > 0:17:09game. But they have to get into their half first!Therein lies the

0:17:09 > 0:17:15problem is. Let's go pitch side to get to more opinion.This man is an

0:17:15 > 0:17:20absolute legend as part of south Wales, Nathan Blake, 24 years ago

0:17:20 > 0:17:23tomorrow you scored the winner when you both played each other last in

0:17:23 > 0:17:30the FA Cup, nobody will let you forget it.I don't think they well.

0:17:30 > 0:17:35It was a fantastic occasion. A little different to how it is today.

0:17:35 > 0:17:44But full stadium, absolutely bouncing.

0:17:44 > 0:17:50bouncing. It was fantastic occasion. Fantastic game. Let's hope they can

0:17:50 > 0:17:56repeated today.You look at the old pitch there, is there a part of you

0:17:56 > 0:18:00that wishes this cup tie was being pledge under mac?Absolutely, I

0:18:00 > 0:18:05missed this ground like mad. But things have progressed and moved on

0:18:05 > 0:18:12and I suppose 24 years later, every stadium needs to be upgraded, safety

0:18:12 > 0:18:15issues and what have you but you miss the old atmospheres and the old

0:18:15 > 0:18:23grounds.32, 30 3000 since you moved here, how do Cardiff go by beating

0:18:23 > 0:18:28Manchester City?It shows the significance of the fixture and I

0:18:28 > 0:18:31think Cardiff play a game which can be Manchester City. It will be

0:18:31 > 0:18:35difficult, don't get me wrong, they are one of the greatest teams in

0:18:35 > 0:18:41Europe with the greatest manager for me. But Cardiff play a very direct

0:18:41 > 0:18:47system, long passing from back to front to the likes of Zohore with

0:18:47 > 0:18:51the strength and power to turn people and run at people. And out

0:18:51 > 0:18:55wide with Mendez-Laing and Hoilett so they have got the perfect game.

0:18:55 > 0:18:58The blueprint is simple, we will get more during the half-time break but

0:18:58 > 0:19:09back to you in the studio.Thank you Manish. We give me a bit of the

0:19:09 > 0:19:14singing the players lining up in the tunnel, will this be a lock on the

0:19:14 > 0:19:19park for Manchester City?I don't think it will, they will face a

0:19:19 > 0:19:22different style of play because Cardiff or go from back to front

0:19:22 > 0:19:28pretty quickly as we've all said, they have to defend well, they need

0:19:28 > 0:19:31a bit of luck somewhere along the line but I don't think it will be a

0:19:31 > 0:19:43walkover. I think they will give a good account of themselves. I

0:19:43 > 0:19:51Manchester City will want to press high, but with the Cardiff style

0:19:51 > 0:19:58they will want to go direct.They will want to give it their best

0:19:58 > 0:20:04shot.Yes, it's 11 against 11 at the end of the day, a fantastic

0:20:04 > 0:20:08atmosphere and a manager who has been there and done it. They have to

0:20:08 > 0:20:12be really disciplined defence of life. You're not going to see a lot

0:20:12 > 0:20:17of the ball at times so every player has to be concentrating. When they

0:20:17 > 0:20:21get the ball they have to affect the game in an attacking sense as well.

0:20:21 > 0:20:24The crowd is already up for the occasion and the need to get them

0:20:24 > 0:20:34going right from the kick-off.Yes, something like what Newport did.We

0:20:34 > 0:20:37know Manchester City will have a lot of the ball and that generally

0:20:37 > 0:20:43brings the crowd down.That is what Neil will have been working on. He

0:20:43 > 0:20:48is expecting that.I saw an interviewer he said he took the ball

0:20:48 > 0:20:51out of training because the players have to learn to chase shadows!They

0:20:51 > 0:20:57might have to do a bit of that, but if one goes, two goes, the others

0:20:57 > 0:21:02have to follow, there is no point going along because they Manchester

0:21:02 > 0:21:07City team will pick them off but I am sure Neil will have been working

0:21:07 > 0:21:17on that.Lets join our commentators Guy Mowbray and Mark Lawrenson.

0:21:17 > 0:21:19COMMENTATOR:

0:21:19 > 0:21:25COMMENTATOR: Thank you, welcome to a packed Cardiff City Stadium. Only a

0:21:25 > 0:21:30few miles down the road in Newport last night we saw south Wales is

0:21:30 > 0:21:37well and truly up for the cup. We have just enjoyed a particularly

0:21:37 > 0:21:39rousing song.

0:21:44 > 0:21:51We have already heard about 1994, Manchester City's poor return in the

0:21:51 > 0:21:57Welsh capital goes well beyond that. They have all-male won once a way to

0:21:57 > 0:22:04Cardiff in 14 visits since 19 54. Does that have any bearing on today?

0:22:04 > 0:22:08Not really. This Manchester City side seems much more about making

0:22:08 > 0:22:10new history.

0:22:15 > 0:22:22Right from the start, it's been happening for the last hour or so,

0:22:22 > 0:22:26Cardiff City have been making a whole lot of noise.

0:22:29 > 0:22:35Let's take a look at the teams. Neil Etheridge in goal for Cardiff as per

0:22:35 > 0:22:41usual. And injury for the experienced Sol Bamba means a switch

0:22:41 > 0:22:51from a back three to a back four. It's a second Cardiff game for

0:22:51 > 0:22:55Grujic in midfield on loan from Liverpool, he has to play at least

0:22:55 > 0:22:5814 games during his time here or else Cardiff face financial

0:22:58 > 0:23:00penalties.

0:23:10 > 0:23:14The Premier League leaders have Claudio Bravo the domestic cup

0:23:14 > 0:23:19keeper of the season. Vincent Kompany making the latest of many

0:23:19 > 0:23:22comebacks. His last was a short appearance against Newcastle a month

0:23:22 > 0:23:27ago.

0:23:27 > 0:23:32ago. The absence of a recognised striker is superficial really. 44

0:23:32 > 0:23:45goals between the five upfront.

0:23:45 > 0:23:51Two very different characters, with very different ideas on the game and

0:23:51 > 0:23:57style of play. One inescapable thing that Pep Guardiola and Neil Warnock

0:23:57 > 0:24:01have in common is they will both get the absolute best from their squad

0:24:01 > 0:24:04of players.

0:24:09 > 0:24:17Our whole army of Cardiff City mascots enjoying their big day. Lee

0:24:17 > 0:24:23Mason the referee this afternoon. He started his season here, back on the

0:24:23 > 0:24:2615th of August.

0:24:49 > 0:24:52Before the start, a lovely gesture from Cardiff City there will be a

0:24:52 > 0:24:58period of applause to pay tribute to the contribution made to the game by

0:24:58 > 0:25:07Jimmy Armfield and the former owner of Barnsley to recognise how he

0:25:07 > 0:25:12redirected the fortunes of Cardiff's fellow Championship side. We

0:25:12 > 0:25:17appreciate them both. APPLAUSE

0:25:25 > 0:25:35APPLAUSE

0:25:44 > 0:25:52APPLAUSE

0:25:53 > 0:26:01CHEERING

0:26:02 > 0:26:07We are all ready to go in Cardiff. The FA Cup fourth round, Cardiff

0:26:07 > 0:26:12have only made the fifth round once in the last seven seasons and they

0:26:12 > 0:26:15face a Manchester City side who have reached at least round six in four

0:26:15 > 0:26:18of those last seven years.

0:26:22 > 0:26:27The first bit of possession will be Cardiff's. I don't suppose they will

0:26:27 > 0:26:31be having too much of that as the game goes on. But that does not mean

0:26:31 > 0:26:36that this will be by any means an easy game for the runaway Premier

0:26:36 > 0:26:41League leaders.Not at all, we expect lots of application

0:26:41 > 0:26:43perspiration and organisation from Cardiff. I have seen them play a

0:26:43 > 0:26:52couple of times, if they get a chance to tackle the will tackle.

0:26:52 > 0:26:58The first successful tackle there from Jazz Richards. Vincent Kompany

0:26:58 > 0:27:02gets a little bit of time on the ball.Great to see him back isn't

0:27:02 > 0:27:12it?With David Silva back in Spain, we wish him well, and Yaya Toure out

0:27:12 > 0:27:17of favour Vincent Kompany is the only player on the field who is a

0:27:17 > 0:27:20member of the 2011 FA Cup winning team, the trophy which got them

0:27:20 > 0:27:24going.

0:27:26 > 0:27:31Neil Etheridge is going to give that the big one.

0:27:43 > 0:27:50Sterling has started wide on the right. It will ebb and flow, that

0:27:50 > 0:27:55five-man midfield stroke attack.I think Manchester City will take it

0:27:55 > 0:27:58in turns, it someday wants to go forward and take up that striking

0:27:58 > 0:28:03position they will be allowed to. Sterling is on four games without a

0:28:03 > 0:28:06goal which is his longest run without scoring a season which just

0:28:06 > 0:28:13shows the type of form he has been in.

0:28:23 > 0:28:28Sane is merely dart in from the left. Fernandinho unable to slide

0:28:28 > 0:28:35through. Here is members Lang, putting the burners to storm passed

0:28:35 > 0:28:40the new law. Might still be a chance but Junior Hoilett unable to control

0:28:40 > 0:28:51it, Kyle Walker clears.Members line, -- is Mendez-Laing quick or is

0:28:51 > 0:28:54Danilo slow? It was hard to tell.

0:29:00 > 0:29:06That has certainly woken up the Cardiff City supporters.

0:29:06 > 0:29:10Mendez-Laing has not scored since August, five goals in his first five

0:29:10 > 0:29:15games were Cardiff having joined on a free transfer from Rochdale. Neil

0:29:15 > 0:29:19Warnock thinks he's diagnosed the problem with his form, he's actually

0:29:19 > 0:29:26an asthmatic and has been given the wrong medication lately.Looks like

0:29:26 > 0:29:31he might be on the right one with that run!Company mac.

0:29:35 > 0:29:36Fernandinho.

0:29:41 > 0:29:47Sterling has gone down the middle, Bernardo Silva with the flick but

0:29:47 > 0:29:53into the gloves of Neil Etheridge. This is where Manchester City are so

0:29:53 > 0:29:56clever, they always manage to get some be free in midfield and in

0:29:56 > 0:30:00space, on that occasion it was Fernandinho and all of a sudden

0:30:00 > 0:30:05Cardiff City players are running back towards the own goal.Etheridge

0:30:05 > 0:30:10started as a Chelsea Junior then joined Fulham. A number of stories

0:30:10 > 0:30:14like that through this Cardiff team, no disrespect to them but you look

0:30:14 > 0:30:17at the names on the team sheet and you see them third place in the

0:30:17 > 0:30:22Championship and you realise what a top job Neil Warnock is doing.It's

0:30:22 > 0:30:23like ugly ducklings isn't it?

0:30:29 > 0:30:37Kompany able to slow it down. Kyle Walker. They are going to do is stop

0:30:37 > 0:30:45for a moment because there is another ball on the field. Lee Mason

0:30:45 > 0:30:55had seen it. Is Claudio Bravo go to pop it?

0:30:56 > 0:31:03pop it? What a tease!Just looking at Joe Ralls in the middle of

0:31:03 > 0:31:10midfield for Cardiff, he has been designated on Kevin De Bruyne watch.

0:31:10 > 0:31:14Joe Ralls grew up a Manchester United van, he would enjoy a win

0:31:14 > 0:31:23here if Cardiff could get one. -- fan. Nicolas Otamendi, he was come

0:31:23 > 0:31:26on in leaps and bounds and he was not that bad before but he has

0:31:26 > 0:31:33reached new levels this season. Claudio Bravo.

0:31:36 > 0:31:41Sane is another who has taken his game to new, dizzying heights.

