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Manchester City 2-1 Southampton: Saints denied by Nico Gonzalez thunderbolt as City rally

Citizens spark into life after Finn Azaz strike

By Edward Elliot

MANCHESTER CITY 2

Doku 82, Gonzalez 87

SOUTHAMPTON 1

Azaz 79

Tonda Eckert urged his Southampton side to use their narrow FA Cup defeat as “fuel” to finish their Championship season on a high after giving Manchester City a scare.

A slow-burner of a semi-final came alive as Finn Azaz put Saints on course for a shock win when he curled home a sublime goal with 11 minutes remaining.

Yet that served only to spark City into action and substitute Jeremy Doku quickly equalised with a deflected strike, before Nico Gonzalez won it wit...

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