Man city looked strong as they started off well with some good passing and great shots form Silva and a great long range shot from Mario Balloteli which was saved by Tomas Sorrinsen. Man City dominated most of the first half, they produced some great crosses and most shots on target. Robert Huth committed a two footed tackle on Micah Richards at the end of the first half to see him get a yellow card.
In the second half Stoke looked stronger with some good balls in from pennant a great chance for stoke which they didn't take. Man City had a brilliant chance with a counter attack from a great tevez run with a shot on the end which was defended by stoke giving Man city a corner. The corner came to nothing and stoke city were on the counter attack with Kenwin Jones one on one with Joe Hart with a great save. Man city were on the attack again and stoke were struggling to defend with man city shots blocked 1 minute later Yaya Toure came in with shot and scored on the 74th minute to make it 1-0. 3 minutes later Silva tries to make it 2 with a brilliant shot which was saved by Tomas Sorrinsen. It looked like stoke were only going to get one more chance. They had a corner which was played by Pennant and a header blocked that looked like the last chance for stoke as the referee blew the final whistle.
Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini says his priority at the start of the season was to secure a Champions League place and adds that his side's FA Cup win was "for the fans".
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