I triple captained Erling Haaland over the weekend for the double game week City had for my Premier League fantasy football team expecting a huge return from the Norwegian goalscoring goliath. I was sorely disappointed and humiliated by my friends in my league. And to make things even more bitter Haaland and Man City put 6 past Luton in round 5 of the FA cup – with 5 goals being scored by none other than the man of the hour.  

Pep Guardiola’s team was flying high this Tuesday after a goal scoring rampage in Luton with the final score being 6 to City and 2 to Luton Town, seeing them exit the cup. As it goes for the defense from last year’s winners, City have made a fierce statement. While Haaland netted another hat-trick he ended up scoring 5 which completed his eighth hat-trick for the club, but he wasn’t the only man in form on the night with City mid-field magician Kevin de Bruyne mounting four assists for the Norwegian star. The sixth and final goal for the Blues came from Matteo Kovacic. City’s 100-million-pound superstar Jack Grealish found more bad luck for himself after having to be subbed off in the 38^th minute due to a reoccurring groin injury. Having struggled with his form recently, the 28-year-old England international seemed distraught at the fact he had to come off as he covered his face reaching the away dugout at Luton. Jeremey Doku replaced him. However, while Man City were deadly upfront, their defense wasn’t as watertight as they would have liked seeing a brace from Luton Town’s Jordan Clark breach the backline. Regardless, Manchester City moved into the sixth round with huge confidence as they thrashed Luton away. 

As the sixth-round draw stands, the blue Mancunians will be at home facing Newcastle in what could be a block-buster fixture as the Magpies have already defeated the treble winners once this season in the Carabao Cup and will be looking for a similar result against them in March. For the other teams that remain going into the Quarter Finals, some tasty fixtures have been drawn with Manchester United, facing rivals Liverpool in a titanic tie. Chelsea face championship side Leicester City in what could be a struggle for the Londoners and Wolves will face Birmingham City in another promising fixture. All these teams are on an eager crusade to get their hands on silverware, although last year’s winner Man City seek to reclaim the trophy for a second year in a row. If fate should go their way, the final has the potential to be the same fixture as last year which saw the first ever Manchester derby cup final but there is still a long road ahead till then. City also have rivals Liverpool seeking to make Jurgen Klopp’s final season a successful one as they also have much to gain from winning the cup. 

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