The much improved display will give Monk plenty of encouragement ahead of Saturday’s trip to high-flying Brentford and on the back of a disappointing sequence of results which has seen them slip to 12th in the Championship. But with Pep Guardiola’s star-studded squad in town, a plethora of some of Fleet Street’s finest were at S6 for the big game. So what did they make of Wednesday’s performance?
9. Daily Mail
The Mail ran with the lengthy headline 'Sergio Aguero is the hero for defending champions as Pep Guardiola's side squeeze into FA Cup quarter-finals', while its man at the game, Chris Wheeler, wrote: "Wednesday failed to make the most of what few opportunities they had but sensed an unlikely equaliser. It so nearly came when Steven Fletcher stretched to meet Alex Hunt’s low cross 80th minute and was inches away from turning it in at the far post. City survived and go through to the quarters again. They will not relinquish their hold on this trophy easily." Photo: Clive Brunskill