Everton of England utility player, Alex Iwobi got only few minutes of action under his boots on Saturday, and he could not save his side from crashing out of the English FA Cup, megasportsarena.com reports.
While Iwobi could only get off The Toffees’ bench late in the encounter at Goodison Park, visiting Manchester City relied on goals from Ilkay Gundogan and Kevin De Bruyne to cruise into the semi-finals with a 2-0.
Iwobi’s late introduction for the game saw him end without any game rating, in a match that saw Everton sit deep in a goalless first half, but came closest to opening the scoring as Yerry Mina’s glancing header was cleared off the line by Oleksandr Zinchenko.
Everton young third-choice goalkeeper, Joao Virginia made a superb fingertip stop to deny Raheem Sterling after the break, but City broke the deadlock with six minutes remaining as Gundogan reacted fastest to head into an empty net after Virginia had tipped Aymeric Laporte’s effort onto the crossbar.
De Bruyne then got off the bench to wrap up The Citizens’ win late on, latching onto fellow sub Rodri’s through ball and lashing past Virginia (90), despite Everton protestations of a high foot from Riyad Mahrez in the build-up.
The result means City have won 25 of their last 26 games as they remain on course for an unprecedented Quadruple, while Everton’s 26-year wait for a major trophy goes on. The draw for the FA Cup semi-finals will be made on Sunday evening at 5.45pm.
