Man City 5-0 Huddersfield: Player ratings as holders reach FA Cup fourth round
Phil Foden scored twice as Manchester City overpowered Huddersfield Town in the FA Cup third round at the Etihad Stadium on Sunday afternoon.
The Terriers held out for half an hour before Foden finished from an acute angle, with Julian Alvarez smartly doubling the lead soon after.
Ben Jackson's own goal made it 3-0 shortly after Kevin De Bruyne and Jeremy Doku made their returns from injury. Foden placed in the fourth from the edge of the area before Doku slammed in De Bruyne's cross.
Pep Guardiola made five changes from the side that beat Sheffield United in late December, with Stefan Ortega, Ruben Dias, Sergio Gomez, Rico Lewis and Oscar Bobb coming into the starting XI.
Visitors Huddersfield gave a debut to on-loan midfielder Alex Matos, recently signed from Chelsea, while fellow new arrival Bojan Radulovic was named on the bench.
Darren Moore's team were well organised in the opening exchanges, defending deep and trying to spring on the counter-attack, though their efforts going forward were largely snuffed out as the hosts kept them pinned in without creating too many chances.
Guardiola was also forced into another tactical switch when Manuel Akanji was injured early on, bringing on Matheus Nunes as Rico Lewis dropped into right-back.
Jack Grealish had plenty of possession as he probed down the left and the opener eventually came when he found Mateo Kovacic, whose piercing pass picked out Julian Alvarez in space. His ball in hit Foden, who adjusted well and fired past Lee Nicholls.
The dogged resilience Huddersfield had shown wilted a few minutes later as City bagged another to take complete control.
Substitute Nunes combined quickly with Foden to scamper to the byline where he picked out Lewis, whose scuffed effort
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