The FA Cup - Fifth Round
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Huddersfield Town 0-0 Manchester City

By Shamoon HafezBBC Sport

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Championship club Huddersfield forced an FA Cup fifth-round replay with Manchester City thanks to an entertaining goalless draw at John Smith's Stadium.

Goalkeeper Claudio Bravo, restored to the Premier League side's starting line-up, did well by saving twice off Rajiv van La Parra and from Jack Payne's free-kick in the first half, while Philip Billing had a goal ruled out for offside.

In front of a record football crowd of 24,129, Terriers goalkeeper Joel Coleman kept out efforts from Nolito and Sergio Aguero in each half.

The draw for the quarter-finals takes place on Sunday at 18:30 GMT on the BBC News Channel, BBC Radio 5 live and the BBC Sport website.

Goalkeepers save the day

Both sides last met on this day in 2000 in the First Division with the game ending in a 1-1 draw, and it was a case of history repeating itself 17 years later.

City striker Aguero was given a first start in five matches, but the Argentine could not find a way past Coleman who was dominant in the air, keeping out the top-flight side with a total of four saves.

Coleman did make a rare mistake in the first half when he rushed off his line for the ball and was beaten to it by Aguero, but the City player's lobbed effort failed to find the target.

City's much-maligned goalkeeper Bravo, who had been dropped for the past four games, was in impressive form. He made three saves, the best of which came from Payne's set piece which was heading for the top corner.

Can Town win the replay?

It will be a tough task at the Etihad Stadium and this may well have been a missed opportunity for the West Yorkshire side.

High-flying Huddersfield - third in the Championship - harried and hustled the opposition, allowing them no time on the ball. As a result, the hosts extended their unbeaten run to seven games in all competitions.

Top scorer Elias Kachunga [11 goals this season] and Nahki Wells [nine], were left on the bench and introduced only on the hour mark, but neither were able to trouble Bravo.

Meanwhile, City manger Pep Guardiola, looking to become the third Spaniard after Rafael Benitez and Roberto Martinez to win the competition, was able to call on £92m worth of talent in Kevin de Bruyne and Leroy Sane with 20 minutes to go.

But both struggled to make an impact.

Despite being held, City have kept another clean sheet, the fifth in their past six away games.

Man of the match - Philip Billing (Huddersfield Town)

Philip Billing
Standing at 6ft 5in at just 20 years old, Billing was an imposing presence in the middle of the park, winning the ball back 10 times, as well as making four interceptions, a total which was more than any other team-mate.

A results which makes 'our chests bigger'

Huddersfield manager David Wagner: "We are still in the competition which is great. Another match in this busy footballing period but that is not a problem for us. For sure we are one of the fittest teams in the division.

"We were able to make them uncomfortable, they were the better team with chances which is no surprise to anybody but we showed great attitude and passion.

"We are very happy to have another match against a very good team, to test us again. We learn from every game, I love to see my players on the pitch playing football matches.

"A clean sheet against Manchester City makes our chest bigger."

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola: "It is not frustrating, it was a tough game against one of the best teams in the Championship.

"Two days ago there was a rugby game on the pitch which made it slow but we made a good performance. They are a really good team, congratulations to Huddersfield.

"When you play against teams at the top of the Championship, it is obviously difficult. There were no complaints, my team did what I asked them to do."

What next?

Huddersfield host Reading in the Championship on Tuesday (kick-off 19:45), while Manchester City play Monaco in their Champions League last-16 first-leg tie at the same time.

Town join the big boys in stopping City - the stats

  • Huddersfield kept a clean sheet against top-flight opposition in the FA Cup for the first time since January 1971.
  • Manchester City have now won just one of their past four FA Cup games against lower league opposition (won one, drawn one, lost two).
  • Man City have now conceded just one goal in their past five competitive fixtures.
  • Huddersfield are now unbeaten in seven successive competitive games, but this result ended a run of six wins in a row.
  • The Terriers are just the sixth team to stop Manchester City from scoring in all competitions this season after Barcelona, Man United, Everton, Tottenham and Liverpool.
  • Pep Guardiola has never been knocked out of a cup competition by lower league opposition as a manager in his career.

