Carling Cup - City put five past Scunthorpe

Eurosport - Wed, 28 Oct 20:45:00 2009

Manchester City thrashed Scunthorpe United 5-1 to advance serenely through to the quarter-finals of the Carling Cup at the City of Manchester Stadium.

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A crowd of 36,358 turned out for the fourth-round match as Mark Hughes named a strong side with just four changes from the 2-2 draw with Fulham at the weekend, and his players produced a performance to match.

Stephen Ireland gave the hosts the lead in just the third minute of the match with a clinical finish before Jonathan Forte grabbed an equaliser against the run of play in the 26th minute.

Roque Santa Cruz, handed a starting berth alongside Carlos Tevez in attack, restored City's lead with a deft header in the 38th minute before Joleon Lescott rose majestically to head the hosts' third 10 minutes into the second half.

Tevez, who later departed to a standing ovation, capped a typically wholehearted display with a sharp finish from close range in the 71st minute, before a rasping shot from substitute Michael Johnson six minutes later made it five.

In a frantic opening to the match, it was Scunthorpe who made the faster start with Paul Hayes executing a sharp swivel and shot from the edge of the hosts' box with Shay Given forced to make a smart save down low to his right.

But just a minute later, Ireland broke the deadlock as Grant McCann was caught napping in midfield and the Irishman pounced to open the scoring with an exquisite curled finish.

The midfielder then slipped in Shaun Wright-Phillips down the left five minutes later, but the winger skewed his shot wide from a tight angle when he really should have at least tested Joe Murphy in the Scunthorpe goal.

City continued to have the better of the play, but were left stunned when Marcus Williams bustled his way down the left and played the ball across to Forte who stroked the ball into the far corner of Given's net to restore parity for the visitors.

Hayes, who was pushed up alongside Forte by Irons boss Nigel Adkins midway through the half, had a free header in the box after he latched on to Michael O'Connor's through ball, but his effort was tame and straight at the keeper on the half-hour mark.

Pablo Zabaleta produced a marauding run down the right, helped by an ill-timed slip by Hayes, and the Argentine clipped in a pin-point cross to Santa Cruz whose precise header beat Joe Murphy as the Paraguayan restored his side's lead in the 38th minute.

Santa Cruz almost grabbed his second in the 55th minute but his stabbed shot from inside the Scunthorpe box was parried away superbly by Murphy following Wright-Phillips's through ball.

Lescott then capitalised on some lax defending from the Championship side as he rose imperiously a minute later to give City a two-goal cushion with a powerful header past Murphy.

Ireland received a huge ovation as he departed in the 59th minute and 19-year-old Vladimir Weiss replaced the goalscorer with Hughes keen to preserve some of his key players in the second half.

Tevez was rewarded for his laborious efforts throughout with a goal of his own in the 71st minute as he slid in to steal the fourth from close range after Weiss whipped the ball across at pace.

The 21-year-old Johnson replaced Gareth Barry in the 72nd minute; shortly after got himself on the scoresheet with an emphatic strike from the edge of the penalty area to comprehensively beat Murphy and make it five.

The final 15 minutes petered out as both sides made their full allocation of substitutions, but the healthy crowd at the City of Manchester Stadium gave their side a warm reception as they closed out a convincing victory.

Dan Quarrell / Eurosport

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  1. You really are a BILLY,aren't you,BILLY NO MATES.

