Man City vs Fulham FA Cup ratings: Mahrez 7, Grealish 6; Mitrovic 7, Reed 6

MANCHESTER CITY RATINGS: Zack Steffen – 6, The American shotstopper continued a stint in goal in the FA Cup, couldn’t do anything about Fulham’s first but needed to do much better with Kebano’s long range shot, which rebounded into Carvalho’s path and didn’t look all that comfortable. PA

Kyle Walker – 6, Dealt with Kebano on the wing well. Booked. Getty Images

John Stones – 7, Outbustled his opponents to rise and produce a glancing header to quickly put Man City on the path to victory. In control and had a whopping 86 passes by the full-time whistle. Reuters

Nathan Ake – 7, A solid display by the defender who didn’t do much wrong and handled Fulham well. AP Photo

Joao Cancelo – 6, Skied a shot but unable to dominate and control play like he has on other occasions this season. Getty Images

Fernandinho – 6, The 36-year-old grew much more confident as City found their footing and produced several tackles and interceptions to break up Fulham’s play. AP Photo

Kevin de Bruyne – 7, Some De Bruyne magic once again after beating Adarabioyo to run into the box and selflessly find Mahrez to make it 4-1. Didn’t stop working throughout. Reuters

Ilkay Gundogan – 7, Made no mistake equalising for his side just minutes after Fulham’s opener and nearly had his second when the German met Fernandinho’s looping ball in the box but blazed over the crossbar. Reuters

Riyad Mahrez – 7, Selfless in leaving the ball for Gundogan as Cancelo helped the ball back across the goalmouth. Netted a goal of his own when he beat Gazzaniga from the penalty spot. Reuters

Phil Foden – 6, Did great work in the buildup for Gundogan’s equaliser but was largely off the pace in the first half. Forced Gazzaniga into a low stop in the second half. Getty Images

Jack Grealish – 6, Brought down in the box and awarded a penalty to make it 3-1 and but most of his dribbles came to nothing. Getty Images

SUB: Raheem Sterling (for De Bruyne 68’) – 6, Needed to do much better with his freekick, which he failed to hit with any kind of conviction. AP Photo

SUB: Oleksandr Zinchenko (for Cancelo 67’) – 6, The Ukrainian did what he needed to do for City to see out the game. AP Photo

SUB: Liam Delap (for Grealish 77’) – 6, The youngster hopefully looked towards the linesman as he found the back of the net in the 90th minute but was unsurprised to see the goal disallowed. Getty Images

SUB: James McAtee (for Mahrez 78’) – 6, Won a freekick seconds after coming off the bench and looked lively. Reuters

SUB: Bernardo Silva (for Foden 78’) – 6, A late run out for Silva as City had the game under control. PA

FULHAM RATINGS: Paulo Gazzaniga – 6, Had no chance with Mahrez’s penalty but not really at fault for any of City’s goals. AFP

Neco Williams – 6, No tougher debuts for the Liverpool loanee than playing Man City but did well. Getty Images

Tosin Adarabioyo – 6, Needed to do much better marking John Stones, who beat him in the air to convert City’s second of the game. PA

Tim Ream – 6, Put in a crucial header as Ake’s misdirected header looked to be an easy tap in for Foden. Unfortunate to get a touch on Mahrez’s wide shot for City’s fourth. Getty Images

Joe Bryan – 6, Gave a soft penalty away when he fouled Grealish in the box and kept busy on the wing with a few clearances to his name. AFP

Nathaniel Chalobah – 6, Clashed heads with Ake in the first half but able to continue and was a much-needed player in the centre to break up play. Getty Images

Harrison Reed – 6, Did well to win the ball back but then disastrously overhit a pass to his defender that set Man City up for another goal. Getty Images

Harry Wilson – 6, Provided a great ball for Fulham to take the lead in the opening minutes and some moments of creativity in the first half. PA

Fabio Carvalho – 7, Stunned the Ethiad Stadium by slotting home after four minutes to put the Championship side ahead. Could have had his second against the Premier League giants when the ball rebounded into his path. Getty Images

Neeskens Kebano – 6, Forced Steffan into action with a decent shot, which the City goalkeeper was only able to push into the path of Carvalho. Getty Images

Aleksandar Mitrovic – 7, Fulham’s top goalscorer produced a moment of absolute quality when he played in Wilson with a beauty of a ball over the top of City’s defence and so nearly had his 29th of the season when his turning shot went just wide. Reuters

SUB: Jean Michael Seri (For Reed 67’) – 6, Put in a few tackles but at a disadvantage coming on with Fulham 4-1 down. Getty Images

SUB: Anthony Knockaert (for Kebano 67’) – 5, The former Brighton winger was unable to get a grip on the game and largely ineffective. Reuters

SUB: Rodrigo Muniz Carvalho (for Wilson 75’) – 5, A pretty anonymous display from the bench. PA

SUB: Tom Cairney (for Mitrovic 75’) – 5, Shot just wide seconds after coming on as Fulham looked to finish the game with some fight. AFP

SUB: Ivan Cavaleiro (for Carvalho 88’) N/R, The former Wolves man was brought on for the final minutes of the game. AFP

Manchester City overcame an early wobble as Riyad Mahrez struck twice to help them ease past second-tier Fulham 4-1 in the FA Cup fourth round at the Etihad Stadium on Saturday.

A frenetic opening saw the Championship side grab a surprise lead through Fabio Carvalho in the fourth minute before Ilkay Gundogan levelled for the Premier League leaders, firing home from close range after being played in by Mahrez.

The 19-year-old Carvalho finished off a well-worked move to give the visitors hope but Marco Silva's side failed to make the advantage count.

Fulham's early spark was completely extinguished 13 minutes in when centre back John Stones rose highest to turn in a Kevin de Bruyne corner for his second goal of the season.

A full-strength City ran Fulham ragged after the break as they created chances at will and secured the win through a quickfire double from Mahrez, the first coming from the penalty spot in the 53rd minute after Jack Grealish was brought down following a fine solo run.

De Bruyne turned provider again three minutes later when he latched onto a stray pass from Fulham's Harrison Reed to gallop forward and tee up Mahrez whose right-foot shot took a slight deflection off Tim Ream.

"It was a typical FA Cup tie. They started better, scored first. I'm glad we scored quick and then took the lead. Overall it was a good game and we controlled it," said City midfielder Fernandinho.

City next host 14-placed Brentford in the Premier League on Wednesday.