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Silva double earns Man City 3-0 FA Cup win over Birmingham

Bernardo Silva scored two goals and Phil Foden another as Manchester City strolled to a 3-0 win over second-tier Birmingham City in the third round of the FA Cup on Sunday.

FA Cup - Third Round - Manchester City v Birmingham City
Soccer Football - FA Cup - Third Round - Manchester City v Birmingham City - Etihad Stadium, Manchester, Britain - January 10, 2021 Birmingham City's Andres Prieto in action REUTERS/Phil Noble

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REUTERS: Bernardo Silva scored two goals and Phil Foden another as Manchester City strolled to a 3-0 win over second-tier Birmingham City in the third round of the FA Cup on Sunday.

Portuguese midfielder Silva scored his first goal at the Etihad Stadium in over a year when he fired the ball into the top corner in the eighth minute after Birmingham defender George Friend failed to clear.

Silva doubled City's lead seven minutes later, finishing off a brilliant team move with a simple tap-in and Foden made it 3-0 before the break with a low strike from outside the box.

Riyad Mahrez thought he had added City's fourth around the hour-mark when he slotted in at the back post, but the goal was disallowed after the Algerian was ruled to have been offside.

(Reporting by Manasi Pathak in Bengaluru; Editing by Alexander Smith)

Source: Reuters