0:31:41 > 0:31:49Danilo. Mostly collected by Gundogan and smartly saved by Etheridge. It

0:31:49 > 0:31:55was straight at him. Gundogan again. Down under the challenge of Ralls

0:31:55 > 0:31:58and it will be a Manchester City free kick right on the edge of the

0:31:58 > 0:32:03box.It was a poor tackle. He was fortunate he was not part of a yacht

0:32:03 > 0:32:08inside the 18-yard box. The break was lightning quick -- not half a

0:32:08 > 0:32:15yard.There is a problem for Ilkay Gundogan, he has stayed down after

0:32:15 > 0:32:24that challenge.He kicked the back of the Cardiff player's foot as much

0:32:24 > 0:32:32as anything.Ilkay Gundogan is the player who was out for the best part

0:32:32 > 0:32:35of a year after injuring his cruciate in December of last season

0:32:35 > 0:32:40and did not make his comeback until well into the autumn this season so

0:32:40 > 0:32:44already Sergio Aguero is going to have dabbed a jog up and down the

0:32:44 > 0:32:51touchline to get warm if needed. And before this happened to Gundogan,

0:32:51 > 0:32:56this was the chance that City created.The awareness from all of

0:32:56 > 0:33:02the players is brilliant, they take the ball quickly and in their stride

0:33:02 > 0:33:06so the defender has no chance of stopping cube. It was not a great

0:33:06 > 0:33:14strike -- stopping you.Let's see if we can identify what Gundogan has

0:33:14 > 0:33:19done.

0:33:19 > 0:33:24done. You wonder why Ralls was not hurt also looking at it.I think it

0:33:24 > 0:33:35might be his ankle. Thankfully not his knee.

0:33:35 > 0:33:39his knee.A player who has had a serious injury such as that supper

0:33:39 > 0:33:44by Gundogan, and a few things before that as well, it is no surprise that

0:33:44 > 0:33:50he takes it carefully -- suffered by Gundogan. What a fantastic player to

0:33:50 > 0:33:54have available.

0:33:57 > 0:34:05A few bodies to get it through and De Bruyne has done! How clever was

0:34:05 > 0:34:13that?! Brilliantly thought out. Kevin De Bruyne scores for

0:34:13 > 0:34:19Manchester City in the eighth minute of the match.

0:34:20 > 0:34:26of the match. And nobody in the Cardiff City wall or the goal or the

0:34:26 > 0:34:31Stadium was expecting to do that. And I would think as well for the

0:34:31 > 0:34:35game that the magic city players would have that information about

0:34:35 > 0:34:42the Cardiff wall which was that they all jumped.

0:34:42 > 0:34:50all jumped. It looks so simple.For it to be a brilliant free kick they

0:34:50 > 0:34:57don't always had to bend high into the top corner.No. Coutinho was

0:34:57 > 0:35:02good at scoring those particular goals as well.Kevin De Bruyne

0:35:02 > 0:35:09reaches double figures for goals this season, he is up to ten. And

0:35:09 > 0:35:13Neil Warnock's team have to come onto Manchester City a bit more now.

0:35:13 > 0:35:20But maybe not straightaway, you don't want to go two down.Similar

0:35:20 > 0:35:26to Peterborough against Leicester City earlier yesterday.

0:35:29 > 0:35:34City earlier yesterday. Just behind Gundogan who is patched up and OK to

0:35:34 > 0:35:38go on.Just as well the ball from De Bruyne was not that good because

0:35:38 > 0:35:43City were away.

0:35:48 > 0:35:53One thing we have not discussed, were Cardiff unlucky to have the

0:35:53 > 0:36:04free kick given against them?I don't think so.

0:36:04 > 0:36:06don't think so.Grujic and Mendez-Laing. The flag is up against

0:36:06 > 0:36:17Kenneth Zohore, the great big Dane. Another one of the City players has

0:36:17 > 0:36:24gone down as well now. Otamendi.

0:36:30 > 0:36:37A problem with the left arm for the Argentinian.

0:36:45 > 0:36:56Otamendi can certainly continue to move all right.

0:37:00 > 0:37:06Walker to assist Sterling and De Bruyne and his pull-back. Away by

0:37:06 > 0:37:11Ralls.

0:37:12 > 0:37:16Ralls. You can hear what the Cardiff crowd think about that, Kenneth

0:37:16 > 0:37:22Zohore penalised for easing away Vincent Kompany.He knew, didn't he?

0:37:22 > 0:37:32The look of guilt!

0:37:34 > 0:37:46Walker. He can't get it passed Ecuele Manga.What a ball from De

0:37:46 > 0:37:50Bruyne, sensational.Cardiff are being overrun here. Back with

0:37:50 > 0:37:58Claudio Bravo. It was Junior Hoilett who found himself back in the

0:37:58 > 0:38:03left-back position and completely exposed.De Bruyne picked it up in

0:38:03 > 0:38:08the right back position for Manchester City and Ralls, who we

0:38:08 > 0:38:16said was designated to mark him, is not quite sure what to do now.

0:38:18 > 0:38:19not quite sure what to do now.The point again in that advanced

0:38:19 > 0:38:26right-back role for now. -- De Bruyne.

0:38:30 > 0:38:39I am told by regular Cardiff watches that they just go with Manga so we

0:38:39 > 0:38:47will as well. Sane made a dark income Richards followed him but

0:38:47 > 0:38:51passed on duty to Morrison but meanwhile Fernandinho through the

0:38:51 > 0:38:57middle, Richards gets enough on that away from De Bruyne.Again, they get

0:38:57 > 0:39:09somebody spare every single time. Hoilett with the block.

0:39:11 > 0:39:14Hoilett with the block. There was a lot of talk in the week leading up

0:39:14 > 0:39:20to this game, when the upset is being built up, about Manchester

0:39:20 > 0:39:23City not being used to facing a team of Cardiff's style but you can

0:39:23 > 0:39:30reverse that.And the other thing is, Cardiff need the ball. The

0:39:30 > 0:39:36problem with Manchester City, they occasionally loan it to you.

0:39:36 > 0:39:42Gundogan exchanging neatly with Sterling but not that time. What can

0:39:42 > 0:39:49Cardiff do with the ball? It was just held on to a little too long by

0:39:49 > 0:39:55Grujic.And who pinched it off him? De Bruyne. He is honoured again and

0:39:55 > 0:39:59that is Danilo who is blocked by Morrison and a free kick to

0:39:59 > 0:40:04Manchester City.I think that should be a booking. He has completely

0:40:04 > 0:40:15taken the player out. No intention of running for it.

0:40:20 > 0:40:24De Bruyne is on the ball again and you would think this would favour

0:40:24 > 0:40:28delivery but I'm not so short with the way he is retreating.I don't

0:40:28 > 0:40:37think the wall will be jumping.De Bruyne does lift it in. Mendez-Laing

0:40:37 > 0:40:44missed the first, and the second and it will be a Manchester City corner.

0:40:44 > 0:40:53A swing and a miss.

0:40:55 > 0:41:03Sane's corner. Gundogan has gone near. And he did not do anything

0:41:03 > 0:41:11more with it than that.It had a bit too much on it. He is moving OK

0:41:11 > 0:41:21which is obviously good news. Was he that bad at Chelsea?That was the

0:41:21 > 0:41:31fowl on Gundogan. And this was De Bruyne's bit of brilliance, it

0:41:31 > 0:41:35really is.What is a bit unusual, for six opposition players to be in

0:41:35 > 0:41:39the war and all of them to remember to jump! You normally get one that

0:41:39 > 0:41:49doesn't.Something from distant and had that cross the line? The Cardiff

0:41:49 > 0:41:52City fans thought it had but the assistant referee, who was not

0:41:52 > 0:41:57exactly on the line, Simon Long, kept his flag down.I did not think

0:41:57 > 0:42:03it crossed the line.

0:42:04 > 0:42:06it crossed the line.Mendez-Laing, that has got Cardiff going and they

0:42:06 > 0:42:10have a throw in courtesy of Danilo.

0:42:18 > 0:42:26Richard with the throw. -- Richards. This is akin to turning up the

0:42:26 > 0:42:33volume from six up to ten all of a sudden. Cardiff trying to keep

0:42:33 > 0:42:44pressing. Richards. Mendez-Laing. Nice bit of footwork. He had two to

0:42:44 > 0:42:55beat. Danilo decisively in. A little bit of Cardiff pressure. It looks

0:42:55 > 0:43:01like Sean Morrison is going to leave it to Callum Paterson.Every City

0:43:01 > 0:43:08player back, not even one left upfront.This worked well for

0:43:08 > 0:43:11Newport against Spurs yesterday. It caused them all sorts of problems

0:43:11 > 0:43:17and it goes from backers and not away, Hoilett turning, that is

0:43:17 > 0:43:24Kenneth Zohore and it almost came to Morrison. Otamendi got it away.

0:43:24 > 0:43:34Cleared by Danilo and the break is on with Sane. Progress halted. And

0:43:34 > 0:43:39now a free kick for Cardiff.I'm not sure. I think it might have been the

0:43:39 > 0:43:50first fowl from the Cardiff player. -- the first foul.

0:44:00 > 0:44:11They are bouncing.Literally.Manga to lift it forward. Look how high

0:44:11 > 0:44:17City are defending, Guardiola made mention of it in the build-up. Then

0:44:17 > 0:44:25it does well, really well! -- Bennet. Paterson was not far away

0:44:25 > 0:44:30and Mendez-Laing could not get onto it behind him.Great play and a

0:44:30 > 0:44:37great cross. One touch and in you go.

0:44:38 > 0:44:47go. Just arching away from bravo.He just needed a little more spring in

0:44:47 > 0:44:51his take-off.And I think if Mendez-Laing had gambled a bit he

0:44:51 > 0:44:57might have been on the end of it. Won by Gundogan and this is Bernardo

0:44:57 > 0:44:59Silva.

0:45:03 > 0:45:10Silva is available again but this is De Bruyne who is always available.

0:45:10 > 0:45:13Sterling.

0:45:15 > 0:45:25De Bruyne. A little bit of fortune for Sterling, Sane takes it up.

0:45:32 > 0:45:38Sane, plenty of time and room for him. Fernandinho.

0:45:47 > 0:45:51The home fans applauding the fact that they have pressed Manchester

0:45:51 > 0:45:54City all the way back to their keeper.The fact that it is in the

0:45:54 > 0:46:06other half.Grujic collected it but not for long. Gundogan. Positive,

0:46:06 > 0:46:13driving run and this is Bernardo Silva. And Danilo. It could not

0:46:13 > 0:46:18stick with Paterson and this is De Bruyne.

0:46:18 > 0:46:30Walker. Stopped by Hoilett and he is fouled by Kyle Walker. It is Junior

0:46:30 > 0:46:37Hoilett who caused the problem for Claudio Bravo.

0:46:37 > 0:46:42Claudio Bravo.Was he then looking to play it straightaway? It was a

0:46:42 > 0:46:47little bit.

0:46:47 > 0:46:55little bit.He didn't half get fortunate.A bit patter cake, patter

0:46:55 > 0:47:04cake Baker's man.He has been a star in the Carabao Cup this season than

0:47:04 > 0:47:14in the penalty shoot outs against Wolves and Leicester.

0:47:20 > 0:47:28Etheridge up and away. Danilo.

0:47:33 > 0:47:38Safely back to Etheridge again.

0:47:46 > 0:47:49Otamendi, stayed in the air a long time, he thought he might have been

0:47:49 > 0:47:58fouled by Paterson who has it now. Mendez-Laing is caught napping.

0:47:58 > 0:48:03Sane.

0:48:03 > 0:48:12Sane. Gundogan. The Cardiff crowd, you can hear what they think about

0:48:12 > 0:48:16that, they were not happy that nobody was getting anywhere near

0:48:16 > 0:48:21Ilkay Gundogan in possession.They are just giving the ball back to

0:48:21 > 0:48:30City. Not a good idea.Kompany.

0:48:31 > 0:48:35City. Not a good idea.Kompany.We expected that Raheem Sterling would

0:48:35 > 0:48:39play through the middle but Bernardo Silva seems to be playing more there

0:48:39 > 0:48:51than any of the City players.It is pretty much 4-1-5, isn't it?Good

0:48:51 > 0:48:58work ethic and you just join in and go and play.

0:49:13 > 0:49:20Again, they always get somebody free. The whole prep premise is you

0:49:20 > 0:49:27will get one man over at some stage. Of those Sane. Sterling is a free at

0:49:27 > 0:49:36the moment right edge, Sane is not looking. Grujic to Mendez-Laing.

0:49:36 > 0:49:40Otamendi, I say all the way back to Claudio Bravo, it is not all the

0:49:40 > 0:49:49way, is it?No. It just keeps coming back, doesn't it?

0:49:58 > 0:50:03Kyle Walker had a spell playing for Neil Warnock at QPR earlier in his

0:50:03 > 0:50:12career. A loan spell at Loftus Road. Gundogan is free again to collect.

