Pep Guardiola also insisted that Manchester City “controlled the game” as they strolled through to the FA Cup quarter-finals.
It proved to a comfortable evening for Man City. This was started by Kyle Walker as his cross-cum-shot from the right flank evaded Freddie Woodman to find its way into the bottom corner in the 30th minute.
They remained just one up at the break but they extended their advantage at the start of the second half. In the 47th-minute, Rodri won the ball in the Swansea half before playing in Raheem Sterling down the left-hand side.
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The forward advanced into the area before he placed it well into the bottom corner past Woodman. They all-but secured their place in the next round with another goal three minutes later.
Bernardo Silva headed it into the area towards Gabriel Jesus. The Brazillian held off his marker before finishing on the turn to make it 3-0.
20-year-old Morgan Whittaker got a goal back for Swansea in the 77th-minute but Guardiola’s side did enough to advance.
This is Man City’s fifteenth win in a row in all competitions. Speaking post-match with BT Sport, as cited by BBC Sport, Guardiola praised Swansea City but he was pleased with his side’s performance:
“I had a feeling that they would create chances, they were dangerous up front. They were so aggressive but we controlled the game and we created a lot of chances but could not convert.”
“[15 straight wins] is a message for ourselves. We came to win that was the most important thing. We cannot deny how pleased and how proud we are to break this record from a long time ago. Records are there to be broken. It is not easy in the modern era to do 15 games in a row. We are happy for our club.”
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