Leyton Orient vs Manchester City: FA CUP Stats & Head-to-head

Leyton Orient midfielder Jamie Donley entered the FA Cup folklore with the scandalous shot that led to League One side taking a shock lead in their fourth round match with Manchester City.

The city eventually turned a draw on its head in the second half and equalized as Rico Lewis’ lap deflected in off New Signing Abdoukodir Khusanov, before Kevin de Bruyne finished from close range 12 minutes from time.

But all that was a bit of an irrelevans. Nothing was more memorable than the website’s goal.

Twenty -year -old Donley, a double England and Northern Ireland’s youth international, hit a shot from full 50 meters after watching the city’s keeper Stefan Ortega out of his line where the ball went in from the German when it came down from the crossbar.

The efforts drew immediate memories of Ronnie Radford’s famous effort for Hereford against Newcastle in 1972.

For a long time, it seemed that the goal would have a similar giant killing effect as Pep Guardiola’s side spread to bring their first FA Cup defeat at a lower league side since 2018.

However, the Leyton Orient fans, who were fired in the morning ‘sang, were taved when the city was planned before Guardiola returned to his heavy artillery and brought Phil’s foot and de Bruyne to make sure his side avoided unscathed when They turn their attention to Tuesday’s Champions League showdown with Real Madrid.