FA Cup-De Bruyne came off the bench to win, Manchester City reversed Leyton Orient 2-1 and advanced

The 1/16 finals of the 2024/25 FA Cup continued, with Manchester City away against League One team Leyton Orient. They finally reversed the game 2-1 with De Bruyne's key goal and successfully advanced to the fifth round of the FA Cup.

First Half

Manchester City and Leyton Orient exchanged offense and defense after the opening. In the 4th minute, Nico O'Reilly passed the ball to Grealish on the left, who cut into the penalty area and shot low but missed the near corner. In the 10th minute, Nico launched an attack with a long pass, and Gundogan missed the empty goal after receiving a pass from Savinho. In the 14th minute, Leyton Orient launched a counterattack with a long pass from Jordan Brown in the midfield, and Charlie Kelman broke into the penalty area but was blocked by Ortega because he dribbled too far.

In the 16th minute, Manchester City's new signing Nico Gonzalez passed the ball in a fight near the midline, and Jamie Donley immediately fired a lob shot from 35 yards away. The ball hit the crossbar of Manchester City's goal and bounced off Ortega before being deflected into the net, giving Leyton Orient a 1-0 lead. Nico Gonzalez also retired due to injury 6 minutes later, and Bernardo Silva came on as a substitute.

Manchester City quickly launched a counterattack after falling behind by one goal, but they were unable to break through the Leyton Orient goal. In the 19th minute, Nico sent a cross from the frontcourt, and McCarty's shot in the penalty area was hugged by Joshua Keely. In the 32nd minute, Savinho took a corner kick from the right side, and Ruben Dias headed the ball but it was blocked again. In the 36th minute, Grealish sent a cross from the left side of the penalty area, and Bernardo Silva's close-range shot was blocked by Keely. In the 39th minute, Savinho shot directly from a free kick near the left sideline, but was blocked by Keely.

In the 42nd minute, Kelman passed the ball to Sonny Perkins in the penalty area in a quick counterattack, and the latter shot over the crossbar. In the first half stoppage time, Savinho made a cross from the right, and Malmus shot in the penalty area but was saved by Kiley.

Second Half

In the second half, the two sides changed sides and continued the game. In the 47th minute, Gundogan sent a long pass from the midfield, and Malmush's shot in the penalty area was blocked by Kily. In the 56th minute, Nico made another long pass to Malmush, and the Egyptian chested the ball in the penalty area and shot from a small angle, but Kily made a great save. Then Malmush took a tactical corner kick, and Rico Lewis' long shot hit Husanov's head and deflected into the net. The FA Cup official judged this goal as Husanov's goal, and Manchester City also successfully equalized the score.

After scoring the goal, Manchester City gradually recovered. In the 62nd minute, McCarty and Marmus's cooperation caused chaos in the penalty area, and he took the opportunity to shoot but hit the right post. In the 79th minute, Grealish made a diagonal pass from the left, and De Bruyne, who had only been on the bench for 5 minutes, shot in the face of the attacking Kelly and scored, helping Manchester City to overtake 2-1. At the end of the game, Manchester City finally defeated Leyton Orient 2-1.