Manchester City emerged winners and are into the Fourth Round of this season’s FA Cup with a great 3-0 win over Birmingham at the Etihad.
Bernardo Silva scored twice, Phil Foden once and the hosts might have gone with more than a three goal lead at the break.
City’s intensity slowed after a series of substitutions but Mahrez was unlucky to be denied by a tight offside call when he volleyed in on the hour.
The £60m wide man was praised on Twitter by City fans for his display. Much of the attack came through Mahrez and he played tremendously well with the ball at his feet. Whether on the right or dropping deep he was a constant threat.
The Algerian winger was in the thick of action whenever City charged forward and was heavily involved in opening up play for two of City’s goals while also engineering a couple of other fine openings.
In reaction, some fans of the club took to twitter voice their opinions on Riyad Mahrez’s performance, with some fans suggesting that he was playing like ‘prime Eden Hazard’
Brilliant tonight.. the dumy king
— Anuj 💬 (@SkyHigh_Blu) January 10, 2021
Mahrez is playing like prime hazard today
— peace (@Liluzi_ftbl) January 10, 2021
Mahrez was class
— liam (@MacMiIner) January 10, 2021
Mahrez was absolutely class today, second half after de Bruyne went off he took over as the main creative outlet and was quality
— Josh (@CTID_Josh) January 10, 2021
Mahrez and Foden were sublime today definitely giving pep a headache regarding the starting 11 for Wednesday 🔥🔥
— Salvador🦅 (@AJ_Santiago1) January 10, 2021
Great player needs to be more clinical and consistent
— 🤟🏻⚡️ (@mxnciteh) January 10, 2021
Was great today. Hope he keep this level for the rest of the season
— Jack Grealish (@RayanRsb) January 10, 2021
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