    From , on Fri 30 Oct 11:57PM

  2. Shi.tty,WHO are,Shi.tty??are they the low life of­ Manchester.Ask anyone,you say Manchester,they WILL­ say..UNITED!

    From , on Fri 30 Oct 11:55PM

  3. bryanshaw68 #19 & david#22
    You are both spot­ on with your excellent comments concerning those two­ armchair Rag Scum glory supporting morons­ "dazmanutd & vegasmufc", I like you have­ also noticed over many months that these two Rag Scum­ pretenders have become absolutely obsessed with every­ thread on here concerning Manchester City Football­ Club, the pair seem to be more interested in whats­ going on at Eastlands than whats not going on at the­ Swamp which also tells you that they are at their wits­ end with worry and in complete and total awe with what­ is happening at Manchester's one and only Football­ Club.
    As for knocking our attendance at last nights­ Carling Cup game with Scunthorpe, if either of these­ two brain-dead, moronic armchair Arsewipes had used­ their sh@t for brains and checked out the stats from­ this stage of the Carling Cup ties, they would have­ seen the pure fact that Eastlands housed the 2nd­ highest attendance of the whole round which is­ something the Swamp can't boast about in their last­ few Champs League Games and especially against the­ German Champions Wolfsberg.

    "Oh how the Future is­ Bright, Oh how the Future Is BLUE, Oh how the Future is­ NOW!!".

    M.C.F.C Til' I Die.

    From Billy, on Thu 29 Oct 8:37PM

  4. cant stop laughing at the Juvenile lame brain United­ fans that keep popping up on the city sites. In fact­ having read what they have to say, you are not­ surprised to hear they are beating up girls, trashing­ and robbing foot outlets at Barnsley, who by the way,­ could teach them a thing or two about how to behave at­ a football match! Mind you if they have the mentality­ of that plonker Neville, then again not surprised! ­ City are a team on the up and it is a matter of when,­ not if, that we get amongst the top four and ruin there­ cartel. Grow up little boy united fans and leave the­ comments to adult united fans, who understand the game­ far better.

    From tonyjoe79, on Thu 29 Oct 2:13PM

  5. C'mon lads n lasses, the swamp dwellers have to­ vent their spleen somewhere especially after their 2-0­ 'drubbing' of Barnsley. What with Baconface on­ an FA charge, animalistic fans terrorising 17 year old­ girls while stealing food and money and Gladys Neville­ (Captain Kamakaze) collecting a straight red for his­ dirty 'studs-up' challenge they have to try and­ deflect attention elsewhere.

    From original_anglo_saxon, on Thu 29 Oct 12:42PM

  6. Before they call City fans maybe they should look at­ the scum who terrified women at Oakwell "Two men­ aged 22 and 24 were arrested for public order offences,­ a 26 year-old-man was arrested for theft and a­ 32-year-old man was arrested for throwing a missile­ onto a football pitch. All four men are from­ Manchester."

    From Ezz, on Thu 29 Oct 12:41PM

  7. Vegas and the like are just trolls, ignore them and­ they will go away.

    From Ezz, on Thu 29 Oct 12:36PM

  8. No surprise to see VEGAS still shouting all over City­ messageboards. I've never come across a rag so­ obsessed with the neighbours. Does anyone else agree­ that he is the single most stupid scum fan in the­ entire world, or does someone know someone even less­ intelligent? Remember, to be more stupid than VEGAS,­ you have to be unable to find the Caps Lock key on your­ keyboard...... although let's face it, he's so­ dumb he probably couldn't find his own needledick­ with both hands and a torch.

    From david, on Thu 29 Oct 9:36AM

  9. dazmanutd and vegasmufc or is it vegetablemufc

    you­ guys pop up with your juvenile comments everytime in a­ city thread. I think you are actually lost and scared­ liddle boys with nothing much to do or say, please go­ away and let the proper man utd fans have their say­ with sensible mature adult comments who dont have to­ rely on their man utd help phrase book.

    oh, do hurry­ home as the night gardens just about to start....

    From bryanshaw68, on Thu 29 Oct 8:55AM

  10. dazmanutd

    read comment 8 u muppet then go and find­ another phrase from your wot to say in a debate phrase­ book for moronic manure fans. if it was utd v­ scunthorpe u wouldnt have got anywhere near that amount­ of capacity.

