Man City vs Burnley

Here are some of the moments missed from Manchester City's FA Cup quarter-final win over Vincent Kompany's Burnley.

When Kevin De Bruyne clashed his knees with a Burnley defender in the final minutes, it made no sense to keep him on as he limped around the Etihad, so Pep Guardiola used his final substitution to bring on Jack Grealish. After a rout against Leipzig, City were ruthless again and the Etihad was determined to enjoy it. A group of City players who had played alongside Kompany made a beeline for the Burnley boss, including John Stones, Aymeric Laporte and Phil Foden. However, Kompany's walk around the pitch was slightly less celebratory as he had to commiserate his Burnley players and also be cordial with his ex-City teammates. Kompany would quickly turn back into the Burnley manager as opposed to a returning City legend, but his former Blues teammates made sure he didn't get away with hearing their joke before kick-off. As Vincent Kompany got a deserved ovation when he walked out of the Etihad tunnel pre-match, he shared hugs with Mike Summerbee, Pep Guardiola, and other familiar faces among the City coaching staff.

Unstoppable Erling Haaland smashed through the 40-goal barrier in his first season at Manchester City with a hat-trick in his side's 6-0 FA Cup ...

“It’s been a good couple of last games,” an under-stated Haaland, who scored his first goals in the FA Cup, told BBC Sport. “Every goal means a lot to me and every goal for the team means a lot.” “Haaland is a beast.

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“Being in the quarter-finals is an achievement and to have a chance to compete. There has been a stretch of the season when City have been stormy, yet Guardiola has managed to rethink the nuts and bolts. And by the way, the leaders in defensive performance – 1.10 xGA (first), 8.8 shots allowed per game (first), 29 conceded in 37 games (first). “The FA Cup was my first trophy in English football, and I remember the very first time we won it we celebrated like we won the league. Under him, Burnley are the highest possession team in the Championship (64.2%). I shouldn’t have done it but I looked at the record of Championship teams at the Etihad and it’s not great!” As far as the English Premier League is concerned, Manchester City are second in the table. “A manager needs time but to be successful with a team, in the meantime you apply it and they’ve applied it. [RSC Anderlecht](https://twitter.com/rscanderlecht). With him, Burnley go through the season not just confirming their status as favorites – they are unchallenged leaders in the [Championship](https://www.efl.com/clubs-and-competitions/sky-bet-championship/). This allowed the Manchester City side to reach the quarter-finals of the country’s second most prestigious club competition. [UEFA Champions League](https://parimatchnews.com/football/champions-league/).

City showed no mercy towards their former captain Kompany as Haaland took his tally for the season to 42 goals.

Burnley are storming towards a return to the Premier League in Kompany’s first season in charge. Haaland scored five as RB Leipzig were put to the sword in a 7-0 thrashing in the Champions League in midweek. Burnley manager Vincent Kompany endured a nightmare return to Manchester City on Saturday as Erling Haaland scored his sixth hat-trick of the season in a 6-0 rout that sent Pep Guardiola’s men into the FA Cup semi-finals.