Line-ups

Huddersfield

Formation 4-2-3-1

  • 13Coleman
  • 14Cranie
  • 5Hudson
  • 27Stankovic
  • 12Holmes-Dennis
  • 4Whitehead
  • 8Billing
  • 18LolleySubstituted forWellsat 59'minutes
  • 16PayneSubstituted forBrownat 72'minutes
  • 17van La ParraSubstituted forKachungaat 59'minutes
  • 23Quaner

Substitutes

  • 1Ward
  • 2Smith
  • 9Kachunga
  • 15Löwe
  • 21Wells
  • 37Brown
  • 46Booty

Man City

Formation 4-3-3

  • 1Bravo
  • 5Zabaleta
  • 24Stones
  • 30Otamendi
  • 11KolarovBooked at 25minsSubstituted forSagnaat 78'minutes
  • 25Fernandinho
  • 6Reges
  • 18DelphSubstituted forDe Bruyneat 69'minutes
  • 15Navas
  • 10Agüero
  • 9NolitoSubstituted forSanéat 69'minutes

Substitutes

  • 3Sagna
  • 7Sterling
  • 13Caballero
  • 17De Bruyne
  • 19Sané
  • 72Iheanacho
  • 75García
Referee:
Andy Taylor
Attendance:
24,129

Match Stats

Home TeamHuddersfieldAway TeamMan City
Possession
Home37%
Away63%
Shots
Home8
Away15
Shots on Target
Home3
Away5
Corners
Home3
Away8
Fouls
Home12
Away8

Live Text

  1. Post update

    Match ends, Huddersfield Town 0, Manchester City 0.

  2. Full Time

    Second Half ends, Huddersfield Town 0, Manchester City 0.

  3. Post update

    Attempt missed. Nicolás Otamendi (Manchester City) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Jesús Navas with a cross following a corner.

  4. Post update

    Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Philip Billing.

  5. Post update

    Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Dean Whitehead.

  6. Post update

    Attempt blocked. Pablo Zabaleta (Manchester City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Fernandinho with a headed pass.

  7. Post update

    Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

  8. Post update

    Foul by Elias Kachunga (Huddersfield Town).

  9. Post update

    Attempt missed. Elias Kachunga (Huddersfield Town) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Martin Cranie.

  10. Post update

    Attempt missed. Elias Kachunga (Huddersfield Town) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right following a set piece situation.

  11. Post update

    Foul by Bacary Sagna (Manchester City).

  12. Post update

    Elias Kachunga (Huddersfield Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

  13. Post update

    Foul by Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City).

  14. Post update

    Joel Coleman (Huddersfield Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

  15. Post update

    Attempt missed. John Stones (Manchester City) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Kevin De Bruyne with a cross following a corner.

  16. Post update

    Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Tareiq Holmes-Dennis.

  17. Substitution

    Substitution, Manchester City. Bacary Sagna replaces Aleksandar Kolarov because of an injury.

  18. Post update

    Delay over. They are ready to continue.

  19. Post update

    Delay in match Aleksandar Kolarov (Manchester City) because of an injury.

  20. Substitution

    Substitution, Huddersfield Town. Isaiah Brown replaces Jack Payne.

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  • Comment posted by U16291490, at 17:46 18 Feb 2017

    BBC headlines-:

    Huddersfield take Man City to a replay
    Shouldn't that read..
    Man City take Huddersfield to a replay

  • Comment posted by BrianB, at 17:06 18 Feb 2017

    Well done indeed to Huddersfield. Good luck in the replay

  • Comment posted by cavedweller, at 17:00 18 Feb 2017

    Well done Huddersfield.

  • Comment posted by U16291490, at 17:33 18 Feb 2017

    @20

    And they don't realise Huddersfield didn't have nowhere near their 1st eleven either.

