In only Manchester City's 28th post-war fifth-round FA Cup tie, Pep Guardiola's men managed to draw a blank in the face of a determined and boisterous Huddersfield Town side, backed by an enthusiastic record stadium crowd of 24,109. Although City's second string did not show up to the same extent as the regulars, they stuck at it in a game that gradually developed into a testing encounter that finished 0-0.
Positives
The risk of resting so many potentially decisive players produced a double-edged sword for the manager. Although City held out against a feisty home effort, another match has been added to the fixture list with the replay, defeating the object of not playing the likes of Raheem Sterling and Yaya Toure, rested completely with Tuesday's Champions League game with Monaco in mind.