Manchester City hand Newcastle brutal FA Cup lesson to reach quarter-finals

[p]Earlier, Premier League leaders [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/arsenal/hA1Zm19f/"]Arsenal[/a] stayed on track for a historic quadruple by seeing off a feisty challenge from third-tier [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/mansfield/t6G9wMZN/"]Mansfield[/a], to win their fifth-round tie 2-1.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/manchester-city/Wtn9Stg0/"]City[/a] coach [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/guardiola-pep/hxNijWrJ/"]Pep Guardiola[/a], juggling punishing Premier League and Champions League commitments, changed nearly the entire side from the 2-2 draw with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/nottingham/UsushcZr/"]Nottingham Forest[/a] in midweek, with only [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/matheus-nunes/KC5IHolc/"]Matheus Nunes[/a] keeping his place.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/howe-eddie/hbOpz9hE/"]Eddie Howe[/a] made a relatively modest four changes to his [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/newcastle-utd/p6ahwuwJ/"]Newcastle[/a] team, fresh from their late win against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/manchester-united/ppjDR086/"]Manchester United[/a] in midweek, with match-winner [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/osula-will/jT765A5D/"]Will Osula[/a] given a rare start.[/p][p][b]The home side began strongly at St James' Park and took a deserved lead when [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/barnes-harvey/Wjj9WTTi/"]Harvey Barnes[/a] finished smartly after being found by [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/tonali-sandro/fmQVO5TQ/"]Sandro Tonali[/a].[/b][/p][p]City were level in the 39th minute in bizarre fashion when [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/doku-jeremy/lMHcYK4f/"]Jeremy Doku[/a]'s dangerous ball behind the defence ran all the way to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/savinho/faynRsvT/"]Savinho[/a].[/p][p][b]The Brazilian stood still and appeared to let the ball bounce off his leg into the net.[/b][/p][image alt="Newcastle - Manchester City provisional player ratings" id="47e7ebf6-9553-4ceb-9ccd-a828b0b863fc" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="39899b25-2ef1-45ae-a893-a6676858bc80" original-width="1200" original-height="1200" /][p][b]Soon after the restart, City completed the turnaround when [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/marmoush-omar/44pYRYIC/"]Omar Marmoush[/a] smashed the ball into the roof of the goal from close range.[/b][/p][p][b]The Egyptian forward then thundered home his second in the 65th minute to put his team in total control.[/b][/p][embed guid="63c8f040-5977-4e9a-b739-4437442ae7b8" url="https://x.com/ManCity/status/2030396445040185706?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]Guardiola turned to a bench full of international talent to refresh the team, who suffered few scares in reaching their ninth FA Cup quarter-final in the past 10 years.[/p][p]City, who travel to face [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/real-madrid/W8mj7MDD/"]Real Madrid[/a] in midweek, remain in the Premier League title hunt but are seven points behind Arsenal after their stumble against Forest.[/p][image alt="Key stats" id="c15c7f2e-e256-444c-aa26-03cf444cda88" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="599d5903-df8f-4385-9be0-3784bea92c18" original-width="1200" original-height="1200" /][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/manchester-city-Wtn9Stg0/newcastle-p6ahwuwJ/?mid=2wFraWct"]Catch up on tonight's match here[/a].[/p]