Man City survive Southampton scare as Gonzalez delivers Rodri-esque winner

Man City survive Southampton scare as Gonzalez delivers Rodri-esque winner
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By Football365
Published on 2026-04-25 18:59:00

Manchester City’s domestic treble hopes flashed before their eyes as Southampton threatened to add to their Arsenal scalp, before Jeremy Doku and Nico Gonzalez inspired a comeback victory.

Guardiola rang the changes for Saturday’s FA Cup semi-final against Southampton and, while you could justify doing so, it was a risk that very nearly did not pay off.

Back in November, Guardiola decided to give Man City’s fringe players a run-out against Bayer Leverkusen in the Champions League and he paid the price, despite it still being a starting XI worth £435million in transfer fees.

Guardiola did not tinker to that extent again until the Carabao Cup semi-final against Newcastle United and, after successfully navigating that tie en route…

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