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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
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Simon Bajkowski

Kyle Walker body language guides Pep Guardiola in Man City win over Chelsea

Chelsea may not have provided much opposition in the FA Cup but Manchester City still showed terrific quality to beat them.

The third goal was the pick of the bunch, and the returning Kyle Walker was instrumental to the move. Some fancy footwork and then a pinpoint crossfield ball set them on their way, but it was the terrific burst of pace into the box to give Riyad Mahrez an underlap before squaring for Phil Foden to turn home that really impressed.

For a team accused recently of being too slow in possession, getting your fastest player to charge into the box for an assist is certainly a way of changing the narrative. That extra dimension to City's attack doesn't have to be used every time but is another very useful way of unlocking defences.

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