0:50:15 > 0:50:26De Bruyne. Manga get it away from Sane and get it up to ten to Zohore

0:50:26 > 0:50:35-- up to Kenneth Zohore. He has done pretty well so far. But only so far.

0:50:35 > 0:50:41You knew exactly where he was going, left foot all the time.Look at this

0:50:41 > 0:50:44on the right, Manchester City have an overload with the Bernardo Silva.

0:50:44 > 0:50:53And his shot! It is not go to count. The flag is up. Manchester City's

0:50:53 > 0:50:59celebrations will be cut short here. Interesting to see what that is for.

0:50:59 > 0:51:04Lee Mason does not know because he's going to have a word.Read my lips,

0:51:04 > 0:51:09no way.

0:51:10 > 0:51:14no way.It was a great strike from Bernardo Silva. Pep Guardiola does

0:51:14 > 0:51:18not understand why it has been ruled out. In fact, it has not been ruled

0:51:18 > 0:51:25out! Lee Mason has pointed to the centre circle and Manchester City

0:51:25 > 0:51:30have a 2-goal lead.You don't think that the assistant thought that Sane

0:51:30 > 0:51:37got the smallest of touches on the way? Otherwise I can't understand.

0:51:37 > 0:51:40If he had adjudged him to be slightly offside he must have

0:51:40 > 0:51:46thought he must have been near the line of sight. But I don't think

0:51:46 > 0:51:49anything would have aided Neil Etheridge in trying to save that

0:51:49 > 0:51:54one, it was some shot from Bernardo Silva and it is a shot that has made

0:51:54 > 0:51:58it... Hang on, what is happening here? They have restarted again but

0:51:58 > 0:52:05not from the centre circle.

0:52:05 > 0:52:09not from the centre circle. Pep Guardiola is absolutely apoplectic.

0:52:09 > 0:52:13And Kevin De Bruyne is on the move and it remains 1-0 to Manchester

0:52:13 > 0:52:17City but they have a free kick now so offside was given against Leroy

0:52:17 > 0:52:24Sane. VAR, we don't have it today. The date you want it, you don't have

0:52:24 > 0:52:29it.

0:52:34 > 0:52:37it. Quelle surprise. So are we saying that Sane was in the path of

0:52:37 > 0:52:41the ball and the goalkeeper could not see it?They are saying he was

0:52:41 > 0:52:49active.That is a very strange decision.I thought Lee Mason had

0:52:49 > 0:52:54pointed to the centre circle.I think everybody in the ground

0:52:54 > 0:53:01thought he was pointing to the centre circle.The Manchester City

0:53:01 > 0:53:07players celebrated, two or three started punching the air. What is

0:53:07 > 0:53:13happening now? Lee Mason is going to cost you have a word I think with

0:53:13 > 0:53:18Pep Guardiola who might be ordered from the bench. He has been

0:53:18 > 0:53:24constantly in the ear of Rob Jones, the fourth official.I'm pretty sure

0:53:24 > 0:53:30he will be saying, what actually was it disallowed for? Not so much, sits

0:53:30 > 0:53:35down, you have been a nuisance. He is remonstrating with the fourth

0:53:35 > 0:53:44official saying, can somebody explain to me?Rob Jones is doing

0:53:44 > 0:53:48his best to explain it and in the meantime Manchester City have a free

0:53:48 > 0:53:52kick in a position A again with Gundogan. A great effort but just a

0:53:52 > 0:53:54little too high.

0:54:02 > 0:54:06Here we go, Bernardo Silva with a free run to the edge of the box, he

0:54:06 > 0:54:14checks and shoots and Izzy offside? I don't think he is. -- is he

0:54:14 > 0:54:20offside. He was ruled to have been offside and upset Neil Etheridge's

0:54:20 > 0:54:24in his attempts to save it. Maybe you could see that but it is a big

0:54:24 > 0:54:29maybe and I don't think he was offside anyway.Absolutely not. The

0:54:29 > 0:54:35game has gone.

0:54:35 > 0:54:39game has gone.Just for clarification, it remains Cardiff

0:54:39 > 0:54:43City 0- one Manchester City.Are we sure?We are sure.

0:54:52 > 0:55:04That was a Miss Q by Bennett. -- miscue.The other thing about the

0:55:04 > 0:55:10decision, it was given by the assistant on the far side. How can

0:55:10 > 0:55:14he actually think that Sane is in the way? He is only seeing it side

0:55:14 > 0:55:23on.You can see is drawing the line to say offside. Here is De Bruyne.

0:55:23 > 0:55:31Sterling. Danilo is forward in the box but it is Manga who touches it

0:55:31 > 0:55:37away as far as De Bruyne. Walker.

0:55:45 > 0:55:59Grujic with the header. Gundogan, Sterling. His shot is high.

0:55:59 > 0:56:01Sterling. His shot is high. It took a touch and it will be a Manchester

0:56:01 > 0:56:09City corner.Just a delight to watch them when they all go forward. The

0:56:09 > 0:56:14movement and the awareness and pace and ability, the dribbling skills

0:56:14 > 0:56:21etc.We are having all the fun of the fair with refereeing decisions

0:56:21 > 0:56:27this weekend, whether a video refereeing system is in use or not.

0:56:27 > 0:56:32I have the say, in terms of VAR, they got all of the decisions right

0:56:32 > 0:56:36which is a start.They work in progress and it is a trial basis is

0:56:36 > 0:56:43eventually. -- it is a work in progress. It begs the question, why

0:56:43 > 0:56:49is it not being trialled today and in the Chelsea and Newcastle game?

0:56:49 > 0:56:55Surely the more you trial at the more you get used to it.

0:57:16 > 0:57:19From Cardiff City's point of view, at least it is only still one nil

0:57:22 > 0:57:25-- are still only 1-0.

0:57:28 > 0:57:37Sterling. Calmly done by Morrison. He has got it through to Kenneth

0:57:37 > 0:57:44Zohore. Mendez-Laing on the move, Paterson and Grujic as well. And

0:57:44 > 0:57:49Kompany has made that look simple. Fernandinho was caught a little slow

0:57:49 > 0:57:53but he was fouled by Mendez-Laing and that will be a free kick to

0:57:53 > 0:57:58Manchester City and Lee Mason wants a word with the Cardiff winger.

0:57:58 > 0:58:05Kompany just read it in the first instance. Just experienced.

0:58:08 > 0:58:10instance. Just experienced. It is a foul but not a particularly bad

0:58:10 > 0:58:22challenge.Just a word for Mendez-Laing, no card.

0:58:22 > 0:58:35All is calm again but brooding.I think the head is on fire.

0:58:40 > 0:58:44Strange to see him as the karma of the two men in the technical areas.

0:58:44 > 0:58:48-- the more calm.

0:58:53 > 0:58:55He is probably worried about what to say at half-time I would have

0:58:55 > 0:59:00thought.Bernardo Silva.

0:59:02 > 0:59:04Walker

0:59:04 > 0:59:14Walker. Silva. Sane, De Bruyne.

0:59:21 > 0:59:26Kenneth Zohore did well against Otamendi. And he wins round two but

0:59:26 > 0:59:31it will be a Cardiff throw in.He will have to do a lot of that today,

0:59:31 > 0:59:34trying to hold the ball up and fight people off and bring the midfielder

0:59:34 > 0:59:43's cup and alongside him.He has gone six games since he last scored.

0:59:43 > 0:59:49His game is about more than simply putting it into the back of the net.

0:59:49 > 0:59:59He got two against Leeds in September.

1:00:08 > 1:00:13Manchester City throw.

1:00:20 > 1:00:24Cardiff's last home game in the third round as 0-0 against

1:00:24 > 1:00:29Mansfield.

1:00:29 > 1:00:38Mansfield.It is great that it is full.Fernandinho asking a bit too

1:00:38 > 1:00:49much of Raheem

1:00:50 > 1:00:57Sterling.

1:01:02 > 1:01:05I don't think any of those numbers come as any great surprise at this

1:01:05 > 1:01:11stage in the game.

1:01:12 > 1:01:17stage in the game. Kompany. Always surprised by how much room and time

1:01:17 > 1:01:23on the ball the Manchester City players are being given.Yeah, well,

1:01:23 > 1:01:26what do you do is the opposition? That is the thing. They keep

1:01:26 > 1:01:34managing to be able to get a free player, Manchester City.

1:01:45 > 1:01:49Zohore challenged by Kompany, Cardiff's ball. He looks fit. But we

1:01:49 > 1:01:57have said that before.I hope yes. He deserves to be.You have to watch

1:01:57 > 1:02:01the Manchester City captain on a game by game basis. The cult Darlow

1:02:01 > 1:02:13problem. Well, the chief problem. -- the cabs are the problem -- the

1:02:13 > 1:02:20calves are the problem, well, the chief problem. It's a throw to the

1:02:20 > 1:02:29City in fuchsia.The other thing is trying to press City as high as

1:02:29 > 1:02:32possible, because they are also comfortable on the ball they will

1:02:32 > 1:02:39kill you with one pass all the time. De Bruyne are all on his own on the

1:02:39 > 1:02:41left.

1:02:48 > 1:02:53Bernardo Silva. It's a great ball in and its 2-0, Raheem Sterling heading

1:02:53 > 1:03:03it in. What a cross from Bernardo Silva. Onto the head of the smallest

1:03:03 > 1:03:11player on the field.Lotions and potions of space and time. The ball

1:03:11 > 1:03:21is played so early and pace, its me to look so simple. It really is a

1:03:21 > 1:03:25footballing lesson. No disrespect to Cardiff, teams are struggling to

1:03:25 > 1:03:31cope with this. In it goes, thank you. Isn't football supposed to be

1:03:31 > 1:03:38simple? Manchester City are making it look that way.Raheem Sterling

1:03:38 > 1:03:45with his 19th of the season, he does not score many this way. Rarely does

1:03:45 > 1:03:53he get that sort of freedom in the penalty area.The two centre-backs,

1:03:53 > 1:03:58Ecuele Manga and Morrison, they are used to picking up people in the

1:03:58 > 1:04:01Championship, people being up against them, stopping them, letting

1:04:01 > 1:04:04them to west, but when they have nobody to pick players are running

1:04:04 > 1:04:10inside and around them it's so different and so difficult.That one

1:04:10 > 1:04:14did count.Are we sure?!

1:04:21 > 1:04:28That might douse a bit of Pep 's anger.

1:04:29 > 1:04:35anger.He's on his usual quest for perfection.

1:04:37 > 1:04:41perfection. Neil Warnock sing this week how good it is to have a game

1:04:41 > 1:04:46like this, a full house good for everyone connected to the club, to

1:04:46 > 1:04:49see the razzmatazz, for the players to see the level they hope to be

1:04:49 > 1:04:55competing at next season. The flag is up against Bernardo Silva, free

1:04:55 > 1:04:59kick for Cardiff.Just looked for a split second that Sane would get

1:04:59 > 1:05:09played in.

1:05:09 > 1:05:16Just keeps appearing everywhere doesn't he?Good closing from Joe

1:05:16 > 1:05:26Ralls, toilet. -- Hoilett. Walker has just beaten him to that and the

1:05:26 > 1:05:29fact that Ralls caught him that means it's a free kick to Manchester

1:05:29 > 1:05:45City rather than a court -- rather than a corner for Cardiff City.

1:05:45 > 1:05:55I think he's given up with De Bruyne.The flag is up again, this

1:05:55 > 1:06:07time Sane. Not just Manchester City defending with the high line.

1:06:08 > 1:06:10Kompany.

1:06:29 > 1:06:33Sterling picking up the ball in that area.

1:06:39 > 1:06:48Walking pace. A stroll in the park. It's just a masterclass isn't it?

1:06:48 > 1:06:53And there is no arrogance about it either. No one player wants to take

1:06:53 > 1:06:56all the glory, everyone plays for each other.

1:07:17 > 1:07:22Just giving themselves a breather at the moment, Manchester City. But so

1:07:22 > 1:07:28are Cardiff City's players. Fernandinho has lost the ball.

1:07:28 > 1:07:37Morrison. One of the big diagonals we were told would come at some rate

1:07:37 > 1:07:47for Cardiff. No Hoilett. Gundogan. Manchester City break. Sterling. De

1:07:47 > 1:07:52Bruyne.

1:07:52 > 1:07:56Bruyne. Sane to the left, Bernardo Silva to the right. Here is Sane.

1:07:56 > 1:08:06Danilo. Was that when just a bit overdone?Was at a cross or a shot?

