The fifth round of the FA Cup began in England and this Wednesday, Swansea City received Manchester City, in a confrontation that featured an American duel, because Zack Steffen faced Jordan Morris, who also added his first start with the Welsh team, which came from the Seattle Sounders of the MLS.
Both Americans were starters for the duel that takes place at Liberty Stadium from Swansea, where the Championship team will seek to strike the bell in the fifth round of the longest running tournament in the world, in what also represents the first duel in European football of the players who have defended the United States team shirt United.
Steffen has been a regular in Pep Guardiola’s team within the Carabao Cup and FA Cup this season, and has even made his debut in Premier League and Champions League duels, adding a balance of 8 games, 4 of them leaving their goal in zero and 4 goals conceded during his first campaign with the English team.
Your City team to face the Swans! ????
XI | Steffen, Walker, Garcia, Laporte, Mendy, Rodrigo, Gundogan, Bernardo, Torres, Sterling (C), Jesus
SUBS | Ederson, Stones, Zinchenko, Mahrez, Cancelo, Foden, Doyle, Gomes, Bernabe
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???? #ManCity | https://t.co/axa0klD5re pic.twitter.com/c87oXKtJDY– Manchester City (@ManCity) February 10, 2021
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For its part, the player trained at the Seattle Sounders academy added his first start with the team directed by Steve Cooper, because the American had had minutes entering as a substitute in Championship duels and this Wednesday he was part of the starting XI for the first time since his arrival from MLS.
Arriola debuted with Swansea
Another of the Americans who arrived on loan was Paul Arriola, who a few days after his presentation with Swansea, debuted with the shirt of the duel against Manchester City, Well, the American jumped to the bench and entered the 65th minute for Jamal Lowe, during the duel in which the visiting team was left with the victory and the classification to the next round.
Steffen stayed with the American duel
Manchester City had no major shock to stay with the victory and the ticket to the next round of the FA Cup, as Guardiola’s team qualified for the quarterfinals, after defeating Swansea by a score of 3 goals to 1, thanks to goals from Kyle Walker, Raheem Sterling and Gabriel Jesús, while Zack Steffen conceded the goal from Morgan Whittaker, with whom the local team approached at the close of the match.
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