Manchester City were comfortable 2-0 winners at Middlesbrough in Saturday's FA Cup tie.

Sergio Aguero's sixth goal in five matches eased Manchester City into the FA Cup semi-finals as Middlesbrough's game resistance was finally broken.

Trailing after just three minutes to David Silva's opener, relegation-threatened Boro rallied and survived a second-half onslaught until Aguero's 24th strike of the season with 23 minutes remaining eventually extinguished any hope of a fightback.

City boss Pep Guardiola said: “We are so happy to be there (in semi-final). We've played most of our games away against three teams from the Premier League and one of the best in the Championship so it's a huge compliment to the team.

“We made a good performance, we were there from the beginning. The game should be over 30 minutes before but we missed a few chances. It was similar for Middlesbrough at home, we created a lot of chances in the first half but didn't score. Maybe you need that to improve, to get better. We'll recover now and get ready for the game in France.

“When you attack good, you defend good. We defend 40m away, we want to play in that way. I always believe that when the ball is far away from our goal, we are safe.

“It's good for the team for their confidence, not just the goal but before the two or three chances they had. Claudio (Bravo) made another good performance, three or four saves and that's why we were able to have another clean sheet, it's really good for us."