1:08:06 > 1:08:15Either or the break again was great.

1:08:24 > 1:08:31Bluebirds 0- two blue moon. I think it is there.

1:08:33 > 1:08:36it is there.It's difficult when your team gets taken apart but

1:08:36 > 1:08:41sometimes you just had to stand up and applaud.Walker has their head

1:08:41 > 1:08:45start, not that he needed it. Bravo.

1:08:53 > 1:09:01Out for a Cardiff throw. Two and a half minutes to go until we reach

1:09:01 > 1:09:0745. Do Cardiff throw a little bit more at Manchester City now?The

1:09:07 > 1:09:13need to get the ball first.

1:09:16 > 1:09:18need to get the ball first.It's going to be a Manchester City

1:09:18 > 1:09:23goalkick.

1:09:23 > 1:09:31A wry grimace. Kevin Blackwell, his long-time assistant and former

1:09:31 > 1:09:37goalkeeper. Scarbrough way back when early on Neil Warnock's managerial

1:09:37 > 1:09:42career.

1:09:43 > 1:09:45career. And the together at Huddersfield.

1:10:32 > 1:10:42Sterling nipped by Joe Ralls. Zohore to Hoilett. Cardiff throw.You could

1:10:42 > 1:10:45see how quick Sterling was trying to get the ball back after giving it

1:10:45 > 1:10:51away.That is another feature of Manchester City's play. The Cardiff

1:10:51 > 1:10:54City fans trying to show a bit of resistance in the build-up to the

1:10:54 > 1:11:03half-time interval. Callum Paterson's throw could bring reward.

1:11:12 > 1:11:15Leroy Sane could run past all the mess he wants and he's doing it,

1:11:15 > 1:11:21he's taken out by Bennett just as he's about to get into the box.

1:11:21 > 1:11:29Yellow card for Joe Bennett. Did he just save a goal?Leroy Sane was

1:11:29 > 1:11:33starting to veer across the box wasn't he? One or two people

1:11:33 > 1:11:36shouting for a red card. He was going away towards the corner of the

1:11:36 > 1:11:43area.It was the most cynical of challenges. Looks where it starts,

1:11:43 > 1:11:53where Sane takes it up. The awareness from De Bruyne, on you go.

1:11:54 > 1:12:00I tell you what, that is a red card. It is, looking at it. I thought he

1:12:00 > 1:12:07just flicked the leg.It was a bit more than a trip to stop him

1:12:07 > 1:12:12running.It was.

1:12:13 > 1:12:21running.It was.Sane is OK.He is and he is fortunate.

1:12:21 > 1:12:31Obviously the referee never saw it. His studs plaited into him.

1:12:32 > 1:12:39De Bruyne will try to punish them, Bernardo Silva tries and cancer. --

1:12:39 > 1:12:42and cannot.

1:13:02 > 1:13:08We've already played a minute and a half of three additional first-half

1:13:08 > 1:13:12minutes most of those due to the wars it wasn't that second

1:13:12 > 1:13:18Manchester goal which wasn't, ultimately. And maybe it should have

1:13:18 > 1:13:23been.

1:14:30 > 1:14:35Half-time at the Cardiff City Stadium. Manchester City have

1:14:35 > 1:14:39cruised the first 45 minutes. Just the one shot from Junior Hoilett

1:14:39 > 1:14:43which almost caught Claudio Bravo out but from the moment Kevin De

1:14:43 > 1:14:45Bruyne with a brilliant bit of thinking gave Manchester City the

1:14:45 > 1:14:50lead they have been in total control. Sterling made two and at

1:14:50 > 1:15:01half-time it is Cardiff City 0- two Manchester City. STUDIO: Exhibition

1:15:01 > 1:15:02stuff really once

1:15:02 > 1:15:03Manchester City. STUDIO: Exhibition stuff really once again from

1:15:03 > 1:15:07Manchester City, they make the game looked remarkably simple.They have

1:15:07 > 1:15:12been superb. From the Cardiff point of view you are hoping to have a

1:15:12 > 1:15:14chance, two or three of the Manchester City players have an off

1:15:14 > 1:15:21day, they are not that it, but there is no such thing. They are

1:15:21 > 1:15:24committed, they are doing all the ugly side of the game, running but

1:15:24 > 1:15:28as well as you said, some of the stuff they are playing a

1:15:28 > 1:15:32sensational. Very good to watch. Extraordinarily consistent

1:15:32 > 1:15:38performances.Yeah, I think the early fright from Mendez-Laing, they

1:15:38 > 1:15:43have notified that threat and been very professional.As we fear before

1:15:43 > 1:15:48the game Cardiff very much chasing shadows. They had a chance but

1:15:48 > 1:15:53didn't take it.As good as Manchester City have been I have

1:15:53 > 1:16:00been disappointed with Manchester Cardiff tactically, trying to go

1:16:00 > 1:16:06man-to-man, Callum Paterson trying to mark Fernandinho, Joe Bennett

1:16:06 > 1:16:12trying to Mark Sterling. They would be

1:16:18 > 1:16:23they have shown glimpses on the counterattack, Cardiff.This could

1:16:23 > 1:16:26be three, four, five, the way it's going.It certainly could, very

1:16:26 > 1:16:27clever opening

1:16:27 > 1:16:29going.It certainly could, very clever opening goal from De Bruyne,

1:16:29 > 1:16:34not the first time we've seen him do it either.Top players think

1:16:34 > 1:16:39differently, they find a way and do different things. That is class. As

1:16:39 > 1:16:43simple as it looks to think that far ahead and have that picture in your

1:16:43 > 1:16:47head already, to get it on target like he has done, he knows he's

1:16:47 > 1:16:53doing it. Great execution.Do you think he counts down until they

1:16:53 > 1:16:57jump?We have seen it from him before. Bournemouth.

1:16:57 > 1:17:00jump?We have seen it from him before. Bournemouth. 2016. Very,

1:17:00 > 1:17:06very clever.As for the second goal, Raheem Sterling header on the edge

1:17:06 > 1:17:06of the

1:17:06 > 1:17:09Raheem Sterling header on the edge of the six yard box, defensively

1:17:09 > 1:17:13Cardiff will be not very happy with that.I don't think anyone was

1:17:13 > 1:17:17expecting him to score a header so freely in the six yard box. In the

1:17:17 > 1:17:21build-up to the goal they are so disjointed, no communication, nobody

1:17:21 > 1:17:26taking leadership. It's a great ball in from Bernardo Silva but Raheem

1:17:26 > 1:17:32Sterling should not be free, that free inside the six box.What a ball

1:17:32 > 1:17:37that is. Brilliant ball. Pace and precision. Just say get on the end

1:17:37 > 1:17:42of it and he did. He did it down, very good finish. First header in

1:17:42 > 1:17:42two years I think.

1:17:42 > 1:17:45very good finish. First header in two years I think. Very good.He

1:17:45 > 1:17:50does not get many. Looking at the Cardiff opportunities,

1:17:50 > 1:17:50does not get many. Looking at the Cardiff opportunities, Junior

1:17:50 > 1:17:53Hoilett with a long-range effort which Claudio Bravo got away with I

1:17:53 > 1:18:00think.I thought this one was in, picking up the ball in the pocket,

1:18:00 > 1:18:03Claudio Bravo should deal with that comfortable Labour tends to give you

1:18:03 > 1:18:13a chance. Decent volley.Good recovery. Goalline technology we do

1:18:13 > 1:18:17have for the FA Cup, but no Video Assistant Referee which we might

1:18:17 > 1:18:22come to in a moment when we look at Manchester City's disallowed goal.

1:18:22 > 1:18:24come to in a moment when we look at Manchester City's disallowed goal.

1:18:24 > 1:18:28Aside from that, Cardiff, one or two opportunities. Early on they had a

1:18:28 > 1:18:28breakaway.

1:18:28 > 1:18:32opportunities. Early on they had a breakaway.His pace took them by

1:18:32 > 1:18:39surprise.It is a high line as well from City.It would not matter if

1:18:39 > 1:18:43they were deeper, they are still getting exposed. It's just a poor

1:18:43 > 1:18:49decision at the end.He's just gone the wrong way.It's a simple ball

1:18:49 > 1:18:53across into the second section are box and we expected one or two of

1:18:53 > 1:19:02these, long throws, bit of a scramble. But that is what they have

1:19:02 > 1:19:09offered, it's another brilliant ball in. Just a couple of inches.Plain

1:19:09 > 1:19:11Manchester City you have to make something like this happen.

1:19:11 > 1:19:12Manchester City you have to make something like this happen.To be

1:19:12 > 1:19:19fair they have got bodies into the box, Paterson getting licence but it

1:19:19 > 1:19:23killed them defensively because he's not coming back and helping the men

1:19:23 > 1:19:26behind. They have to try to go for it now and it plays into Manchester

1:19:26 > 1:19:28City's hands.

1:19:28 > 1:19:29it now and it plays into Manchester City's hands.It could have been

1:19:29 > 1:19:33worse had it not been for a disallowed goal. What did you make

1:19:33 > 1:19:38of this? Offside, standing in front of the goalkeeper but the fact is he

1:19:38 > 1:19:45was not.It's a hell of a strike. Once he cut inside you know what

1:19:45 > 1:19:49he's going to do. But try to stop him is a heck different matter. Not

1:19:49 > 1:19:55offside at all. You cannot be interfering with play. The referee

1:19:55 > 1:20:01goes to him.They have do have a discussion because the referee will

1:20:01 > 1:20:04have asked if he was offside. The referee has to decide if he was in

1:20:04 > 1:20:07line with the goalkeeper I presume. Yeah but as

1:20:07 > 1:20:12line with the goalkeeper I presume. Yeah but as I saw he's not.Pep

1:20:12 > 1:20:15cannot quite understand why and he will be less understanding when he

1:20:15 > 1:20:20sees that. I was going to ask you about VAR, you have been kind of

1:20:20 > 1:20:27negative.That it is perfect, that is fact, you argue that, it's not an

1:20:27 > 1:20:32opinion so you cannot argue. In that situation I am all for it.What

1:20:32 > 1:20:33opinion so you cannot argue. In that situation I am all for it.What

1:20:33 > 1:20:39about VAR for this possible tackle for a red card?It was a naughty

1:20:39 > 1:20:43one. The pace is incredible from Sane, nobody can catch him. He goes

1:20:43 > 1:20:50for the space. We saw it on the replay, very difficult for the

1:20:50 > 1:20:54officials to pick up, but when we see it close up its naughty and

1:20:54 > 1:20:59nasty, it is high.That is VAR, fact, red card.

1:20:59 > 1:21:01nasty, it is high.That is VAR, fact, red card. Bull yeah, no need

1:21:01 > 1:21:11to go in with that force. It was a bad one.Straight red card. No place

1:21:11 > 1:21:16for tackles like that. Running at full pace. Really poor. I would be

1:21:16 > 1:21:20surprised if Sane comes out, looked like he might have rolled his ankle.

1:21:20 > 1:21:25We heard one or two of Neil Warnock's team talks, I don't know

1:21:25 > 1:21:30what you will be seeing him there, do you go and try to score or take

1:21:30 > 1:21:36your medicine?Just try to win the second half, try and keep a clean

1:21:36 > 1:21:40sheet and get a goal. He's not going to go and hear drier the players.

1:21:40 > 1:21:47Manchester City have been fantastic. Just try to win the second half,

1:21:47 > 1:21:51give the crowd something to shout about.You cannot go and give the

1:21:51 > 1:21:54players are right telling off because they are playing against

1:21:54 > 1:21:57much better players. You just have to try to stick together or it could

1:21:57 > 1:22:03turn out embarrassing.Try to salvage some pride. One other FA Cup

1:22:03 > 1:22:07tie earlier this afternoon which Alan was watching very carefully,

1:22:07 > 1:22:14Newcastle away to Chelsea.

1:22:14 > 1:22:22COMMENTATOR: Pedro. That's a much better ball. Here is it and Hazard,

1:22:22 > 1:22:31Batshuayi square, 1-0. Batshuayi. It's all about the quality of the

1:22:31 > 1:22:39pass which started the move from page or two Hazard -- from Pedro, to

1:22:39 > 1:22:46Hazard. Little touch to Batshuayi who simply could not miss. Pedro

1:22:46 > 1:22:52taking it to Batshuayi. Pedro two Hazard, Batshuayi in a good

1:22:52 > 1:22:57position. Hazard picks out as you would expect, that's a really good

1:22:57 > 1:23:05block until it bounces into the back of the net. Jamaal Lascelles made

1:23:05 > 1:23:09the block but it ballooned up into the corner of the Newcastle net and

1:23:09 > 1:23:14it is 2-0.

