Manchester City 2-1 Southampton: Nico Gonzalez rocket helps City come back to edge dogged Saints

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Manchester City 2-1 Southampton: Nico Gonzalez rocket helps City come back to edge dogged Saints

Nico Gonzalez and Jeremy Doku scored five minutes apart as Manchester City came back to beat Southampton 2-1 in an FA Cup semifinal at Wembley Stadium on Saturday.

Manchester City 2-1 Southampton: Nico Gonzalez rocket helps City come back to edge dogged Saints

Nico Gonzalez and Jeremy Doku scored five minutes apart as Manchester City came back to beat Southampton 2-1 in an FA Cup semifinal at Wembley Stadium on Saturday.

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Nico Gonzalez and Jeremy Doku scored five minutes apart as Manchester City came back to beat Southampton 2-1 in an FA Cup semifinal at Wembley Stadium on Saturday.

Goalscorers: Finn Azaz 79', Jeremy Doku 82', Nico Gonzalez 87'

Two goals for @ManCity in five minutes and Nico González puts them ahead! @BBCMOTD, @footballontnt and @SportsonMax pic.twitter.com/nJcfQOiZKw

This looks like Eze's goal if it was ticketed for the near post instead of the far. A beautiful hit to potentially decide the tie.

Doku cuts to the middle and watches his hit-and-hope find glory with at least one wicked deflection helping the ball defy Saints keeper Daniel Peretz.

Saints' No. 10 has his collar popped after a Man City giveaway leads to him turning and firing a gorgeous shot across goal and into the upper reaches of Trafford's goal.

Finn Azaz with a wonder goal right in front of the @southamptonFC fans! @BBCMOTD, @footballontnt and @SportsonMax pic.twitter.com/Ydug3qmwn0

A Charles giveaway leads to multiple shots for City, with two blocked shots before a Reijnders rip across goal misses its mark.

City want a handball call for one of the blocks but the leaping defender had his elbow tucked tight to his frame.

Omar Marmoush and Rayan Ait-Nouri call it a day in favor of Erling Haaland and Nico O'Reilly in the 71st minute with the game still nil-nil.

Shea Charles and Cyle Larin come into the game for Ross Stewart and Cameron Bragg just after the hour mark.

Phil Foden and Mateo Kovacic exit in the 58th minute for Savinho and Jeremy Doku.

Scoreless at the break and Saints have been more dangerous than their zero shot attempts scream from the score sheet.

Shots are 5-0 to Man City, who have had 65% of the ball and will feel like it's a matter of time.

Tijjani Reijnders goes for a back post airborne kick but flubs the chance.

Man City have found control but it remains 0-0 in the 37th minute.

Oh it's almost chaos as Leo Scienza beats the back line and slots past James Trafford.

It looked a good burst into the final third but it started too early so how good was it, really?

Trafford, Nunes, Stones, Ake, Ait-Nouri, Gonzalez, Kovacic, Reijnders, Cherki, Foden, Marmoush

Peretz, Bree, Harwood-Bellis, Wood, Welington, Jander, Bragg, Fellows, Azaz, Scienza, Stewart

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