Pep Guardiola proves Liam Delap can emulate Man City fans' favourite - but not one you'd expect

Manchester City advanced to the fifth round of the FA Cup for the sixth consecutive season under Pep Guardiola on Saturday, when they saw off runaway Championship leaders Fulham 4-1.

Goals from Ilkay Gundogan, John Stones and Riyad Mahrez saw Guardiola's side recover from an early Fulham goal, but it was the second-half introductions of two City youngsters that put the biggest smiles on sky blue faces.

James McAtee - fresh from signing a new long-term contract in the week - and Liam Delap both came on with little more than 10 minutes of normal time remaining, yet in the dying embers of the game they managed to show exactly what they can do.

McAtee was typically neat and composed on the ball, linking up well with the likes of Bernardo Silva and Gundogan and looking every bit the typical Guardiola-style midfielder everyone hopes he will become.

Delap was the opposite, putting himself around in a way Guardiola later described as "a typical British striker". Even though his cameo - during which he was denied a late headed goal by the linesman's flag - was very un-City like, it was refreshing as it showed just what City have missed since Sergio Aguero departed at the end of last season.

Guardiola described the 19-year-old frontman as a "killer" after the game, but it is not just his goalscoring instincts that evoke memories of an Argentinian legend from City's past.

During his post-match press conference, Pep offered a fascinating insight into how Delap has been training after months sidelined through injury.

"Every training session, against Aymeric [Laporte], against Ruben [Dias], against John [Stones], Nathan [Ake]; he fights, and most of the time wins the duels... or breaks his nose or something like that!"

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