1:23:14 > 1:23:22Zappacosta.

1:23:22 > 1:23:36N'Golo Kante. Zappacosta. Marcos Alonso. Good save. Look at this.

1:23:36 > 1:23:41It's a good stop, a magnificent volley. Here is Zappacosta. Rudiger

1:23:41 > 1:23:46has made a run ahead of him. Batshuayi and Hazard lurking. Fairly

1:23:46 > 1:23:55industrial challenge. Chelsea free kick.

1:23:57 > 1:24:06kick. Alonso. 3-0. He is so good at that. Marcos Alonso strokes in his

1:24:06 > 1:24:13seventh goal of the season. Seven time FA Cup winners Chelsea are

1:24:13 > 1:24:19through, six time FA Cup winners Newcastle are out.

1:24:19 > 1:24:27Can we move on?LAUGHTER Outplayed really?Yes, Chelsea did

1:24:27 > 1:24:31not have to play that well really, Newcastle with a lack of firepower

1:24:31 > 1:24:34which is why they are desperate to bring in a forward in the next

1:24:34 > 1:24:39couple of days. Not long left, need to get one in now! Plenty more

1:24:39 > 1:24:41football coming up on the BBC.

1:25:03 > 1:25:06Gundogan down under the challenge, it will be a Manchester City free

1:25:06 > 1:25:14kick. De Bruyne, how clever was that? From distance for Claudio

1:25:14 > 1:25:19Bravo. The assistant referee kept the flag down. The shot is not going

1:25:19 > 1:25:25to count, the flag is up. It's a great ball in, 2-0, Raheem Sterling

1:25:25 > 1:25:27with the header.

1:25:31 > 1:25:35Let's gets more reviews from pitch side where Manish is with Cardiff's

1:25:35 > 1:25:45hero from 1994. Nathan Blake.Thank you Gary, Nathan you produced that

1:25:45 > 1:25:49moment of magic in 1994, can we see something similar in the second

1:25:49 > 1:25:54half, they have got their work cut out against a City team in forbidden

1:25:54 > 1:25:58or form.I thought after the first goal went in it was a case where

1:25:58 > 1:26:04Cardiff would have to get the second goal, they first but once the second

1:26:04 > 1:26:07goal goes in for Manchester City it's so difficult to get back. They

1:26:07 > 1:26:12have to score the next goal, as simple as that or it could run away

1:26:12 > 1:26:17to three, four, five.People will look at the front three of Cardiff

1:26:17 > 1:26:24but you think maybe the players I'm should be working harder?I think

1:26:24 > 1:26:29they are isolated, especially Zohore on the middle in his own. The uplink

1:26:29 > 1:26:32so deep they are allowing Manchester City to have the ball, they are not

1:26:32 > 1:26:37pressing the ball. It's easier said than done, seen better teams in

1:26:37 > 1:26:42Cardiff trying the same technique and get punished. It's a bit of a

1:26:42 > 1:26:47Catch-22 at the moment, do you push and push high and try to compress

1:26:47 > 1:26:50Manchester City? But that what Manchester City want.What they want

1:26:50 > 1:26:56to see in second half?I want to see them have a go. I want to see Joe

1:26:56 > 1:27:02Ralls and the midfield, it's a big day for Grujic, I want to see them

1:27:02 > 1:27:06pushing further forward. It's the rotation of Manchester City it's so

1:27:06 > 1:27:10difficult to handle.Do you think the longer term view is creeping

1:27:10 > 1:27:12into mind with Neil Warnock with what's going on in the Championship?

1:27:12 > 1:27:20I think so. If he had the choice he would have brought a totally

1:27:20 > 1:27:26different olive and out today but because of the game, the history,

1:27:26 > 1:27:31they are forced to play a strong team. But they need to do more,

1:27:31 > 1:27:34press up higher and you might as well go out on your sword at three

1:27:34 > 1:27:37or four rather than sitting back because at the moment you're not

1:27:37 > 1:27:43giving the City goal.Great stuff, thank you. The views of a card of

1:27:43 > 1:27:50legend, Nathan Blake.Thank you very much. This Manchester City team, you

1:27:50 > 1:27:54see them quite a lot, is there any way you can compete against them in

1:27:54 > 1:27:59this form?It's very difficult. Going to the Cardiff point of view,

1:27:59 > 1:28:03they have been disciplined and how they have gone about it but it's

1:28:03 > 1:28:06naive to think you can match their man for man, defensively anyway with

1:28:06 > 1:28:12the pace they have upfront.Do you think sometimes you just have to go,

1:28:12 > 1:28:16you give it your best and have pop, but it's about the quality of the

1:28:16 > 1:28:21players are Manchester City better players?They are and they are very

1:28:21 > 1:28:27well drilled. You look at Cardiff City, they are not used to playing

1:28:27 > 1:28:32man-to-man every week, they have been picking them off every time

1:28:32 > 1:28:35they go forward, Manchester City. Hopefully Cardiff can improve on the

1:28:35 > 1:28:40second half.That should cheer them up, you can see Aguero loosening up

1:28:40 > 1:28:45in the tunnel!I think he's coming on for Sane who has not recovered

1:28:45 > 1:28:51from the nasty tackle.Let's hope it's nothing serious because it was

1:28:51 > 1:28:58quite vicious. Couple of players talking in the tunnel before they go

1:28:58 > 1:29:02wide. They will be very confident of adding to the tally I suspect in the

1:29:02 > 1:29:08second half.Knowing Sergio he will want to score and he will get

1:29:08 > 1:29:15opportunities. You will be more central, he want about wide.Vincent

1:29:15 > 1:29:21Kompany coming out, you watch them and just hope he gets through games

1:29:21 > 1:29:26which is sad in itself.He looks like he's playing with a bit more

1:29:26 > 1:29:30maturity and patience in his game. He wasn't going into were previously

1:29:30 > 1:29:35he was trying to win Britain much every ball.It's a good game for him

1:29:35 > 1:29:41to come back in. He's not been asked many questions and has probably been

1:29:41 > 1:29:4675-80% which is good for him.All right, Aguero coming on, good time

1:29:46 > 1:29:55to hand back to our commentators for another 45 minutes of Manchester

1:29:55 > 1:29:57City's exhilarating football, Mark Lawrenson and Guy Mowbray.

1:30:01 > 1:30:07COMMENTATOR: Sergio Aguero's appearance means he now joins

1:30:07 > 1:30:11Fernandinho as two who played the last time magic as if you were here

1:30:11 > 1:30:20at the end of August 2013 in the last time hardware in the Premier

1:30:20 > 1:30:25League. It finished as a 3-2 victory for Cardiff which remains a

1:30:25 > 1:30:30possibility today but it seems highly unlikely and they must score

1:30:30 > 1:30:37the next goal. It is Manchester City who will kick-start the second half

1:30:37 > 1:30:47with De Bruyne finding Kompany. Instantly looking for Aguero.

1:30:47 > 1:30:51Only given half a breather this afternoon. They have a Premier

1:30:51 > 1:30:57League game at home to West Brom Jobim who are buoyant at the moment,

1:30:57 > 1:31:02at home on Wednesday night -- West Bromwich Albion.

1:31:08 > 1:31:19He has hardly broken sweat in the game thus far. Gundogan.

1:31:21 > 1:31:25It is quiet around the stadium at the start of the second half.I

1:31:25 > 1:31:30think the Cardiff fans are thinking, have we made any changes? No. How

1:31:30 > 1:31:38are we going to stop Manchester City?Walker gave them the ball.

1:31:38 > 1:31:40Kompany prevent any further ambitious thoughts from the home

1:31:40 > 1:31:42team.

1:32:07 > 1:32:12Maybe an extra central defender in the Manchester City ranks by next

1:32:12 > 1:32:16week with the deadline approaching on Wednesday night and we understand

1:32:16 > 1:32:24a deal is close for Aymeric Laporte of Athletic Bilbao. They are also in

1:32:24 > 1:32:29talks with Shakhtar Donetsk midfielder Fred, the Brazilian.Only

1:32:29 > 1:32:30two?

1:32:36 > 1:32:52Sterling. Morrison's header. Free kick given against Gundogan.

1:32:52 > 1:32:56kick given against Gundogan.City with Silva on the right, Aguero

1:32:56 > 1:33:04through the middle and Sterling on the left basically. At the moment.

1:33:08 > 1:33:15Aguero has a goal per game record in his FA Cup career, 16 in 16. 23 this

1:33:15 > 1:33:26season in all competitions.He is just a goal machine.

1:33:27 > 1:33:42Sterling. Danilo. Aguero. If that he passes it to Bernardo Silva but one

1:33:42 > 1:33:47pass too many and cleared by Manga. Kenneth Zohore, holder of Otamendi

1:33:47 > 1:33:51and quick enough to slip past Gundogan. Hoilett and Kenneth

1:33:51 > 1:33:59Zohore. It was a good first touch but the pass was nowhere near close

1:33:59 > 1:34:04enough to Paterson.And look who is right back for Manchester city,

1:34:04 > 1:34:10Kevin De Bruyne. -- Manchester City.

1:34:20 > 1:34:25Cardiff can try to push on and push up but Manchester City will just

1:34:25 > 1:34:31play through you, they are that good.They cannot play through

1:34:31 > 1:34:36Hoilett and Bennett but they have been given the ball back.

1:34:49 > 1:34:52Gundogan. Sterling.

1:34:54 > 1:35:03De Bruyne. The boot was high, free kick to Cardiff.

1:35:10 > 1:35:16He certainly wasn't aggressive. I thought he had pinched the ball off

1:35:16 > 1:35:25the Cardiff player.It was Jazz Richards, and it was the hand in the

1:35:25 > 1:35:31face that was the ultimate problem. And De Bruyne's studs went down his

1:35:31 > 1:35:36thigh as well. But it was not deliberate.

1:35:43 > 1:35:47Etheridge looking for Paterson to win it, Kompany put an arm on him,

1:35:47 > 1:35:50Lee Mason did not think there was enough to justify the free kick but

1:35:50 > 1:35:55now it will be one for Cardiff but a bit further back in the field.

1:35:55 > 1:36:00Raheem Sterling just picked the ball up!He thinks he was forced to do

1:36:00 > 1:36:05it.

1:36:23 > 1:36:29You know where this is going. Towards Morrison, a bit too high and

1:36:29 > 1:36:34it goes past everybody.Not only that, when the ball came in there

1:36:34 > 1:36:38were no Cardiff City players actually trying to get on the end of

1:36:38 > 1:36:43it, there were four Manchester City players who could have all headed it

1:36:43 > 1:36:46away. Neil Warnock is saying to put a bit of purchase on it, a bit

1:36:46 > 1:36:55higher.27 years in management, the best he has done in the FA Cup was

1:36:55 > 1:37:00the semifinals with Sheffield United 15 years ago. They lost to Arsenal.

1:37:00 > 1:37:06Manchester City will meet Arsenal at Wembley in the other cup, the

1:37:06 > 1:37:12Carabao Cup, at the end of next month. Aguero. He played it into

1:37:12 > 1:37:19Silva. There is Sterling. Hoilett with the tentative clearance. The

1:37:19 > 1:37:27better one with his head. That works against Fernandinho and it hit his

1:37:27 > 1:37:32arm and it will be a free kick to Cardiff. Talking about that Carabao

1:37:32 > 1:37:37Cup final, there is a long way to go come do we start to talk about the

1:37:37 > 1:37:42potential of them winning the lot? You have to. It is extremely

1:37:42 > 1:37:50difficult to do. A lot will depend as well, when they win the league.

1:37:50 > 1:37:56They are already in one domestic final.And you have to factor in

1:37:56 > 1:38:05Champions League.Liverpool and Arsenal are gone from the FA Cup.

1:38:06 > 1:38:11De Bruyne was caught by Grujic. And the free kick is taken quickly and

1:38:11 > 1:38:15Sterling is onto it and he's going to beat efforts to it but he was

1:38:15 > 1:38:19beaten in the end and what a great challenge that was -- he is going to

1:38:19 > 1:38:24beat Etheridge to it. Sean Morrison stopped Raheem Sterling from making

1:38:24 > 1:38:28it three and killing the tie.In fairness to the goalkeeper he did

1:38:28 > 1:38:32well because he made Sterling have a touch which gave Morrison a chance

1:38:32 > 1:38:42to pinch it away from him. How quickly were they away?

