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Commentary
9¹A shot from GABRIEL JESUS seemed a certain goal but the 'keeper managed to punch the ball clear.
11¹A weak shot from STERLING bounced agonisingly wide.
16¹A great effort from KOLAROV scraped the woodwork.
20¹Uncertainty in the Crewe Alexandra defence enabled KOLAROV to fire an effort over the bar.
21¹MAZZARANI cautioned by FOSTER.
26¹GOAL!! KOLAROV hit a beautiful twenty yard shot past the stunned 'keeper. (1-0 Manchester City)
33¹STERLING scuffed an easy chance.
34¹A penalty box scramble resulted in NAVAS tapping the ball over.
40¹AGÜERO made space on the right and pulled the ball to STERLING who clipped the ball over.
41¹GOAL!! A mishit STERLING shot found GABRIEL JESUS who made no mistake from just outside the area. (2-0 Manchester City)
44¹FOSTER cautions HARRAD for a clumsy foul.
5²DOUGLAS cautioned for a high foul.
13²GOAL!! A poor goal-kick was intercepted by GABRIEL JESUS who setup FERNANDINHO with an easy chance. (3-0 Manchester City)
17²NAVAS beat two Crewe Alexandra players and drove a golden opportunity inches over.
21²KOLAROV was put clear by AGÜERO and he turned the Crewe Alexandra 'keeper but glanced his shot over the bar.
25²The referee books MENDEZ-LAING.
26²The hapless Crewe Alexandra 'keeper could only watch as a backpass from DOUGLAS fell just over.
28²GABRIEL JESUS shot wide.
29²A accurate pass bobbled toward MENDEZ-LAING and his deadly shot went narrowly wide.
33²A fine ball from DE BRUYNE on the right found STERLING who scuffed his shot wide.
34²A header by KOLAROV at the far post was comfortably collected by SMITHIES.
37²AGÜERO rifled an easy chance past the near post.

 
Crewe Alexandra
 
League position: 16
Home league form: LWWX
Overall league form: LLWWWXLL
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
Alex SMITHIES5 16½Claudio BRAVO
DOUGLAS Pereira6 28 Kyle WALKER
Jesper JUELSGÅRD5½38½Aleksandar KOLAROV
BRENO Vinicius6 48 Kevin DE BRUYNE
Jannik VESTERGAARD7 57½Nicolás OTAMENDI
Gianni ZUIVERLOON6 66½Eliaquim MANGALA
Anthony PILKINGTON6½76½Jesús NAVAS
Nathaniel MENDEZ-LAING6½88 Raheem STERLING
(p)Shaun HARRAD5½97 Sergio AGÜERO(p)
(f)Andrea MAZZARANI5½108 FERNANDINHO(c,f)
(c)NILMAR Honorato5½116½GABRIEL Fernando JESUS
Manager
Jose BAXTER  12  Fabian DELPH
Steeve ELANA  13  René ADLER
Chris HERD  14  Leroy SANÉ
Rhian BREWSTER  15  David SILVA
Conor GRANT  16  Bacary SAGNA
 
Manchester City
 
League position: 3
Away league form: WXWL
Overall league form: WWXWLWXW
Formation: 4-3-3
Manchester City go through to the next round
Statistics
Crewe Alexandra 0 Manchester City 3
(Half-time: 0-2, Attendance: 20,023, Stadium: Gresty Road, Referee: Dave Foster 6)

 
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Kolarov 26¹, Gabriel Jesus 41¹, Fernandinho 13²
  
  
Mazzarani 21¹, Harrad 44¹, Douglas 5², Mendez-Laing 25² 
22
232
13
16
115
221
12
37%63%
Man of the match: Aleksandar Kolarov