Latest Liverpool news: Fans happy with Manchester City win’s in the FA Cup over Swansea
For the best part of 70 minutes, it seemed that Manchester City’s quest for a quadruple would end at the unlikeliest of places.
Swansea aren’t doing great in the Championship but were up 2-0 in their FA Cup tie, thanks to goals from Matt Grimes and Bersant Celina.
Pep Guardiola played a strong side and had to make a lot of changes to get City back into their attacking groove.
Swansea were holding on until the referees came into play
City were absolutely battering the Swans as they looked for a goal. Bernardo Silva scored a screamer with his left foot in the 69th minute before the referees got into the act.
Raheem Sterling went down softly, with Cameron Carter-Vickers making contact with the ball first but the ref blew for a penalty. Sergio Aguero smacked the spot-kick into the post but it hit the back of the Swansea keeper and went in.
There was more drama to come in the 88th minute as Aguero nodded in the winner from an offside position. VAR was implemented in some of the FA Cup ties but that was not in use at the Liberty Stadium.
City’s quest continues and they should have scored more than the three but Swansea were resolute in defending. This was another game where City had a controversial decision go their way, like the Sterling goal against Watford.
However, some Liverpool fans were happy over the calls and the progress City made in the tournament.
The FA, you should be ashamed of yourselves. No VAR at this stage of the FA cup competition. You want to give city the three competitions just say it. Two transfer windows ban. Poor city so let’s help them win all competitions. Disgrace. Great job Swansea.#LFC
— Muhammad A Ali (@MuhammadAAli17) March 16, 2019
Good work from @FA officials to keep @ManCity in the FA Cup, keeping them to have more games to play than @LFC, till City have some slips in the league 👍#FACup
— jesse pinkman (@menjadiberkah) March 16, 2019
Excellent. City are still in the FA cup and had to bring Sterling and Aguero on to get past Swansea. Fatigue awaits… #LFC
— Simon Harding (@goalposthead1) March 16, 2019
Best result for lfc with city still in the FA Cup !
— Yaseen (@yaseentjie) March 16, 2019
And apparently lfc are getting all the big calls’s🤔 harsh on Swansea
— Matty Meagher (@MattyMeagher) March 16, 2019
The VAR issue i.e. used in all Prem games only devalues the Competition. The Ref issues are as I’ve said for years – there literally not fit for purpose i.e. not fit enough and just not good enough. City do look vulnerable to attacking teams though! We’ll see!!
— Alan Harrison (@AlanHarrison60) March 16, 2019