1:38:42 > 1:38:45quickly were they away?It just went a little too far away from Sterling

1:38:45 > 1:38:56which allowed Morrison the chance but he took it well.

1:38:57 > 1:38:59He is genuinely disappointed that every attack does not end with a

1:38:59 > 1:39:02goal.

1:39:05 > 1:39:14Etheridge in a hurry. That has bounced through to Paterson. Ralls.

1:39:14 > 1:39:21Grujic. Given away to Sterling.It is pressure again from Manchester

1:39:21 > 1:39:32City.De Bruyne, Aguero, Sterling is down. Silva.

1:39:32 > 1:39:36down. Silva. It comes Kyle Walker and he is challenged by Bennett and

1:39:36 > 1:39:44the last touch was off Walker and it will be a goal kick. Walker is

1:39:44 > 1:39:50saying how. Raheem Sterling gets back to his feet on the other side

1:39:50 > 1:39:59of the field.He obviously thinks he was taken out illegally.

1:39:59 > 1:40:09was taken out illegally. Corner, is it not?It seemed that way. Bennett.

1:40:11 > 1:40:19Aguero. That is Manga. There was an interesting line from Neil Warnock

1:40:19 > 1:40:24about him in the build-up, talking about his own players and saying, no

1:40:24 > 1:40:27disrespect, but none of them would get into Manchester City's team

1:40:27 > 1:40:32apart from maybe Bruno. That is a strong statement. This is Kenneth

1:40:32 > 1:40:39Zohore and he went for it! He did not have any alternative but to go

1:40:39 > 1:40:43for it when he did. There has been a bit of a spirited response from

1:40:43 > 1:40:49Cardiff.It is. The long kick from the goalkeeper and the flick on, and

1:40:49 > 1:40:53disappointed by Kenneth Zohore will stop this touch was not great and he

1:40:53 > 1:40:58flicked it on and had to wait for it to drop. In the end Otamendi did

1:40:58 > 1:41:02enough.

1:41:04 > 1:41:09Claudio Bravo goes long which you don't see too often from a

1:41:09 > 1:41:16Manchester City goalkeeper. Another long ball potentially causing a

1:41:16 > 1:41:24problem. Or maybe not. Gundogan down to Fernandinho. Chased by Paterson

1:41:24 > 1:41:31and held onto by Paterson. Silva to Aguero.

1:41:42 > 1:41:47They just slow down the game, the minimum amount of touches, a little

1:41:47 > 1:41:56look at who is around and who makes the run.Silva. Upended.

1:42:01 > 1:42:04Danilo.

1:42:24 > 1:42:28Chants of England from the Manchester City supporters getting

1:42:28 > 1:42:36the bird.Maybe not the best place to do it.

1:42:36 > 1:42:42That is awkward for Otamendi but he got enough on it for Claudio Bravo.

1:42:42 > 1:42:46Kenneth Zohore is back into him and perhaps a little too keenly.

1:42:46 > 1:42:53Otamendi is sent spiralling down.He has caught him and Otamendi has made

1:42:53 > 1:43:05a meal of it. Because Otamendi has never clattered into anyone, has he?

1:43:05 > 1:43:11Not a great deal of sympathy from the referee.

1:43:12 > 1:43:17the referee.I don't think it deserved the dying Swan.Lee Mason

1:43:17 > 1:43:27didn't think so either but it is a free kick for Manchester City.

1:43:27 > 1:43:29free kick for Manchester City. Matip city fans with that chant have at

1:43:29 > 1:43:37least sparked up the atmosphere a little bit -- Manchester City fans.

1:43:41 > 1:43:45Can the Cardiff team respond? Another half an hour to go. Here is

1:43:45 > 1:43:50Gundogan.

1:43:50 > 1:43:55Gundogan. That was Joe Bennett who nipped in. Fernandinho was there

1:43:55 > 1:43:58again.

1:44:33 > 1:44:40Hoilett can only take it out under pressure from Walker.

1:45:00 > 1:45:09Just a little bit more energy about Cardiff with Kenneth Zohore and co,

1:45:09 > 1:45:13trying to press a bit more when Manchester City have the ball in the

1:45:13 > 1:45:19own half.Yes, but it is difficult to see, other than the half chance

1:45:19 > 1:45:23for Kenneth Zohore, but they don't look like treating many

1:45:23 > 1:45:26opportunities, and if they do start to pour forward again, it could well

1:45:26 > 1:45:29be curtains.

1:45:38 > 1:45:42Aguero in his own half to collect the ball.

1:45:49 > 1:45:59Sterling, Gundogan. Aguero. Flicked off the top of his head and

1:45:59 > 1:46:04reasonably simple for Bennett to clear. It is Paterson who get into

1:46:04 > 1:46:07the face of Otamendi.

1:46:43 > 1:46:49The edges to being made to play their passes a bit more quickly now,

1:46:49 > 1:46:54Manchester City -- they are just being made.But all the time as a

1:46:54 > 1:46:57Cardiff City Poyet you're being worked and worked and tired this

1:46:57 > 1:47:06starts to seep in -- Cardiff City player.You might as well have a go

1:47:06 > 1:47:10would be the first thought but you don't want to be embarrassed.It's

1:47:10 > 1:47:13tricky.

1:47:23 > 1:47:28I suppose the time to have a go would be 2-0 or 1-0 in the next

1:47:28 > 1:47:33score makes a difference because if it becomes three it might all be a

1:47:33 > 1:47:41bit too far.

1:47:41 > 1:47:49Vincent Kompany can just stand still with it if he wants.Yes.

1:47:52 > 1:48:02Claudio Bravo is happy to be a part of the defensive line.

1:48:03 > 1:48:06of the defensive line. You can hear what Cardiff City fans want, they

1:48:06 > 1:48:10want constant pressure on the ball.

1:48:16 > 1:48:20Kompany, Otamendi and Claudio Bravo are playing between themselves.They

1:48:20 > 1:48:23have earned the right to do so.

1:48:32 > 1:48:40Otamendi has so much time to consider his options. Fernandinho to

1:48:40 > 1:48:43Kompany with Manchester City playing keep ball and they have had it for

1:48:43 > 1:48:53about three minutes now without a Cardiff touch on it.

1:48:53 > 1:48:58Kenneth Zohore having a bit of a walk and now a token burst towards

1:48:58 > 1:49:02the keeper and he sets about Kompany which is greeted by a roar from the

1:49:02 > 1:49:06Cardiff fans.

1:49:15 > 1:49:20Clipped by Bernardo Silva and Cardiff have a free kick.

1:49:20 > 1:49:23Centre-backs up I think, get the ball in. A little bit more loft and

1:49:23 > 1:49:29pace this time.

1:49:30 > 1:49:39pace this time.Manga is not going. Morrison is. His only goal this

1:49:39 > 1:49:43season came against Sheffield United in August.This is a high line

1:49:43 > 1:49:48defensively.Guardiola told as it would be all game. It was Morrison

1:49:48 > 1:49:57who won it. Sterling setting about Richards, he was holding him, it

1:49:57 > 1:50:01would have been a Cardiff free kick but advantage indicated and it is a

1:50:01 > 1:50:06cost to Kenneth Zohore. But the first challenge and he brings a save

1:50:06 > 1:50:13from Claudio Bravo.He did well initially and if anything he tried

1:50:13 > 1:50:19to hit it too hard, his shot. Fairly comfortable in the end for cardio

1:50:19 > 1:50:27bravo. -- Claudio Bravo.

1:51:09 > 1:51:12Fernandinho lost possession which is a rarity and that was a foul from

1:51:12 > 1:51:17Otamendi on Kenneth Zohore and it will be a Cardiff free kick. We

1:51:17 > 1:51:20understand Kenneth Zohore is about to be replaced with Anthony

1:51:20 > 1:51:25Pilkington ready and Neil Warnock is going to do it now. I thought he was

1:51:25 > 1:51:34going to hold on for a second but here comes the change.

1:51:34 > 1:51:36here comes the change.He is chasing paperbacks in the park

1:51:36 > 1:51:45unfortunately, Zohore.Off those Kenneth Zohore and on comes somebody

1:51:45 > 1:51:50who, until the last few weeks, was a forgotten man at Cardiff City,

1:51:50 > 1:51:54Anthony Pilkington. Frozen out of the team. He has only played a part

1:51:54 > 1:52:01in two Lee James in -- league games all season. But he did score in the

1:52:01 > 1:52:06last round against Mansfield. Pilkington was in on that! That

1:52:06 > 1:52:09would have been some introduction from the subs bench.He gambles,

1:52:09 > 1:52:17didn't he? Better free kick this time.

1:52:22 > 1:52:27time.He scored 18 goals in three years at Norwich including goals

1:52:27 > 1:52:32home and away against Manchester City in the Premier League in the

1:52:32 > 1:52:372012-13 season. Things have changed a little since then. Things have

1:52:37 > 1:52:41changed a lot in a short space of time, that was still Roberto

1:52:41 > 1:52:48Mancini's City. A lovely site, the lights of the Cardiff City Stadium

1:52:48 > 1:52:55and a full Cardiff City Stadium. Unless they can stage some sort of

1:52:55 > 1:52:59incredible comeback which is totally against the odds in the last quarter

1:52:59 > 1:53:03of the match, their attentions will turn into trying to get into the

1:53:03 > 1:53:09Premier League and making sure this place is full every week. This is

1:53:09 > 1:53:17Hoilett. He has gone for it! Tremendous drive from Junior

1:53:17 > 1:53:21Hoilett. So, so close.

1:53:23 > 1:53:28A lot of ambition about this as well. We are stood right behind it

1:53:28 > 1:53:35and for a split second I was thinking gold and so did Bravo. --

1:53:35 > 1:53:45thinking goal. It was on a sweet strike.

1:53:48 > 1:53:52Neil Warnock was right behind it and he was thinking it was a goal as

1:53:52 > 1:53:59well. Junior Hoilett looked destined for big things when he made his

1:53:59 > 1:54:03breakthrough in the Premier League for Blackburn, actually making his

1:54:03 > 1:54:09debut against Manchester City in 2009. He was Neil Warnock's first

1:54:09 > 1:54:18signing up on taking charge of Cardiff.

1:54:18 > 1:54:28Richards, Morrison. This is De Bruyne. Sergio Aguero. Tracks by

1:54:28 > 1:54:33Manga.

1:54:33 > 1:54:40Manga. Aguero is still, trying to leave Manga behind. Sterling,

1:54:40 > 1:54:49Aguero. Corner.

1:54:49 > 1:54:54Aguero. Corner.How hard did he work for all that, Aguero? Great ball

1:54:54 > 1:55:02originally down the side.

1:55:05 > 1:55:10Just a little head to head nudged between them. More than a little.It

1:55:10 > 1:55:14was accidental.

1:55:17 > 1:55:27De Bruyne's corner. Bernardo Silva.

1:55:39 > 1:55:41Cardiff's greater urgency is meaning Manchester City have defined a bit

1:55:41 > 1:55:46more of their own. A mistake from De Bruyne and that is a foul by Walker,

1:55:46 > 1:56:01right into the back of Hoilett. -- they have to find.Clever foul.

1:56:09 > 1:56:16Ralls looking for Paterson to win it. It will be Mendez-Laing again.

1:56:16 > 1:56:23Gundogan's block. And it has gone behind for a corner despite the best

1:56:23 > 1:56:27efforts of Gundogan to get there.

1:56:30 > 1:56:34There is a little bit of belief about Cardiff again now.This time

1:56:34 > 1:56:40Manga is coming up.It is their first corner of the match. Manga

1:56:40 > 1:56:45started to go and has been told not to I think. He is hanging back. Over

1:56:45 > 1:56:52the head of Pilkington, Morrison. It hit Walker, what part did it hit? It

1:56:52 > 1:56:57is going to be a corner and nothing more.He had almost turned his back

1:56:57 > 1:57:05on it.Morrison did put his arms in the air but the shout was mainly

1:57:05 > 1:57:12from the Cardiff fans. A little bit of Cardiff pressure now, Junior

1:57:12 > 1:57:19Hoilett with the corner. Mendez-Laing goes near. Away by

1:57:19 > 1:57:23Sterling. A good job Manga Rowe was back and he lists it forward and is

1:57:23 > 1:57:27a well timed burst from Paterson but well watched all the way by Claudio

1:57:27 > 1:57:35Bravo.

