Manchester City recorded one of the biggest FA Cup win following a 10-1 mauling of League One side Exeter City on Saturday at the Etihad Stadium.
It was also the biggest FA Cup win from a top-flight side since Tottenham Hotspur beat Crewe 13-2 in a fourth-round replay in 1960.
Pep Guardiola, Manchester City manager served a one-game touchline ban for receiving three yellow cards, while assistant Pep Lijnders stood in for duties during the game and post-match.
“I think a lot of good performances today. A lot of good individual performances. I think when the team plays like that it becomes easier for the individual, but Antoine is settling well,” Lijnders said.
City’s £65m Ghanaian January signing from Bournemouth Antoine Semenyo stole the show in an impressive fashion after arriving from the Cherries on Friday.
The Ghanaian was named man of the match in a contest where City racked up double figures for the first time under Guardiola and matched the biggest victory in their history – a 10-1 Second Division thrashing of Huddersfield in 1987.
Having signed off at Bournemouth in fairytale fashion, Semenyo started life at City in a similarly manner just four days later by stealing the show in the FA Cup clash.
Semenyo became a fans’ favourite during his three years on the south coast and a goal and assist on his first start will go a long way to ensuring supporters at his new club take to him in the same way.
