Manchester City v Huddersfield Town live – FA Cup latest as Pep Guardiola's side begin title defence

Phil Foden scored twice as Manchester City cruised into the FA Cup fourth round with a dominant 5-0 rout of Huddersfield Town.

Julian Alvarez and Jeremy Doku were also on target for Pep Guardiola’s side, who welcomed back Kevin De Bruyne from injury as they recorded their 12th successive home victory in the competition.

Although they dominated the early stages, City had to wait until the 33rd minute to break through as Foden drilled into the far corner, while a delightful move culminated in Alvarez doubling the lead four minutes later.

The hosts made it 3-0 just before the hour mark when Ben Jackson diverted Oscar Bobb’s cross into his own net.

Foden grabbed his second goal in the 65th minute with a fine 20-yard strike, while Doku marked his return from injury by volleying in De Bruyne’s cross 16 minutes from time.

Manchester City 5-0 Huddersfield Town

Spencer catches Gvardiol with a late challenge and goes into the book.

That will surely be that at the Etihad.

We are going to play an additional three minutes at the end of this game.

The visitors seek a late consolation and Thomas feeds the ball into Radulovic.

The latter neatly turns away from his marker and shoots, but Ortega shows smart reflexes to keep him out.

Huddersfield just cannot relax as City produce wave after wave of attack.

De Bruyne flashes another low ball into the box, but Helik is alert and clears the danger on this occasion.

Bobb embarks on a jinking run to try and get in behind the Huddersfield defence.

He looks towards the referee after going to ground, but the official is not interested.

City continue to threaten through Doku down the left flank.

He has team-mates to aim for in the box, but overhits his attempted cross and Huddersfield can relax for a moment.

The hosts press for a sixth goal and De Bruyne's cross is only cleared as far as Gomez.

The full-back unleashes a dipping volley that Nicholls is forced to tip over.

City make two more changes with the result in the bag.

Wright comes on for his senior debut in place of Kovacic, while another youngster in Hamilton replaces Foden.

Delightful from City!

The hosts counter with De Bruyne leading the charge.

The Belgian finds Bobb before receiving the return pass and crossing for the unmarked Doku, who drills past Nicholls on the half-volley.

City are 4-0 to the good and, barring a miraculous collapse here, their place in the fourth round is secured.

Nevertheless, they will continue pushing for more goals to add further gloss to the scoreline.

Understandably, De Bruyne looks like a man eager to make up for lost time.

Cutting inside from the right flank, he goes for a goal with a long-range left-footed attempt, but it is always rising.

Another lovely goal by the hosts.

From a short corner, De Bruyne's precise throughball finds Gomez.

The latter and Kovacic then combine to tee up Foden, who places a brilliant 20-yard shot into Nicholls' bottom-right corner.

The visitors turn to the bench and hand a debut to new signing Radulovic, who only arrived at the club earlier this week.

Matos is the player to make way.

Huddersfield look to respond and Thomas finds himself one-on-one with Ortega.

However, the striker cannot capitalise as he shoots straight at the City goalkeeper.

That surely puts the tie to bed.

Kovacic's long ball towards the penalty area is beautifully controlled by Nunes, who then lays it off for Bobb.

The latter's attempted cross towards De Bruyne deflects off Jackson and loops over the helpless Nicholls.

For the first time since August, De Bruyne is back on the field as he replaces Alvarez.

Doku also returns from injury for the hosts, with Grealish making way.

Cries of 'Oh Kevin De Bruyne' ring around the stadium as the midfield maestro is stripped off ready for his long-awaited return from injury.

Bobb has been lively in this second half.

Taking on Edmonds-Green, he cuts inside before getting a shot away, but pulls it wide of the near post.