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LONDON, March 11, (Agencies): Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola was a happy man after his team cruised into the FA Cup semi-finals with a comfortable 2-0 win at Premier League rivals Middlesbrough on Saturday.
David Silva gave them a third-minute lead and Sergio Aguero struck again in the 67th minute, with the visitors missing numerous chances to win by a bigger margin.
“We are so happy to be there,” Guardiola told reporters after a solid display ahead of Wednesday’s Champions League last-16 return leg at Monaco, where City will defend a 5-3 lead.
“We made a good performance, we were there from the beginning. The game should be over 30 minutes before but we missed a few chances.”
Guardiola’s attacking formation, featuring Silva, Raheem Sterling, Kevin De Bruyne and Leroy Sane behind Aguero, paid instant dividends as City carved open the home team’s defence.
Yaya Toure fed Pablo Zabaleta on the right flank with a defence-splitting pass and the Argentine defender drove a perfect
Arsenal’s Laurent Koscielny (left), heads the ball away from Lincoln City’s Matt Rhead during the English FA Cup quarterfinal soccer match between Arsenal and Lincoln City at the Emirates
stadium in London on March 11. (AP) Manchester City’s Sergio Aguero celebrates scoring his side’s second goal of the game during the English FA Cup quarter-final at the Riverside Stadiums in Middlesbrough, England, March 11.
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ball across the face of goal for Silva to shoot home from close range.
Middlesbrough kept getting undone on either wing as the lively Sane and Silva gave their markers a roasting and the home team’s goalkeeper Brad Guzan made a string of good saves.
Aguero hit the woodwork after another lightning raid down the right but made no mistake when he steered a first-time shot past the helpless Guzan at the near post from a fizzing low cross by Sane.
City threatened to run riot in the closing stages as acres of space opened up, but Guzan spared the home side a heavier defeat by denying Sterling and Silva.
“When you attack good, you defend good,” said Guardiola, still in the hunt for three trophies in his first season at City.
“We defend 40 metres away. I always believe that when the ball is far away from our goal we are safe,” the Spaniard added.
“I’m confident ahead of Monaco, but not for the result. I’m confident because I am pleased the most as I like to work with these guys, I’m so happy.”
Arsenal host non-league Lincoln City in the second FA Cup quarter-final later on Saturday.
Lincoln City’s fairytale FA Cup run ended at the quarter-final stage as Arsenal put aside their own problems to crush the fifth-tier side 5-0 at the Emirates Stadium on Saturday.
It took a labouring Arsenal until first-half stoppage time to take the lead through Theo Walcott but the 12-times winners made their superiority count after the break.
Olivier Giroud side-footed Arsenal’s second after 53 minutes and five minutes later Lincoln’s hopes were extinguished
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Ministry of Electricity and Water (MEW) team celebrate with the Championship Trophy on the podium.
Ministry of Electricity and Water (MEW) team won the 2016/2017 Ministries and Governmental Institutions Futsal Competition.
The Civil Aviation Team came second and Ministry of Education (MoE) team took the third place.
The MEW team secured the title of the competition, which was played in a league form
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with participation of nine governmental authorities.
MEW team collected a total of 24 points followed by Civil Aviation team in second place with 18 points, and MoE team in third with 15 points.
The final match of the competition was played at Kazema Sports Club arena. The match saw MEW team taking on the team of Kuwait Sports Club for the Deaf. The MEW team consolidated their lead in the league by winning 6-2.
The match was followed by the closing ceremony of the 2016/2017 season. Top three teams were honored during the ceremony in the presence of the Sports for All Department Director at the Public Authority for Sports Hamed Al-Huzaim and top officials from the participating ministries and authorities.
Al-Huzaim congratulated the MEW team on their achievement and for winning the competition. He also congratulated the Civil Aviation and MoE teams for winning second and third places respectively.