YOUNG GUN O'REILLY GOOD

Future's bright as Nico bags double to see off plucky Plymouth

- Simon Mullock

PEP GUARDIOLA’S love affair with the FA Cup continues – but only after his Premier League champions were given an almighty scare.

Two goals from Manchesterborn teenager Nico O'Reilly and an injury-time strike by Kevin De Bruyne sent the Blues through to the quarter-finals after Maksym Talovierov headed Miron Muslic's Championship battlers into a shock lead at The Etihad.

O'Reilly, a goalscorer in the 8-0 romp over Salford in round three, is a 19-year-old midfielder of rich promise.

After being asked to step in at left-back, he demonstrated his threat from set-pieces with two headed goals.

More than 7,500 Plymouth fans made the 300-mile pilgrimage to Manchester to see their team play in the fifth round for only the third time in their history.

The Green Army, packed into the top two tiers of the South Stand, certainly made themselves heard.