1:58:17 > 1:58:29Sell him!I will leave that one to you.

1:58:53 > 1:58:57Fernandinho has managed to evade the outstretched leg of Ralls, Sterling

1:58:57 > 1:59:05on the edge of the box, this is De Bruyne. Nice bit of skill from De

1:59:05 > 1:59:11Bruyne from the shot cannoned into Manga. It looks like Manchester City

1:59:11 > 1:59:17are ready to step it up a gear again going forward.

1:59:24 > 1:59:41Mendez-Laing does well. Paterson. Grujic. Mendez-Laing.

1:59:41 > 1:59:44Grujic. Mendez-Laing. Mendez-Laing seem to be a bit put off by the

1:59:44 > 1:59:50attention he was getting.In the end he wasn't sure what his plan was. He

1:59:50 > 1:59:55just kicked it out.A little bit encouraged by what Cardiff have

1:59:55 > 1:59:58given us in the last ten minutes? Absolutely, since Pilkington came

1:59:58 > 2:00:02on, really.

2:00:13 > 2:00:21Another grown as Mendez-Laing lost possession. Sterling, what ball that

2:00:21 > 2:00:27is but Sterling is denied by Etheridge.

2:00:27 > 2:00:37Etheridge.A fantastic pass. The vision. Just marvellous isn't it?

2:00:37 > 2:00:44Pilkington offside.

2:00:45 > 2:00:49Didn't look particularly convincing did he Sterling? When the ball came,

2:00:49 > 2:01:01and of looked at him thinking... But a great run.What a great season he

2:01:01 > 2:01:06is having, testament to Pep Guardiola's work at Manchester City.

2:01:06 > 2:01:14He has grown up, he understands the game. For more end product.

2:01:40 > 2:01:45Sergio copped one.Yes the foul on Aguero draws the whistle and a

2:01:45 > 2:01:53yellow card for Ecuele Manga.

2:01:54 > 2:01:59yellow card for Ecuele Manga. How bad was this on Sergio Aguero?It

2:01:59 > 2:02:03was certainly late.

2:02:09 > 2:02:14De Bruyne in the challenge with a big defender. The right foot comes

2:02:14 > 2:02:21in.Yeah, the follow-through. Talking to the Manchester City

2:02:21 > 2:02:27technical staff at half-time, after the tackle by Joe Bennett on Leroy

2:02:27 > 2:02:30Sane they were a little concerned about what was to come in the second

2:02:30 > 2:02:37half. Manchester City already without Jesus. They are an

2:02:37 > 2:02:40experienced striker like as we saw from the starting line-up for this

2:02:40 > 2:02:46game, for the abundance of riches they have through the squad.Even

2:02:46 > 2:02:50though they have not started with the striker tonight they still win

2:02:50 > 2:02:56the game.Change her Cardiff City, Mendez-Laing going off, coming on in

2:02:56 > 2:03:06his place Liam Feeney on loan to Cardiff from Blackburn.

2:03:07 > 2:03:12Cardiff from Blackburn. No surprise it is Cardiff's biggest crowd of the

2:03:12 > 2:03:18season 32,339 but the owner is not here, Vincent Tan has other

2:03:18 > 2:03:24commitments. But the chairman is of course in the house. Not too

2:03:24 > 2:03:31perturbed that Vincent Tan is not present because he's not been a very

2:03:31 > 2:03:37good luck charm, whenever he has been here they have not won. But

2:03:37 > 2:03:42they will certainly enjoy that attendance.Absolutely.

2:03:59 > 2:04:02Little bit of Premier League quality from the Serbian on loan from

2:04:02 > 2:04:05Liverpool. Excuse him if he's a little bit rusty because he's not

2:04:05 > 2:04:09had any sort of game time with the Anfield side.

2:04:13 > 2:04:15Back to Etheridge.

2:04:20 > 2:04:22Fernandinho.

2:04:31 > 2:04:34Grujic caught by Fernandinho and Fernandinho is going to go in the

2:04:34 > 2:04:40book.You said caught, but he was taken out, blatantly.

2:04:51 > 2:04:56Lee Mason having to be patient, Fernandinho not taking a bit of

2:04:56 > 2:04:59notice, he wants to carry on his exchange with Callum Paterson. He

2:04:59 > 2:05:08has been booked.Yeah.A player who has been previously sent off by Lee

2:05:08 > 2:05:14Mason, that was against Burnley last season.

2:05:18 > 2:05:30Callum Paterson just been, as you should, not shutting up.Otamendi

2:05:30 > 2:05:35with his arm in the air organising the line with the assistance of

2:05:35 > 2:05:40Vincent Kompany. Towards Pilkington but over him and Kompany deals with

2:05:40 > 2:05:48it. Richard 's,

2:05:48 > 2:05:53it. Richard 's, back to Ecuele Manga. 14 Pilkington chase.

2:05:53 > 2:06:06Joe Ralls. Feeney. It was attacked by Paterson, it's going to be a goal

2:06:06 > 2:06:11kick which Cardiff are unhappy about.Is Otamendi back in the

2:06:11 > 2:06:22stadium yet? What was that?The first bit of play we have seen from

2:06:22 > 2:06:29Liam Feeney since coming on, and very impressive it was. Deadhead

2:06:29 > 2:06:31that one onto Paterson.

2:06:47 > 2:06:51The drums are still beating for Cardiff so presumably while there is

2:06:51 > 2:06:54life there is hope.

2:07:19 > 2:07:24Just the sort of return to action he would have wanted?Kompany, yes,

2:07:24 > 2:07:30most definitely. You mentioned it before, it is game to game. He's

2:07:30 > 2:07:39been so unlucky. As a player in that position he has got everything.His

2:07:39 > 2:07:49tenth season with Manchester City. 323 appearances for the club.

2:07:53 > 2:07:57What an outstanding captain he's been for them. From the moment the

2:07:57 > 2:08:04rise started.For a few years he was an absolute colossus.

2:08:10 > 2:08:14Still only 31 so a few years of football left in him if he can stay

2:08:14 > 2:08:17as clear of those injuries as possible.That is a statement though

2:08:17 > 2:08:25isn't it?

2:08:27 > 2:08:33Morrison with the throw. Cleared by Kompany. Sterling beaten by Kenedy.

2:08:33 > 2:08:41Feeney. Lively substitute.

2:08:45 > 2:08:58That's gone out for De Bruyne. If they can get one, with a few minutes

2:08:58 > 2:09:02remaining could set some sort of frantic finale. In a game which is

2:09:02 > 2:09:13not suggested it would have.

2:09:20 > 2:09:26Through to Bernardo Silva. Here they come. Bernardo Silva, straight at

2:09:26 > 2:09:33Etheridge.Just a little bit too easy for him wasn't it? The gap

2:09:33 > 2:09:37opened. Needed to curl around the goalkeeper. Just far too close to

2:09:37 > 2:09:48him. Great run from Walker's well. Pep Guardiola just stood at the end

2:09:48 > 2:09:57of his technical area with his arms outstretched as if to say "Why?"

2:10:10 > 2:10:13They have made a potentially tricky tie looked very, very comfortable,

2:10:13 > 2:10:18Manchester City. In the right way, the way they have played.Quite a

2:10:18 > 2:10:24few of the Premier League teams are doing that. Those at the top end

2:10:24 > 2:10:28seemed to be naming strong teams, by and large.Why would you not want to

2:10:28 > 2:10:36win another game?Yes and the teams at the top are bigger squads anyway.

2:10:47 > 2:10:55I wonder if Cardiff have had burst yet or if there is one left in them?

2:10:55 > 2:11:06About to make another change. Damour is about to come on. Aguero. Away

2:11:06 > 2:11:14from Bennett.He wants to score doesn't he? Sergio. Sterling was

2:11:14 > 2:11:23clear on the left.Sterling closer to him. In terms of being Manchester

2:11:23 > 2:11:36City top scorer.Brilliant tackle there by Sterling there.

2:11:40 > 2:11:48Claudio Bravo...He's giving us a little bit of excitement.I'm just

2:11:48 > 2:11:57trying to look at the manager. Pep Guardiola never, never flinched.

2:11:57 > 2:12:00Aguero with the burst. He is exasperated that Bernardo Silva did

2:12:00 > 2:12:05not give him the ball.I think he saw him he just thought it was a bit

2:12:05 > 2:12:11too difficult to read the ball through.Blunder went through to

2:12:11 > 2:12:18Danilo, good save by Etheridge and it's booted away.

2:12:19 > 2:12:23it's booted away.Frustrated as Aguero was they are still getting

2:12:23 > 2:12:27there, Manchester City. Lovely pass into the path of Danilo. He hit it

2:12:27 > 2:12:36like a full-back.Final Cardiff change, Joe Ralls going off. It's

2:12:36 > 2:12:44going to be Loic Damour in his place, a player signed from the

2:12:44 > 2:12:54French second division. Midfielder.

2:12:58 > 2:13:02Manchester City corner with wide-open spaces in the penalty area

2:13:02 > 2:13:13now. Going to get another one. Morrison putting it for firmly

2:13:13 > 2:13:18behind.

2:13:19 > 2:13:25behind. Gundogan, Bernardo Silva.

2:13:30 > 2:13:37Manchester City throw. With two minutes of the 90 to go. Manchester

2:13:37 > 2:13:42City going to make another change. Before the throw or after? It's

2:13:42 > 2:13:53going to be after. It is going to be known. Brahim Diaz coming on.

2:13:53 > 2:13:56Bernardo Silva going off, he might have had a goal but did not get one

2:13:56 > 2:14:04in the end.Great cross for the goal for Sterling. Just an embarrassment

2:14:04 > 2:14:13of riches.Another couple of notches inexperience under the belt of

2:14:13 > 2:14:20Brahim Diaz, his sixth appearance.

2:14:27 > 2:14:33The Cardiff City supporters chanting" every little thing is

2:14:33 > 2:14:45going to be all right". Just not in the FA Cup this season.

2:14:45 > 2:14:52Free kick Manchester City. I think it's time for you to name Man of the

2:14:52 > 2:14:57Match? Tune that is the boy, right on cue. He makes the game look

2:14:57 > 2:15:05ridiculously easy.Kevin De Bruyne. He doesn't have his mate with him

2:15:05 > 2:15:10today, the

2:15:10 > 2:15:15today, the Spanish Silva.

2:15:26 > 2:15:30Aguero, Sterling. Aguero wants it, he's hanging back, it's Sergio

2:15:30 > 2:15:36Aguero and Lindback.He is just desperate for a goal. Absolutely

2:15:36 > 2:15:43desperate.

2:15:49 > 2:15:56That is not him is it?Scored at Bristol City in the Carabao Cup on

2:15:56 > 2:16:00Tuesday and what a successful week it's been four Manchester City in

2:16:00 > 2:16:05Wales and the West. Into one cup final in Bristol into the FA Cup

2:16:05 > 2:16:14fifth round from this game

2:16:14 > 2:16:19fifth round from this game in Cardiff.

2:16:23 > 2:16:31Touched down by Hoilett.Stuck at it, Cardiff City. That's the really

2:16:31 > 2:16:36important thing.I think Neil Warnock will be happy with what he

2:16:36 > 2:16:40seen from his team in the second half, that's for sure. They have

2:16:40 > 2:16:47been disciplined, they have not been brushed aside and have actually

2:16:47 > 2:16:53created a couple of openings for themselves. Not

2:16:54 > 2:16:56themselves. Not been to... That is going to see him go. A dreadful

2:16:56 > 2:17:01tackle in the first half and that was also barred, Joe Bennett finally

2:17:01 > 2:17:11sent off.The kid had just come on as well.

2:17:13 > 2:17:20as well. Why would you applaud someone after a tackle like that?He

2:17:20 > 2:17:24storms down the tunnel, he will not be playing next weekend as Cardiff

2:17:24 > 2:17:30City go to Leeds. He's quite fortunate he's played the second

2:17:30 > 2:17:37half at all.Yes, yes. People say it's justice but it's justice is it?

2:17:37 > 2:17:42You should've gone.. De Bruyne.

2:17:44 > 2:17:54Diaz. None the worse for wear from that challenge from Bennett.

