RAHEEM STERLING, LEROY Sane and Yaya Toure scored as Manchester City secured their place in the FA Cup fifth round with a 3-0 win at Crystal Palace on Saturday.
Gabriel Jesus, City’s €32 million signing from Palmeiras, marked his full debut by setting up Sterling for City’s opener shortly before half-time at Selhurst Park.
Sane and Toure struck late on to rubberstamp a win that got Pep Guardiola’s side back to winning ways after their 4-0 thrashing at Everton and last weekend’s 2-2 draw with Tottenham Hotspur.
Elsewhere, Chelsea kept their double hopes alive with a comfortable 4-0 fourth-round win at home to fellow west London club Brentford.
Wilian gave Chelsea a 14th-minute lead with when he lifted a free-kick over the wall and into the top corner.
Minutes later, Antonio Conte’s men were 2-0 up when Pedro scored at the far post following Michy Batshuayi’s defence-splitting pass at the far post.
Branislav Ivanovic made it 3-0 before Batshuayi’s penalty nine minutes from time completed the scoring.
In other Cup ties, Premier League Burnley beat second-tier Bristol City 2-0, non-league Lincoln stunned Championship leaders Brighton 3-1 and third-tier Oxford upset Championship club Newcastle 3-0.
Blackburn defeated local rivals Blackpool 2-0, Middlesbrough edged out Accrington 1-0 and Huddersfield thrashed Rochdale 4-0
FA Cup holders Manchester United travel to Wigan for a fourth-round tie on Sunday when top-flight sides Watford and Hull are away to Millwall and Fulham respectively.
Non-league Sutton are away to Championship club Leeds in a round of FA Cup matches that started with Premier League Leicester’s 2-2 draw away to second-tier Derby on Friday.
FA Cup fourth round results:
Blackburn 2 (Gallagher 9, Bennett 22) Blackpool 0
Burnley 2 (Vokes 45, Defour 68) Bristol City 0
Chelsea 4 (Willian 14, Pedro 21, Ivanovic 69, Batshuayi 81-pen) Brentford 0
Crystal Palace 0 Manchester City 3 (Sterling 43, Sane 71, Toure 90+2)
Lincoln 3 (Power 57-pen, Tomori 62-og, Robinson 85) Brighton 1 (Towell 24)
Liverpool 1 (Origi 86) Wolves 2 (Stearman 1, Weimann 41)
Middlesbrough 1 (Downing 69) Accrington 0
Oxford 3 (Hemmings 46, Nelson 79, Martinez 87) Newcastle 0
Rochdale 0 Huddersfield 4 (Quaner 42, Brown 66-pen, Hefele 72, 84)
Tottenham 4 (Son 60, 90+7, Janssen 64-pen, Alli 89) Wycombe 3 (Hayes 23, 36-pen, Thompson 83)
Playing later:
Southampton v Arsenal (1730 GMT)
Played Friday:
Derby 2 (Bent 21, Bryson 40) Leicester 2 (Bent 8-og, Morgan 86)
Playing Sunday:
Fulham v Hull (12.30), Man Utd v Wigan (16.00), Millwall v Watford (12.00), Sutton v Leeds (14.00)
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