City dump gallant Newport

● Manchester City powered into the FA Cup quarterfinals as the Premier League leaders survived a battling display from Newport County to beat the fourth-tier minnows 4-1 last night.

Pep Guardiola’s side didn’t have an easy ride in a full-blooded fifth-round tie against a team 82 places below them in League Two.

Troubled by the rutted Rodney Parade pitch, City were indebted to Ederson for a superb save to keep them level during a lacklustre first-half display.

City eventually hit their stride in the second half and Leroy Sane’s powerful finish put them ahead before Phil Foden doubled the lead. Newport refused to surrender and Padraig Amond’s late goal could have set up a tense finale, only for Foden to net again 79 seconds later before Riyad Mahrez wrapped up the win.

With their Champions League last 16 first leg against Schalke to come on Wednesday, followed by the League Cup final against Chelsea, Guardiola made seven changes to the side which hammered Chelsea 6-0 last weekend.

● Brighton moved into the quarterfinals for the second successive season as goals from Anthony Knockaert and Jurgen Locadia clinched a 2-1 win over Frank Lampard’s Derby.

Brighton opened the scoring after 33 minutes at the Amex Stadium when Knockaert bent his first-time shot into the bottom corner. The Seagulls doubled their advantage as Locadia fired home in first-half stoppagetime after Yves Bissouma hit the post.

Former Chelsea and Arsenal star Ashley Cole set up a tense finish when the Derby defender headed in after 81 minutes.

● Championship strugglers Millwall are also through to the quarterfinals after a 1-0 win at third tier Wimbledon. Neil Harris’s side made it to the last eight for the second time in three years thanks to a fifth-minute header from Murray Wallace, who got a winner against Everton in the fourth round.