  • Comment posted by 1954 Shenanigans, at 17:37 18 Feb 2017

    24. Posted by the peoples poet on 7 minutes ago

    huddersfield? can't even fill their own ground. PATHETIC CLUB.
    --
    Maybe they wanted to make City feel at home

  • Comment posted by XTStevie1872, at 17:13 18 Feb 2017

    Last thing City needed but if the truth be told they didn't deserve to win today & well done to Huddersfield on their money spinning replay.....

  • Comment posted by fuddyhuddy, at 17:41 18 Feb 2017

    Would be nice if the fans of so called 'big clubs' showed some humility, and just congratulated the smaller team that played well (with their 10 of their reserves starting). I remember Maine road in the 80's. It was half full & grimy, but at least the fans got the point of it. Unlike the glory hunting bunch today. They are indeed very noisy, but why? - not even the biggest club in Manchester!

  • Comment posted by paulh, at 17:22 18 Feb 2017

    Not good enough city. Jf you want to challenge for premiership and champions league you need to put games like this to bed rather than give yourselves more games to play. Well done Hudds poor show City.

  • Comment posted by U15618491, at 19:20 18 Feb 2017

    @59 Realfootball

    Come-on , Huddersfield draw with Man City and you can't see what all the fuss is about ?
    Could be Huddersfield played ( Real football )

    Just given the little team a bit of respect costs nothing.

  • Comment posted by FrancesFarmer1, at 18:08 18 Feb 2017

    Quite a lot of sniping Leeds fans on here still smarting from their defeat at the John Smith's Stadium and the earlier loss at home to Huddersfield Town.

  • Comment posted by Wackford Squeers, at 17:23 18 Feb 2017

    All that oil money and a free council but still couldn't buy a win.

  • Comment posted by sweccy, at 20:59 18 Feb 2017

    Thank you for all the meaningless drivel from arrogant 'my club's bigger than your club' morons who know nothing at all about what football is really all about. I came on here to read different people's views on the game. Suppose I should have known better.

  • Comment posted by U16626851, at 20:14 18 Feb 2017

    He runs where he wants, he goes where he wants. He's David Wagner, he runs where he wants!

    Rotated squad, still played like a '1st' team, wouldn't look out of place in the Prem...

    Speak to me at the end of May, Yes Town!

  • Comment posted by U15618491, at 18:38 18 Feb 2017

    Championship club Huddersfield , attendance : 24,129 .

    Hope the Man City fans give Huddersfield the same respect.

  • Comment posted by Platypus, at 17:07 18 Feb 2017

    Well done Team Wagner!! Even had the audacity to start with our own 2nd XI.
    UTT

  • Comment posted by Snoopdoggy420, at 18:47 18 Feb 2017

    Man City have no fans. Original and funny joke! Anyways, well done to Huddersfield. If anything, it's money earned for them, even if they do lose the match at the Etihad.

  • Comment posted by fuddyhuddy, at 17:32 18 Feb 2017

    City fans talking about how they had made changes are missing the point. Huddersfield may 10 changes compared with the team they started at QPR last week. A club with all their resources really should be putting away the reserve team of a club that spent a total of £4m last summer. As for Wagner's track record, based on what Guardiola has shown so far it doesn't look like track records mean a lot.

  • Comment posted by 1954 Shenanigans, at 17:27 18 Feb 2017

    13. Posted by Redmaz65 on 2 minutes ago

    Wow I mean, come on if this had been Utd they and Mourinho would have been slaughtered.
    --
    Especially with an almost full strength team out too. Poor Sams town, the citizen et al must be hoping Blackburn rescue their weekend. Then again, Stockport won so it's not all bad for City fans.

  • Comment posted by Man in a suitcase, at 18:44 18 Feb 2017

    Sounded like an intriguing game.

    Should have been live on television, not like the rubbish served up at lunchtime.

  • Comment posted by 61653, at 18:20 18 Feb 2017

    The stats don't tell the whole story here. Town looked the more likely to win of the two, though a draw is probably fair. Could do without a replay we'll probably end up losing, but at least today has shown that if we do make it to the greedy league we have nothing to fear...

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