City Cruise into Carabao Cup Fourth Round with 5-0 Demolition of Norwich

MANCHESTER, UK — Manchester City punched their ticket to the fourth round of the Carabao Cup in emphatic fashion, putting five past Norwich City without reply at the Etihad Stadium.

A stellar performance headlined by debutant Floyd Samba saw the cup holders completely dominate from start to finish:

• 29′ — Floyd Samba opened the scoring with a well-placed header to mark his senior debut in style.
• 32′ — Rayan Cherki doubled the advantage just three minutes later with a crisp finished strike.
• 48′ — Allan wasted no time after the interval, driving home a third goal to seal a memorable debut.
• 54′ — Floyd Samba struck again from 20 yards out for his second goal of the night.
• 90′ — Ryan McAidoo capped off the dominant performance by lashing home a fifth goal right on full-time.

The 5-0 victory sends City through to set up a fourth-round clash against Brighton.