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Pep Guardiola’s emphatic Jamie Donley verdict after Tottenham gem scores for Leyton Orient in FA Cup clash with Manchester City
Tottenham Hotspur loanee Jamie Donley made a real name for himself in Saturday’s FA Cup fourth-round clash between Leyton Orient and Manchester City.
Jamie Donley has risen through the ranks at Spurs and was in 🐻and around the firs𝓀t-team last season, making four appearances under Ange Postecoglou.
The 20-year-old left Tottenham last summer to link up with Leyton Orient for the season, where he has registered five goals and five assists from 21 League One appearanc🐟es.
And on Saturday, Donley became known to the entire footballing world with his outstanding 16th-minute effort against Manchester City from just over the half-way line.
Donley was first to a loose ball as he went for a long-range effort that sailed over Stefan Ortega, clipped the underside of the c🍨rossbar and hit the backtracking keeper for the opener.
The Tottenham loanee’s effort lifted the roof off at Brisbane Roa🎀d as Orient took thei🍨r 1-0 lead into the second half.
Although Man City ended up turning the game around through goals from Abdukodir Khusanov and Kevin De Bruyne, it was st🍌ill a valiant effort from Orient.
Citizens boss Pep Guardiola then spoke aꦛbout Donley after the game as he lavished praise upᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚon the Spurs on-loan talent.

Pep Guardiola hails ‘incredible’ Jamie Donley
Guardiola admitted that it was a “fa🎀ntastic” goal and described꧋ Donley as an “incredible” player.
“What a goal,” Guardiola told reporters. “Fantastic he sh💫oot, the quality, the technique and the speed, the flight of the ball.
“When you c♊oncede this goal, it is just to congratulate the guy. I think it was Donley. He is an incre🔴dible left-foot player.”
What pundits said about Donley’s effort
“We see a lot of players shooting from distance aꦗnd from the halfway line,” Chris Sutt𝓀on said on .
“But to execute th🎀at skill and be that accurate, it’s a phenomenal achieve🗹ment from Jamie Donley.
“It will go down as an own🌳 goal𝕴 but it is one of the greatest FA Cup goals.”
Meanwhile, Martin Ke💟own said: “It is anꩵ absolutely remarkable goal.
“To even think about shooting from there – it’s a goal of a𝓀 lifetime for the young lad.”
And Micah Richards said: “The IQ to take that finish oꦇn, the ﷽technique to execute it – it was absolutely brilliant.
🦩“Jamie Donley will be going home tonight saying that’s💮 his goal.
“I think maybe VAR would have t꧂aken it back but it’s the referees decision and it’s probably 50/50 on that.”