    From bryanshaw68, on Thu 29 Oct 8:49AM
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    WHY WASN'T THE COUNCIL HOUSE FULL ? WERE STOCKPORT­ COUNTY PLAYIN ' LAST NIGHT ?
    PEANUTS TO GET IN AND­ 10'000 SHORT OF CAPACITY,DO YOU THINK ITS BECAUSE­ YOU'VE HAD A BIT OF A BAD RUN JUST LATELY AND ALL­ YOUR "NEW " FANS STAYED AWAY ?
    NICE TO SEE­ TEVEZ GETTING A STANDING OVATION AGAINST THE MIGHT OF­ SCUNTHORPE ! JUST A PITY HE CAN'T FILL HIS­ ARGENTINA SHIRT AND HE'S OUT OF HIS DEPTH IN EUROPE­ BUT THAT WON'T MATTER PLAYIN' FOR GORTON FC HE­ CAN CONCENTRATE ON WINNING THE CARLING CUP !

    From vegasmufc, on Thu 29 Oct 7:58AM

  12. dazmanutd...Obviously you're a typical very bitter­ Rag Scum Glory Supporter of the highest order and­ it's very noticeable that "YOU" along­ with all the other Rag Scum woodwork crawling Glory­ Supporters have become totally obsessed with­ Manchester's one and only Football Club Manchester­ City, The Scum didn't actually steamroller over­ Barnsley last night who just happen to be 4 places­ lower in the Championship than Scunthorpe and as for­ City playing a full throttled squad tonight check the­ facts before opening your know all - know @#$% all big­ Rag Scum Glory Supporting gob moron and just in case it­ has escaped your total sh@t for brains, Manchester City­ only have world class and top Class players to choose­ from in every department with the simple reason being­ that we are stinking @#$% rich and the Scum aren't­ so just stick with the usual disgraceful Scum tradition­ of trashing Football stadiums and beating up Women­ & Children.
    Well done to everyone associated­ with Scunthorpe tonight, Good Luck & My very Best­ Wishes to The Iron for the rest of the season.

    City­ Til' I Die.

    From Billy, on Thu 29 Oct 12:26AM
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    ha ha ha full squad playing against little old scunny­ chance to make the stars feel good cos they can score­ against scunny ha ha big deal pile of garbage

    From DAZGGMU-RED-LEGEND-OF-YAHOO, on Wed 28 Oct 11:32PM
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    is that a picture of a klingon ha ha ha

    From DAZGGMU-RED-LEGEND-OF-YAHOO, on Wed 28 Oct 11:30PM
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    £5 adults £1 kids and still couldnt fill the stadium­ out next round once you play anyone decent and you will­ win nothing this year ha ha

    From DAZGGMU-RED-LEGEND-OF-YAHOO, on Wed 28 Oct 11:29PM

  16. Looking good, Blues.

    The future is bright and it is­ NOT red.

    It is BLUE.

    CTID.

    From D, on Wed 28 Oct 10:42PM

  17. Gary O,Tracey,Molly and Jamie:

    Are you complete and­ UTTER muppets? Nearly 37,000 against Scunthorpe and it­ is not even the quarter final stage? Pretty decent­ crowd as far as I can see!

    Or perhaps you are simply­ OBSESSED by all things City? maybe THAT'S why you­ are commenting on a CITY write-up?

    Hey, guess what?­ You may not be able to ADMIT it but we know full well­ that you rags are RUNNING SCARED.

    Only two words to­ say to you debt-ridden muppets.

    TICK TOCK.

    From D, on Wed 28 Oct 10:40PM

  18. its nice to see Johnson score

    From Stuart, on Wed 28 Oct 10:32PM

  19. Yes, but at least Scunny went to Wembley twice this­ year. Not bad for a little team with an home attendance­ of 5.000

    From Maldwyn, on Wed 28 Oct 10:27PM

  20. Gary O and the nothings ha ha ha ha ha typical­ manchester united brainles scuzz
    go get a beach ball­ hahaha

    From Barca, on Wed 28 Oct 10:09PM
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