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CHERKI DAZZLES AS MAN CITY COMPLETE CARABAO CUP COMEBACK

Eight-time Carabao Cup winners Manchester City are through to the quarter-finals at the expense of Swansea courtesy of goals from Jeremy Doku, Omar Marmoush and Rayan Cherki.

Goncalo Franco soared Swansea to dreamland early doors as the Portuguese midfielder netted a blockbuster 25-yard curler just 12 minutes in. But the hosts, despite initially defending robustly, were eventually carved open by a clinical City.

Doku equalised before half-time and swung the momentum well and truly in Man City's favour, deflecting his strike off the outstretched leg of defender Cameron Burgess.

The visitors were then simply too hot to handle after the interval as they piled on the pressure and Marmoush found a breakthrough, hammering into the roof of the net to give Pep Guardiola's side the lead.

Cherki, City's danger man throughout, then put the result beyond doubt in stoppage time as he slotted the ball into the bottom right corner from a low Josko Gvardiol cross.

A win at the Swansea.com Stadium was no less than Man City deserved as Guardiola's side proved they can indeed succeed without the goalscoring prowess of Erling Haaland.

NO HAALAND NO PROBLEM

There were a few concerns Man City couldn't succeed without top scorer and star man Erling Haaland scoring following Saturday's 1-0 defeat at Aston Villa, but Pep Guardiola's men proved the doubters wrong tonight.

Yes, Swansea are in the division below, but there was still a job to do to come from behind. Tonight's scorers Doku, Marmoush and Cherki will be keen to kick on from here.

GOAL!! SWANSEA 1-3 MAN CITY (CHERKI)

That's that! Cherki finally gets his goal as he chops inside and places the ball into the bottom right-hand corner. Gvardiol notches the assist, but it looked as if the pass was intended for Marmoush instead.

Cherki certainly won't care as he deserves to get on the scoresheet after dazzling as Man City's star player all night long. Game over.

MAN CITY DESERVE LEAD

As much as Swansea started the game with a bang and purpose, Man City have absolutely dominated this encounter.

The visitors have maintained 78% possession and registered 19 shots, five of which have been on target.

Franco's goal was - and remains - Swansea's only shot of the night.

GOAL!! SWANSEA 1-2 MAN CITY (MARMOUSH)

Man City have their breakthrough and it's an emphatic finish from Marmoush!

Cherki passes through the eye of the needle and Marmoush takes the ball into his path, controlling before firing with astounding power into the roof of the net.

Swansea have no choice but to go for it now.

TRIO OF MAN CITY CHANGES

That poor shot is Ait-Nouri's last involvement as he's off for Josko Gvardiol.

Meanwhile, Phil Foden and John Stones are on in place of youngster Divine Mukasa and defender Abdukodir Khusanov.

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