Ahead of a Champions League playoff against Real Madrid, Manchester City survived a scare at third-tier Leyton Orient to advance to the fifth round of the FA Cup. City hosts Madrid on Tuesday in the first of a two-legged playoff.

Real Madrid will hardly be trembling with fear when they watch Manchester City's laboured 2-1 win at Leyton Orient in the FA Cup.

With an elite attack consisting of Kylian Mbappe, Vinicius Junior, Jude Bellingham and Rodrygo, big things were expected of Real Madrid again this season following their 2023-24 double of La Liga and Champions League titles.

New Manchester City signing Nico Gonzalez was injured and substituted after 22 minutes of his debut for the Premier League club on Saturday. The midfielder, who joined from Porto for a reported $61.8 million on transfer deadline day,

Manchester City's new signing Nico Gonzalez lasted only 22 minutes on his debut as the midfielder was injured during his side's 2-1 win at Leyton Orient in the FA Cup on Saturday. Gonzalez was given a bruising introduction to English soccer as City scrambled into round four and is now a doubt for his side's Champions League clash against Real Madrid on Tuesday.