Leyton Orient nearly pulled off one of the biggest upsets in FA Cup history against Manchester City, before eventually succumbing to the Premier League champions' class.
Days before facing Real Madrid in the Champions League, Manchester City had an over-achieving Leyton Orient side to overcome and they were given an almighty scare on what nearly became one of the greatest upsets in FA Cup history.
Jamie Donley’s goal – and we are calling it Jamie Donley’s goal, so back off – will go down as an all-timer in the FA Cup. Nico Gonzalez was knocked off balance too easily and the Tottenham loanee latched on to the loose ball to chip Stefan Ortega from 50 yards out. The ball struck the underside of the bar, bounced on the line and then off Ortega to officially go down as an own goal, which is very upsetting from a personal standpoint.
Reis looked a bag of nerves before kick-off and Gonzalez just looked absolutely freezing, coming off injured in the 22nd minute after failing to recover from a challenge in the build up to the goal. He felt he was fouled but we are not having it – had the referee given that, it would have been very soft.
There were no doubts about how the second period would transpire, with some Orient luck required but plenty of never-say-die defending to go along with it. Home players were getting their body on the line, doing everything to thwart any City attempt on goal, which certainly applies to FA Cup hero Josh Keeley in goal.
While the League One side were prepared to play football, there signs of an underdog mentality with long throws into the box and the sort of physicality you would expect in this fixture. Wellens wants his teams to play football and build from the back and there was certainly an element of that, even at 1-0 up, which has to be admired.
Wellens had a few late throws of the dice in the closing stages, making a triple change in an attempt to snatch an unlikely equaliser. It was not to be as City avoided an upset to progress to the fifth round of the FA Cup, though they were very lucky that a huge chance at the end fell to centre-back Dan Happe as Orient fought until the very end.
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