Manchester City vs Norwich City, 2026-27 English Carabao Cup, Third Round

· English Carabao Cup

Manchester City

29': Floyd Samba
32': Rayan Cherki
48': Allan Elias
54': Floyd Samba
90': Ryan McAidoo

FT
5 - 0

Norwich City

Samba, 17, nets twice in debut as Man City rout Norwich

Teenager Floyd Samba stole the limelight with two debut goals as Manchester City eased into the Carabao Cup fourth round with a 5-0 victory over Norwich.

Match Commentary

0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
0': First Half begins.
1': Foul by Darlin Yongwa (Norwich City).
1': Allan (Manchester City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
2': Attempt blocked. Rayan Aït-Nouri (Manchester City) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Nico O'Reilly.
6': Foul by Darlin Yongwa (Norwich City).
6': Allan (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
9': Attempt missed. Rico Lewis (Manchester City) right footed shot from the right side of the box is too high.
14': Kellen Fisher (Norwich City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
14': Foul by Rayan Aït-Nouri (Manchester City).
23': Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Harry Darling.
23': Sam Field (Norwich City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
23': Foul by Vitor Reis (Manchester City).
29': Goal! Manchester City 1, Norwich City 0. Floyd Samba (Manchester City) header from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Allan.
30': Foul by Kellen Fisher (Norwich City).
30': Rayan Aït-Nouri (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
30': Kellen Fisher (Norwich City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
32': Goal! Manchester City 2, Norwich City 0. Rayan Cherki (Manchester City) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ayyoub Bouaddi following a fast break.
38': Attempt missed. Floyd Samba (Manchester City) right footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Ayyoub Bouaddi.
39': Attempt blocked. Floyd Samba (Manchester City) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Rayan Cherki with a through ball.
39': Attempt blocked. Ante Crnac (Norwich City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Jacob Wright.
42': Attempt missed. Rayan Aït-Nouri (Manchester City) left footed shot from the left side of the box is too high. Assisted by Rayan Cherki.
45': Darlin Yongwa (Norwich City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
45': Foul by Allan (Manchester City).
45'+1': Fourth official has announced 1 minutes of added time.
45'+1': First Half ends, Manchester City 2, Norwich City 0.
45': Substitution, Norwich City. Paris Maghoma replaces Papa Diallo.
45': Second Half begins Manchester City 2, Norwich City 0.
45': Substitution, Manchester City. Ryan McAidoo replaces Rayan Cherki.
48': Goal! Manchester City 3, Norwich City 0. Allan (Manchester City) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Rayan Aït-Nouri.
51': Attempt missed. Kellen Fisher (Norwich City) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the right.
54': Goal! Manchester City 4, Norwich City 0. Floyd Samba (Manchester City) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Rayan Aït-Nouri.
56': Foul by Mathias Kvistgaarden (Norwich City).
56': Abdukodir Khusanov (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
60': Darlin Yongwa (Norwich City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
60': Foul by Rico Lewis (Manchester City).
62': Substitution, Norwich City. Anthony Musaba replaces Ante Crnac.
63': Corner, Norwich City. Conceded by Rico Lewis.
63': Attempt missed. Anthony Musaba (Norwich City) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right following a corner.
66': Attempt missed. Ryan McAidoo (Manchester City) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Floyd Samba.
67': Attempt blocked. Jacob Wright (Norwich City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Mathias Kvistgaarden.
68': Foul by Darlin Yongwa (Norwich City).
68': Rico Lewis (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
69': Attempt saved. Ryan McAidoo (Manchester City) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Daniel Grimshaw (Norwich City). Assisted by Floyd Samba.
70': Attempt missed. Nico O'Reilly (Manchester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Rico Lewis.
71': Substitution, Manchester City. Kaden Braithwaite replaces Allan.
71': Substitution, Norwich City. Mohamed Touré replaces Anis Ben Slimane.
71': Substitution, Norwich City. Ruairi McConville replaces Bruno Alves.
72': Mohamed Touré (Norwich City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
72': Foul by Kaden Braithwaite (Manchester City).
73': Offside, Norwich City. Mohamed Touré is caught offside.
74': Offside, Norwich City. Mohamed Touré is caught offside.
76': Paris Maghoma (Norwich City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
76': Foul by Nico O'Reilly (Manchester City).
77': Corner, Norwich City. Conceded by Rayan Aït-Nouri.
78': Foul by Mathias Kvistgaarden (Norwich City).
78': Rico Lewis (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
79': Corner, Norwich City. Conceded by Vitor Reis.
80': Offside, Manchester City. Rayan Aït-Nouri is caught offside.
81': Mathias Kvistgaarden (Norwich City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
81': Foul by Vitor Reis (Manchester City).
82': Attempt blocked. Kaden Braithwaite (Manchester City) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Rayan Aït-Nouri.
83': Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Darlin Yongwa.
85': Substitution, Norwich City. Oscar Schwartau replaces Mathias Kvistgaarden.
90': Goal! Manchester City 5, Norwich City 0. Ryan McAidoo (Manchester City) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Nico O'Reilly.
90'+1': Fourth official has announced 2 minutes of added time.
90'+2': Paris Maghoma (Norwich City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+2': Foul by Abdukodir Khusanov (Manchester City).
90'+3': Second Half ends, Manchester City 5, Norwich City 0.
0': Match ends, Manchester City 5, Norwich City 0.

Statistics

NOR		MNC
6	Fouls	8
1	Yellow Cards	0
0	Red Cards	0
2	Offsides	1
3	Corner Kicks	2
1	Saves	0
34.1	Possession	65.9
4	SHOTS	14
0	ON GOAL	6
0.0	On Target %	0.4
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
314	Accurate Passes	708
385	Passes	761
0.8	Pass Completion %	0.9
1	Accurate Crosses	1
10	Crosses	6
0.1	Cross %	0.2
42	Long Balls	31
16	Accurate Long Balls	23
0.4	Long Balls %	0.7
2	Blocked Shots	3
18	Effective Tackles	10
31	Tackles	13
0.6	Tackle %	0.8
8	Interceptions	4
10	Effective Clearances	11
10	Clearances	11

Game Information

Competition: English Carabao Cup

Venue: Etihad Stadium
Location: Manchester, England

Line-Ups

Manchester City (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
28	Gerónimo Rulli (GK)
22	Vitor Reis
45	Abdukodir Khusanov
33	Nico O'Reilly
82	Rico Lewis
10	Rayan Cherki
8	Mateo Kovacic
32	Ayyoub Bouaddi
75	Floyd Samba
21	Rayan Aït-Nouri
37	Allan Elias

Manchester City Substitutes:

Ryan McAidoo, Kaden Braithwaite, Marc Guéhi, Matheus Nunes, Enzo Fernández, Antoine Semenyo, Elliot Anderson, Iliman Ndiaye, Gianluigi Donnarumma.

Norwich City (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
32	Daniel Grimshaw (GK)
28	Bruno Alves
6	Harry Darling
13	Darlin Yongwa
35	Kellen Fisher
20	Anis Slimane
16	Jacob Wright
26	Sam Field
30	Mathias Kvistgaarden
19	Pape Diallo
17	Ante Crnac

Norwich City Substitutes:

Paris Maghoma, Anthony Musaba, Jack Stacey, Ruairi McConville, Mohamed Toure, Benjamin Chrisene, Oscar Schwartau, Pelle Mattsson, Vladan Kovacevic.

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