Overview
- Manchester City beat Liverpool 4-0 in the FA Cup quarter-final, a Saturday result that featured Marc Guehi starting under the updated eligibility rule.
- The FA revised the long-standing “cup-tied” restriction to allow January transfers to be registered for the FA Cup with their new teams, a shift critics say favors wealthier clubs.
- Guehi joined City from Crystal Palace in January for £20 million as an emergency defensive signing after playing earlier FA Cup rounds for Palace, which would have ruled him out under the old rules.
- The defender had been close to a Liverpool move last summer, with reports of a medical, before Crystal Palace failed to sign a replacement and the deal collapsed.
- After the win, Guehi told TNT Sports life at City is “relentless” and “everything I wanted,” praising the club, teammates, and Pep Guardiola.