2:17:57 > 2:18:01Into the third minute of injury time. Etheridge rather scuffs the

2:18:01 > 2:18:04hasty clearance.

2:18:11 > 2:18:13Only two defeats in 37 games played in all competitions for Manchester

2:18:13 > 2:18:18City.

2:18:20 > 2:18:23City.Fabulous isn't it?One of those defeats was Champions League

2:18:23 > 2:18:28match day six away to Shakhtar Donetsk with the mix and match side

2:18:28 > 2:18:34in a dead rubber.

2:18:35 > 2:18:39in a dead rubber. Neil Warnock never short for a word with the officials.

2:18:39 > 2:18:43Good to see he still officiates games himself. In training never

2:18:43 > 2:18:46gets a decision wrong. His team give it a go but like so many other teams

2:18:46 > 2:18:51who have faced Manchester City this season they were just not up to the

2:18:51 > 2:18:56test that was in front of them. It is Pep Guardiola's Blues who go into

2:18:56 > 2:19:01the last 16 of the FA Cup. They started their work very early on

2:19:01 > 2:19:06thanks to Man of the Match Kevin De Bruyne. Raheem Sterling made it two

2:19:06 > 2:19:12before half-time. Despite one or two, I would not safe rights but

2:19:12 > 2:19:15little notes of promise for Cardiff, the result was never really in

2:19:15 > 2:19:20doubt. Manchester City still on course, it may be a long way off,

2:19:20 > 2:19:23but they could win the lot this season.

2:19:28 > 2:19:36STUDIO: Pep Guardiola walking off with another victory. As we say, in

2:19:36 > 2:19:40all four competitions are still, who knows? Nobody has done that, that is

2:19:40 > 2:19:45for sure but if anybody can the way this Manchester City team are going

2:19:45 > 2:19:50who knows. We shall see. He still not satisfied with the refereeing

2:19:50 > 2:19:54despite the fact that his team cruised through to the fifth round

2:19:54 > 2:20:00of the FA Cup. He's obviously got words to say to the official. Not

2:20:00 > 2:20:06satisfied.We saw him on the touchline, he was going berserk with

2:20:06 > 2:20:11some of his players for giving possession away too easily. It was a

2:20:11 > 2:20:15bit of a keep ball session for them in the second half. They were

2:20:15 > 2:20:20protecting themselves, they did not want to put too much into it, at

2:20:20 > 2:20:25times Cardiff were reluctant to go and press them. They got a bit of

2:20:25 > 2:20:28success but nothing too serious. It was a very professional performance

2:20:28 > 2:20:34from Manchester City.Pep Guardiola during the second half, it was quite

2:20:34 > 2:20:38clear he was pointing out he was not satisfied with probably the tackle

2:20:38 > 2:20:45on the first half on Sane because it was particularly bad.It was

2:20:45 > 2:20:47childish and immature from Joe Bennett, especially the one on Sane,

2:20:47 > 2:20:56looked pretty militias.Nobody wants their players heart, we are only

2:20:56 > 2:21:01assuming because of the gesture he made in terms of his foot.It looked

2:21:01 > 2:21:06that way, I think there were a few in the game, the one from Ecuele

2:21:06 > 2:21:11Manga, and Joe Bennett getting sent off, it was an accumulation of

2:21:11 > 2:21:15fouls. Manchester City already with a few injuries so you can understand

2:21:15 > 2:21:20Pep being angry.We were talking about if Cardiff should have a go or

2:21:20 > 2:21:23not in the second half but it's difficult, it was a bit of a damp

2:21:23 > 2:21:29squib.They did the best they could, credit to them. Created one or two

2:21:29 > 2:21:34chances. Looked a bit more organised. It sounds a bit crazy but

2:21:34 > 2:21:37I think Aguero helped them having an orthodox striker, more orthodox

2:21:37 > 2:21:43movement to deal with. One or two chances in the second half, I think

2:21:43 > 2:21:48they will feel better about the performance albeit out of the

2:21:48 > 2:21:56competition.Let's hear from man of the with Manish.Well done, through

2:21:56 > 2:21:58to the next round, another potentially tricky tie well

2:21:58 > 2:22:08negotiated.Yeah, different playing style to everyone else. It was a bit

2:22:08 > 2:22:15weird. But the tactics were class. Vinnie was always free and it's like

2:22:15 > 2:22:18we opened up the midfield for him to come through and every time somebody

2:22:18 > 2:22:23with press them we would play to the man who was marking that guy so we

2:22:23 > 2:22:28had a lot of space. The second half was a bit strange because they did

2:22:28 > 2:22:34not want to attack as either and I think it was a bit boring for half

2:22:34 > 2:22:44an hour. But keeping energy for the next game.The free kick was very

2:22:44 > 2:22:48clever, you are aware of the jump that way?Yes, they tell us before

2:22:48 > 2:22:55the game, we know all the details. The wall was not an nine metres for

2:22:55 > 2:22:59me, they were very close so it was easier to put it under a banner

2:22:59 > 2:23:04over.It looks like a tough 90 minutes with some meaty challenges.

2:23:04 > 2:23:08Yeah but we know how they play. We are just try to play football, they

2:23:08 > 2:23:14catch us a few times, that is football. But Leroy is injured now

2:23:14 > 2:23:21and hopefully it's not too bad.Well done.I think we have got a pundit

2:23:21 > 2:23:25in the making. Interesting assessment of the tactics, it is

2:23:25 > 2:23:29unusual per teams going man-to-man and somebody has to be free, they

2:23:29 > 2:23:34come out and they lose them.Danny said it at half-time, it was strange

2:23:34 > 2:23:38what they were doing going man-to-man. It's very brave because

2:23:38 > 2:23:42you are putting yourself up against players of Premier League quality,

2:23:42 > 2:23:47top-quality players and I think without a doubt that certainly

2:23:47 > 2:23:52suited Manchester City. They say OK, we fancy our ability one against

2:23:52 > 2:23:56one, we can handle it and they always had a spare man. What's

2:23:56 > 2:24:00changed in the second half if they make a substitution. They went and

2:24:00 > 2:24:05got the players higher up the park a little, created one or two chances

2:24:05 > 2:24:08but there was nothing serious. It was a comfortable afternoon for

2:24:08 > 2:24:12Manchester City.Kevin De Bruyne said we look at the details and we

2:24:12 > 2:24:13knew they were jumping, the

2:24:13 > 2:24:14said we look at the details and we knew they were jumping, the wall was

2:24:14 > 2:24:21a bit too close, easier underlying over. It is if the jump!Yes, if

2:24:21 > 2:24:24they are not jump it would have gone straight into the feet of the

2:24:24 > 2:24:27players but don't underestimate the quality. He's done it before. Great

2:24:27 > 2:24:33execution.His all-round game is terrific, a number of examples here,

2:24:33 > 2:24:39Danny.He can do anything, he's a complete midfielder. Look at the

2:24:39 > 2:24:43ball in behind. Not just his passing but his workrate, his all-round

2:24:43 > 2:24:48workrate to chase back and win balls. He always sees the pass. They

2:24:48 > 2:24:51tolerate seeing the past but it's the execution as well. Got

2:24:51 > 2:24:57everything as well. This ball here. It's a delight to play as a striker

2:24:57 > 2:25:03because you just make you run, you know the ball will be there. I don't

2:25:03 > 2:25:07even know how he sees this ball but then they executed with the right

2:25:07 > 2:25:07way to

2:25:07 > 2:25:07then they executed with the right way to pass.

2:25:07 > 2:25:08then they executed with the right way to pass. Sterling

2:25:08 > 2:25:09then they executed with the right way to pass. Sterling should do

2:25:09 > 2:25:13better. He's just on top of his game.The attitude was fantastic

2:25:13 > 2:25:17from the Manchester City players today. It should be easy when you go

2:25:17 > 2:25:22to grounds of the lower league, you think it's going to happen but top

2:25:22 > 2:25:25players make it happen. You cannot question the attitude and he is one

2:25:25 > 2:25:30of them.Certainly. Manchester City always a threat, no goals

2:25:30 > 2:25:31of them.Certainly. Manchester City always a threat, no goals in the

2:25:31 > 2:25:37second half but Sterling with the header, unusually.Yeah, again,

2:25:37 > 2:25:40disappointed, if you're going to concede you want to concede them in

2:25:40 > 2:25:44the hardest way and this was not the case. I much what Morrison was doing

2:25:44 > 2:25:50this for a wide or high up the field.He has to get back into a

2:25:50 > 2:25:57defensive position. Then Ecuele Manga, he does not look at Sterling

2:25:57 > 2:26:01once.They were trying to be so disciplined and fight to the

2:26:01 > 2:26:01once.They were trying to be so disciplined and fight to the players

2:26:01 > 2:26:07but there was no organisation.Yeah. It's tougher Cardiff, their thing is

2:26:07 > 2:26:12looking for promotion. One or two opportunities, with a bit of luck

2:26:12 > 2:26:15they could have dragged themselves back into the game, Junior Hoilett

2:26:15 > 2:26:16they could have dragged themselves back into the game, Junior Hoilett

2:26:16 > 2:26:21with a great effort.Yes, this is what he was all about, spent most of

2:26:21 > 2:26:24the game defending and chasing shadows but when he gets into these

2:26:24 > 2:26:28areas it's what he's capable of doing, picking up the loose ball and

2:26:28 > 2:26:32driving inside. Cannot catch that any better, so unlucky. Claudio

2:26:32 > 2:26:37Bravo beaten and it just grazes the top of the net. Could not get enough

2:26:37 > 2:26:41of the ball, Manchester City dominating possession.That is the

2:26:41 > 2:26:45problem against them, getting enough of the ball. This was the

2:26:45 > 2:26:50opportunity in the first half.For Cardiff to have been successful

2:26:50 > 2:26:54today they needed to take every half chance they were going to get.

2:26:54 > 2:26:56today they needed to take every half chance they were going to get. And

2:26:56 > 2:27:01for City to make one or two mistakes like that with the goalkeeper but

2:27:01 > 2:27:05other than that they were at it, they were professional, the attitude

2:27:05 > 2:27:11fantastic and deserved the results. Cardiff, promotion, do you think

2:27:11 > 2:27:16they can make it?It is possible. I think the automatic place is still

2:27:16 > 2:27:21up for grabs, first or second. Even in the play-offs I think they would

2:27:21 > 2:27:25be difficult to beat, defensively very good and physically strong,

2:27:25 > 2:27:29pace and power in the attack so it if they can handle the pressure and

2:27:29 > 2:27:32expectancy second-half of the season. Neil Warnock has been there

2:27:32 > 2:27:37and done it so they have good chance.And Manchester City, do you

2:27:37 > 2:27:41think of four, is it conceivable someone could do that? Champions

2:27:41 > 2:27:44League is very difficult but the Premier League is almost done.If

2:27:44 > 2:27:48anyone is going to do it this is the team that looks the most capable.

2:27:48 > 2:27:52Champions League I'm not quite sure but on the domestic front I am

2:27:52 > 2:27:56confident they can dominate.They will give it a go but I don't think

2:27:56 > 2:27:59they will do it. I think they will just fall short somewhere along the

2:27:59 > 2:28:04line but they are one hell of a team.They really are. You can see

2:28:04 > 2:28:10the draw for the fifth round on the one show from 7pm tomorrow. Now is

2:28:10 > 2:28:16the time to register for another cup competition.

2:28:24 > 2:28:27It's the nations most inclusive either side competition and is open

2:28:27 > 2:28:32to all shapes and sizes. To register your team visit the website.

2:28:35 > 2:28:40Do join in if you have the opportunity, I think Alan has

2:28:40 > 2:28:45registered?I have put my team and! I am sure you have. We are just a

2:28:45 > 2:28:54bite out of time, thank you Alford joining us gentlemen. The culture

2:28:54 > 2:29:00club have beaten the Cardiff gang, from all of us, a very good buy.

2:29:03 > 2:29:07COMMENTATOR: Already to going Cardiff. South Wales well and truly

2:29:07 > 2:29:14up for the cup. De Bruyne, how clever was that? The shot is not

2:29:14 > 2:29:20going to count, the flag is up. Great ball in and its 2-0, Sterling

2:29:20 > 2:29:26heading at in. What a challenge that is. He's gone for it, what an

2:29:26 > 2:29:31effort!

2:29:31 > 2:29:34effort! Manchester City could win a lot this season.