FA Cup: Manchester City 5 - 0 Burnley: Talking points

After beating Burton Albion F.C 1-0 in the second leg of the Carabao Cup semi final 2018-19, City were considered the favorites again for their FA Cup clash against Burnley on Saturday. As expected, Pep Guardiola's Manchester City breezed past Burnley by five goals to none, thereby maintaining their title challenge across all four competitions that they're competing in right now. City had 10 shots on target as compared to none by the visitors.

It was Kevin de Bruyne who shone the brightest among a whole bunch of stars in the sky-blue outfit, accounting for a goal and an assist each.

Gabriel Jesus, Bernardo Silva and Sergio Aguero were the other goalscorers, Burnley further undone by a Kevin Long own-goal. Interestingly, the league fixture involving both clubs in the same venue, back in October finished with the same scoreline as yesterday.

Here are some talking points after the game at Wembley:

#1 Four trophies still a possibility for City

City are still in with a chance for a famous quadruple

As Pep Guardiola himself said, a quadruple was a "huge fantasy" for City, but the mavericks are still at a stage where they can achieve it as per their latest form and standings.

Manchester City is just four points behind English Premier League leaders Liverpool, having also progressed into the round-of-16 in the UEFA Champions League as one of the better sides. The EFL Cup and the FA Cup look like they are going City's way, while it might be a difficult, yet doable, job to catch up with the Merseyside Reds in the league. A UCL win would be a first ever for the club, but the side is actually strong enough to pose a challenge for it.

It has been years since a treble happened across Europe's best footballing leagues, and City is one team which can definitely break the jinx.