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City 4 Burnley 1: Aguero's quick-fire double seals comeback triumph
Sergio Aguero scored twice in 93 seconds to help send Manchester
City into the FA Cup fourth round with a 4-1 victory over Burnley.
The runaway Premier League leaders fell behind when Ashley
Barnes, who had earlier missed a glorious chance, lashed home a superb
25th-minute opener after John Stones failed to deal with a bouncing ball.
Pep Guardiola's side won October's Premier League meeting
between the two 3-0 and that gulf in class was certainly more apparent in the
second half, in which Aguero struck a double blow, with Leroy Sane and Bernardo
Silva also scoring.
Ilkay Gundogan provided the assist for the first two, but the
equaliser was not without controversy as the Germany international's quickly
taken free-kick caught the Clarets napping and Aguero stroked home.
The visitors barely had time to regroup before Gundogan's clever
flick picked out Aguero, while Sane prodded in the third and Bernardo Silva
added the fourth to settle matters.
Aguero's brace took his tally of FA Cup goals to 11 in only
eight appearances in the competition at the Etihad Stadium, where City remain
unbeaten in all competitions since December 2016.
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