Man City 2-0 Newcastle: Player ratings as Bernardo Silva double steers Cityzens to semi-finals
Manchester City flexed their quality on Saturday evening as they picked up a comfortable 2-0 victory over Newcastle United to book their place in the FA Cup semi-final.
Two deflected goals from Bernardo Silva in the first half ultimately did the damage for City, who were more than good value for the lead and never looked at risk of coming out of this one with anything other than a win.
It's City's sixth consecutive trip to the semi-finals — a new competition record.
Some smart Newcastle defending stopped a dangerous Jeremy Doku counter early on, but City inched themselves ahead 13 minutes in as Silva's strike took a wicked deflection off Dan Burn and looped over a helpless Martin Dubravka into the net.
The Newcastle stopper had to be quick off his line to stop Erling Haaland from collecting Mateo Kovacic's scoop, but Dubravka was once again beaten by a deflection on the half-hour mark. It was Silva who once again fired in from the edge of the box, with Sven Botman the unlucky defender who steered into his own net this time.
Alexander Isak should have pulled one back with Newcastle's first real sight of goal. Burn's knock-down found the Swede alone in the box but his half-volley was well kept out by Stefan Ortega.
A glorious flick from Phil Foden nearly led to a third for City, but the Englishman just couldn't keep his effort on target to add to his side's lead before the break. Newcastle were desperately holding on and had Dubravka to thank after he denied both Doku and Ruben Dias in stoppage time.
Dubravka denied Doku once again just minutes into the second half, before Newcastle brought four substitutes off the bench in an attempt to inject some life into the game.
The Magpies were definitely better in the second half, but
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