Late goals from Ilkay Gundogan and Kevin de Bruyne broke Everton's resistance as City kept their quest for the quadruple on course by reaching the FA Cup semi-final.
(Footage taken from Emirates Fa Cup on YouTube)
Having cruised through the previous stages of the FA Cup, City found it hard to break down a resolute Everton defence.
City, who made 6 changes to the team which beat Borussia Monchengladbach to reach the Champions League last eight, did not trouble The Toffees for much of the game despite enjoying the vast majority of the possesion.
As the game reached its conclusion, Guardiola was able to bring on Mahrez and De Bruyne to change the game.
De Bruyne had a hand in Gundogan's opener, as he powered into the box before Laporte let fly, with the German midfielder nodding in his 16th goal in what is becoming one of his best season's for the club
With Everton then chasing an equaliser to take the game into extra time, the match started to open up. This allowed De Bruyne to finally make City's progress safe.
Post match reaction
Clean sheet and through to the #FACup Semi-Final 🙌 pic.twitter.com/QScXqGqFML
— Zackary Steffen (@zackstef_23) March 20, 2021
PEP 💬 We knew the team who scored would win the game. All the players were fantastic and Riyad and Kevin in the last minutes changed the rhythm - we found the goal and we are in the semi-final. pic.twitter.com/GfvHXb0Rwd
— Manchester City (@ManCity) March 20, 2021
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