{"id":5050,"date":"2026-09-17T20:40:48","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T20:40:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/?p=5050"},"modified":"2026-09-17T20:40:48","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T20:40:48","slug":"man-city-5-0-norwich-floyd-samba-enjoys-dream-debut-with-double-to-book-place-in-carabao-cup-fourth-round-for-enzo-marescas-side-football-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/?p=5050","title":{"rendered":"Man City 5-0 Norwich: Floyd Samba enjoys dream debut with double to book place in Carabao Cup fourth round for Enzo Maresca&#8217;s side | Football News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-component-name=\"ui-article-body\" data-testid=\"article-body\" data-highlight-intro=\"true\">\n<p>Floyd Samba enjoyed a dream debut by scoring twice as holders Manchester City booked their place in the Carabao Cup fourth round with a 5-0 home win over Norwich.<\/p>\n<p>Samba, 17, the son of former Premier League defender Chris, introduced 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17-year-old Samba as his stooping header opens the scoring.<\/p>\n<p>32: <strong>GOAL! <\/strong>Cherki doubles the lead with a neat finish into the bottom corner after latching onto an Ayyoub Bouaddi pass.<\/p>\n<p>39: <strong>BIG CHANCE FOR SAMBA!<\/strong> The young forward takes it in his stride and breaks into the box but Bruno Alves makes a strong recovery challenge to deal with the danger before he can shoot.<\/p>\n<p>48: <strong>GOAL! <\/strong>Allan scores on his debut after assisting the opener with a low driven shot into the bottom corner.<\/p>\n<p>54: <strong>GOAL! <\/strong>The pick of the goals as Samba grabs his second with a curling effort into the bottom-right corner.<\/p>\n<p>68: <strong>MCAIDOO DENIED! <\/strong>Samba at the heart of it again as he feeds in McAidoo, who has a low strike across goal which is well saved by Daniel Grimshaw.<\/p>\n<p>74: <strong>DISALLOWED! <\/strong>Toure slots a consolation goal in but the offside flag cuts their celebrations 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