FA Cup Round Three: Thierry Henry Scores The Winner As Arsenal Down Leeds

That makes it 3-2 and City are making things very interesting now, despite being down a man and having their two creative wingers off. Can they really make a comeback here? They’ve got all the momentum and more than twenty minutes to get a third goal, and United look almost dead on their feet. It’d be a crushing blow to throw this all away now, although you have to admit that the visitors still look more likely to score.

Manchester City (4-2-3-1): Pantimilion; Kolarov, Lescott, Kompany, Richards; De Jong, Milner; Nasri, Silva, Johnson; Aguero

Subs: Hart, Clichy, Zabaletta, Savic, Suarez, Razek, Hargreaves

Manchester United (4-4-2): Lindegaard; Evra, Ferdinand, Jones, Smalling; Nani, Giggs, Carrick, Valencia; Welbeck, Rooney

Subs: De Gea, Evans, Rafael, Anderson, Park, Scholes, Hernandez

FA Cup, Third Round

Birmingham 0-0 Wilves

The second half featured an unfortunate incident after which Adeyemi was seen on camera in tears after a bad interaction with the Kop. What exactly was said to Adeyemi isn’t known at this point, but he was very visibly upset by whatever was hurled his way.

FIFA rules dicate that clubs are required to release players two weeks before a major tournament, meaning that all players chosen for the Africa Cup of Nations, which begins on January 21, would have to be released by January 7. Of course, teams could allow players to stay with their clubs if they choose and the Toure brothers and Manchester City were hoping that would be the case, but Zahoui has said no.

“Clubs know the rules,” Zahoui told the BBC. “I’m expecting them for the FIFA deadline.”