Man City vs Burnley LIVE: FA Cup result, final score and reaction as Haaland’s hat-trick sends City through
Man City 6-0 Burnley: Erling Haaland’s hat-trick heroics sends Man City through to the semi-finals
It was a humbling return to the Etihad Stadium for former Manchester City captain Vincent Kompany. Now managing Burnley he brought the Championship leaders to Manchester with the hopes of causing an FA Cup upset but instead his team where on the receiving end of another Erling Haaland masterclass.
For 30 minutes Burnley held their own, pressing well and keeping the Premier League champions at bay in the final third. Haaland then combined with Alvarez to poke home the opener before adding a second three minutes later following a great run from Phil Foden to send City into the break two goals to the good.
Four more were added in the second half. City upped the tempo and went through the gears. Foden’s strike off the post fell to Haaland who drilled it home to complete his hat-trick before Julian Alvarez banged in a brace himself. To add to Burnley’s woes Cole Palmer came off the bench and nodded home a simple chance to send City into the semi-finals.
Relive the action from the FA Cup quarter-finals as Man City demolished Burnley:
Back at the Etihad
Vincent Kompany returns to his old stomping ground but this time with the intention of kicking Man City out of the FA Cup.
Man City vs Burnley team changes
There are seven changes from the Manchester City starting XI that defeated RB Leipzig during the week.
Goalkeeper Stefan Ortega, defenders Rico Lewis, Aymeric Laporte and Kyle Walker, midfielder Riyad Mahrez and forwards Julian Alvarez and Phil Foden all come into the team. Erling Haaland keeps his place up top.
Burnley make three changes from the side that won 3-1 at Hull in midweek as Bailey Peacock-Farrell replaces Arijanet Muric in goal, with Ameen Al-Dakhil and Lyle Foster in for Hjalmar Ekdal and Ashley Barnes respectively.
Man City vs Burnley
The Burnley players inspect the pitch at the Etihad ahead of kick off at 5.45pm.
Pep Guardiola believes Vincent Kompany would make ideal Man City boss
Pep Guardiola believes Vincent Kompany would make an ideal Manchester City manager regardless of his past associations with the club.
The City boss said recently he felt it was “written in the stars” that his former captain would one day fill his role at the Etihad Stadium.
Kompany, who skippered City to four Premier League titles in his glittering playing career, makes an emotional return to the club as manager of Burnley for an FA Cup quarter-final on Saturday.
The Belgian is enjoying a fine first season in charge at Turf Moor with the Clarets 13 points clear at the top of the Championship and on course for promotion to the Premier League.
Pep Guardiola believes Vincent Kompany would make ideal Man City boss
The City boss said recently he felt it was “written in the stars” that his former captain would one day fill his role.
Guardiola on Burnley
"From what I have seen, I’m not surprised at all with their position or what they have done in the Championship," Guardiola said about his team’s opponents today.
"They will be a really tough opponent because they do incredible things on the pitch. They’re so close to being a Premier League team. The way they play is exceptional."
Man City vs Burnley line-ups
Man City XI: Ortega Moreno, Walker, Dias, Laporte, Lewis, Rodrigo, De Bruyne (C), Mahrez, Alvarez, Foden, Haaland
Burnley XI: Peacock-Farrell, Roberts, Al-Dakhil, Beyer, Maatsen, Cullen, Gudmundsson, Tella, Zaroury, Vitinho, Foster
One game away from Wembley
Can Burnley shock City and set up a semi-final at Wembley?
Kompany wants Guardiola to remain at City
Vincent Kompany has been speaking about his old manager Pep Guardiola ahead of the clash between Man City and Burnley in the FA Cup this afternoon.
Kompany said that he wants Guardiola to remain at Man City as long as possible.
“In the end Pep has proven that for his record and the dominance in his achievements he is one of the best managers there has ever been,” Kompany explained.
“I am no different to any player that has ever played for him. You draw on what has made him so good and take them into your further career as a coach, but you draw on things from others as well.
“Pep has an incredible understanding of space and the detail of arriving into those spaces and being efficient with it.
“But other managers like Roberto Mancini, were incredible with the defence and desire for clean sheets and Manuel Pellegrini was more free-flowing and attacking so I would have taken from those people as well.
“I think he (Pep) should stay for another 10 years at Manchester City first and foremost. City is competing to win the Champions League, while we are competing to win the Championship so I don’t think those kind of conversations (being a potential future City boss) make sense.
“They need to have the best manager of the world.”
Why Gary Lineker won’t be on Match of the Day tonight
Match of the Day viewers hoping to see Gary Lineker back at the helm of the Saturday night highlights programme will be kept waiting a little longer, following the BBC row over his criticism of government policy on asylum-seekers.
BBC sports programming fell into crisis last weekend after the presenter of 24 years was asked to step back from Match of the Day, prompting his fellow presenters, pundits and commentators to withdraw their own labour in solidarity.
But despite Lineker’s reinstatement on Monday, the star presenter will not be hosting the highlights show on Saturday night.
However, viewers will be relieved to learn that Lineker’s absence is unrelated to the recent dispute with BBC bosses – and he will still be appearing on BBC One on Saturday afternoon.
Is Match of the Day on tonight?
Lineker reinstated as presenter after BBC football programming fell into crisis
Kompany’s impact on Burnley
Vincent Kompany replaced Sean Dyche as Burnley manager and has completely changed the make-up of the team. They are now a dynamic, fluid and aggressive team in stark contrast to Dyche’s competent defensive-minded side.
Kompany’s Burnley have scored 74 goals in 37 league games this season, conceding just 29. They have only lost twice in the Championship and not since 5th November.
Could Kompany lead them to a win today? His final game as Manchester City captain was the club’s 2019 FA Cup final win over Watford so he has history of enjoying this competition.
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