City enter this tie after settling for a disappointing goalless draw against Stoke City in the Premier League clash at the Etihad
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The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the result meant they missed the chance to cut Chelsea’s lead at the top of the table
The match was played on Sunday
Middlesbrough lie in wait for City in the quarter-finals, with that fixture scheduled to take place on March 11
Guardiola, who took over at City before the start of the season, won two Champions League, three La Liga and two King’s Cup titles as Barcelona FC coach
Iheanacho watched helplessly on for the entire 90 minutes
City will be without Gabriel Jesus, who has a broken metatarsal, allowing Iheanacho to stake his claim in the starting eleven for the first time in four matches
The Nigerian, who has failed the Premier League giant bench since the arrival of the Brazilian, may return to action this weekend
The Eagles, who had won only one of their previous 10 games coming into this tie, managed to get a foothold in the game midway through the half as Christian Benteke directed a header at Willy Caballero before the Belgian flicked Jordan Mutch’s cross just over the bar on 31 minutes
Just three points separate the two sides in the table as things stand, but they will go into the game in contrasting moods after one was on the right end of a 4-0 win last time out while the other was on the wrong end of the same scoreline
The 19-year-old agreed a five-year deal to join Pep Guardiola’s side in the summer but remained with Palmeiras until the end of the season
The 19-year-old central defender has just six months to run on his existing contract, but talks over an extension are well underway
It was their fourth defeat in the past eight league matches and kept them firmly in fifth place
Last season, the Nigeria-born youngster ended the season with 14 goals, a tally only bettered by Sergio Aguero and Kevin de Bruyne
The £27 million teenager has crossed paths with Iheanacho before
The 45-year-old Spaniard had spells in charge at FC Barcelona and Bayern Munich before replacing Manuel Pellegrini at City last summer
Pep Guardiola made the decision to replace Sergio Aguero with Iheanacho and the youngster almost repaid his manager’s faith when having two chances within a minute
But the fact that he has been left on the bench for three out of the four games for which Sergio Aguero has been suspended has cast doubt over his future at City
The Spaniard stated this after City kept within seven points of Premier League leaders, Chelsea, with a 3-0 win over Hull City on Monday, in which Iheanacho struck his sixth goal of the season
His goal against Hull hauled him to the top of the charts when a sample size of at least 10 goals is considered