MANCHESTER CITY dumped title rivals Arsenal out of the FA Cup after a narrow victory at the Etihad.
Both Pep Guardiola and counterpart Mikel Arteta made a number of changes to their sides for the showdown.
ReutersMan City’s Nathan Ake celebrates after breaking the deadlock against Arsenal[/caption]
GettyThe defender curled home after being teed up by Jack Grealish[/caption]
GettyCity had lost defender John Stones to injury moments earlier[/caption]
ReutersEddie Nketiah and Arsenal failed to find a breakthrough against the Cityzens[/caption]
And it was a tight affair with little between them in the first half.
But it was Nathan Ake who broke the deadlock midway through the second period.
Julian Alvarez fired a strike from outside of the area which bounced back off the post.
Jack Grealish picked up the loose ball, and after patient play, he took out two defenders with his cut-back for the onrushing Dutch defender.
And Ake ran straight onto it and curled the ball past Saliba and the goalkeeper into the far corner.
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