Key events
27 min This is a tremendous line from Gary Naylor.
Have we ever had an own goal win Goal of the Month? Because I think we will.
26 min City are having lots of the ball, this being a football match, but so far Keeley hasn’t had a difficult save to make. Their only big chance was Gundogan’s in the 10th minute.
24 min Savinho’s attempted crossfield pass hits Jaiyesimi straight in the face. There’s a break in play while he’s checked for concussion.
23 min My colleague Tom Davies, one of the true good guys, is an Orient fan and will be at the game today. What I’d give to see a 30-second video of his face before, during and after that extraordinary goal. Those of us who support or supported a big club will never know that kind of joy.
22 min: Man City substitution Poor Nico Gonzalez is limping off to be replaced by Bernardo Silva. Hopefully it’s nothing too serious; he landed awkwardly when he was challenged in the lead up to the Orient goal.
20 min Gonzalez is down with a back problem and looks in a fair bit of distress. Welcome to English football and all that.
18 min City thought there might have been a foul on Gonzalez just before Donley’s shot. There’s no VAR in this round of the cup, though I don’t think it would have been overturned anyway.
Jamie Donley, on loan from Spurs, has gone straight into FA Cup folklore. He ran onto a loose ball, just inside the City half, spotted Ortega off this line and drove a first-time chip towards goal. The ball hit the underside of the bar, then bounced off the backpedalling Ortega and into the net. Technically it’s an own goal but it was an extraordinary piece of skill from Donley. The audacity on him!
GOAL! Orient 1-0 Man City (Ortega og 16)
Orient take the lead in amazing circumstances!
14 min: Chance for Orient! A long ball releases Kelman, who scoots away from Reis and into the penalty area. His touch is heavy, possibly because Reis was leaning into him, and forces him wide. Bbut he still manages to stretch and screw a shot towards goal that is blocked by Ortega. Good save.
12 min City are dominating possession as you’d expect, with 75 per cent so far. Savinho’s deflected cross bounces towards the onrushing O’Reilly, whose shot from the edge of the area is blocked. When Savinho is on – and he has started really well – he’s close to unplayable. He’s only 20 and has the potential to become one of the world’s best players.
11 min “The coupon on Gundogan there,” says Niall Mullen. “I came back from Catalonia for this?”
As well as everything else, it looks bone-chillingly cold out there.
10 min: Gundogan misses a great chance! Gonzalez clips a delicious angled pass over the defence to Savinho, who cushions a volley across goal towards Gundogan. He can’t sort his feet and shoots tamely wide from eight yards. He may have been put off by an air shot from Simpson.
7 min City won a couple of corners in quick succession; neither amounts to much.
5 min Orient have started well and are trying to hurt City with early balls down their left. City’s right-back Rico Lewis generally moves infield when they have the ball.
4 min Kelman’s backheel releases Currie, whose superb cross runs tantalisingly across the six-yard box with Ortega rooted to his line. Reis is caught in two minds and gets a bit lucky when he is fouled by Donley (I think) at the far post.
4 min Grealish, who is being booed every time he touches the ball, cuts inside with intent but drags a shot well wide of the near post.
2 min Jaiyesimi is released on the left by a long pass. He moves into the area and tries to wriggle past Lewis, who stays on his feet and does enough to allow the ball to run through to Ortega.
2 min It’s a grim afternoon in East London: wet, windy and more than a little brisk.
1 min Peep peep! Orient kick off from right to left as we watch.
A reminder of the teams, who are taking the field as I type.
Leyton Orient (possible 4-2-3-1) Keeley; Galbraith, Simpson, Happe, Currie; James, Brown; Perkins, Donley, Jaiyesimi; Kelman.
Substitutes: Phillips, Sweeney, Cooper, Agyei, Ball, Pratley, Obiero, Carter, Markanday.
Manchester City (possible 4-1-4-1) Ortega, Lewis, Reis, Dias, O’Reilly, Gonzalez; Savinho, McAtee, Gundogan, Grealish; Marmoush.
Substitutes: Carson, Stones, De Bruyne, Bernardo, Akanji, Nunes, Khusanov, Foden, Mubama.
Referee Darren Bond.
The hero of Orient’s run so far has been the young Irish goalkeeper Josh Keeley, on loan from Tottenham. He scored a last-minute equaliser against Oldham in the second round, then saved a penalty from Derby’s Callum Elder in a third-round shootout.
Today’s game is a lunchtime kick-off. But 30 years ago yesterday, dinner was on the menu in the Orient dressing-room.
(NB: Clip contains language, a lot of language, that some readers may find offensive.)
Rules and regulations
The last time these teams met was a 2-2 draw in the second tier in May 1966. Orient were relegated that year; City were promoted would be champions of England two years later. Their last FA Cup clash was 99 years in the quarter-final. It was a one-sided affair.
Team news
Richie Wellens makes four changes to the Orient side that lost at home to Stockport a week ago. Tom James, Jack Simpson, Diallang Jaiyesimi and Sonny Perkins replace Brandon Cooper, Darren Pratley, Azeem Abdulai and Dilan Markanday.
With Real Madrid waiting on Tuesday, Pep Guardiola has made eight changes from the defeat at Arsenal. The survivors are Stefan Ortega, Savinho and Omar Marmoush. The new signings Vitor Reis and Nico Gonzalez make their City debuts.
Leyton Orient (possible 4-2-3-1) Keeley; James, Simpson, Happe, Currie; Galbraith, Brown; Perkins, Donley, Jaiyesimi; Kelman.
Substitutes: Phillips, Sweeney, Cooper, Agyei, Ball, Pratley, Obiero, Carter, Markanday.
Manchester City (possible 4-1-4-1) Ortega, Lewis, Reis, Dias, O’Reilly, Gonzalez; Savinho, McAtee, Gundogan, Grealish; Marmoush.
Substitutes: Carson, Stones, De Bruyne, Bernardo, Akanji, Nunes, Khusanov, Foden, Mubama.
Referee Darren Bond.
Leyton Orient are a team on the up, sixth in League One and with a chance of reaching the second tier for the first time since 1981-82.
Preamble
Hello and welcome to live coverage of Leyton Orient v Manchester City in the FA Cup. A few months ago the idea of Orient landing a stone on City’s forehead would have been unthinkable. Now, while still highly unlikely, it doesn’t feel entirely beyond the realms.
City’s recent results would suggest that anything is possible: 4-1, 8-0, 2-2, 6-0, 2-4, 3-1, 3-1, 1-5. It certainly wouldn’t be a surprise if they took out their frustration on Orient. This is City’s first game since the alarming collapse against Arsenal last Sunday. They are still fighting on three fronts – Champions League, FA Cup, top four in the Premier League – and today is the start of a crucial run of fixtures in the rest of February. After this they play Real Madrid, Newcastle, Real Madrid again, Liverpool and Spurs.
Kick off 12.15pm.
