A goal and assist from a reinvigorated Phil Foden secured a comfortable 2-0 win for Manchester City against Huddersfield Town to book their place in the fourth round of the Carabao Cup.

Foden and Nico O’Reilly were the only two players to retain their spots in the starting line-up from the 1-1 draw against Arsenal on Sunday and it was the former who fired the hosts ahead in the 18th minute.

After linking up well with Divine Mukasa, the player standing in for Erling Haaland who was absent from the match-day squad, Foden nestled his shot from outside the area into the bottom corner to hand his side a deserved lead.

Forty places separate the two teams in the football pyramid and that chasm showed throughout the fixture but despite their dominance, City were made to wait until the 75th minute before they eventually doubled their lead through Savinho.

The winger, making his first start of the season, was found by Foden on the left and gave goalkeeper Lee Nicholls little chance with the shot as it crashed in off the crossbar to confirm City’s place in the fourth round of the cup.

Huddersfield have not reached the fourth round of the competition since the 1999/2000 season, and that wait now continues, although Lee Grant’s League One side can take pride from the performance and were unlucky not to score on the evening after seeing Cameron Ashia’s late shot cannon off the post.

The goals that fired City in the fourth round…