The Nigerian teenager was quickly off the mark in the Cup contest at Villa Park. Barely four minutes into the game, Iheanacho pounced on a loose ball from Fernando's headed effort which was blocked to set City on the path to round five.
Twenty minutes later, the former Nigerian under-17 star got his brace of goals and doubled Manchester City's lead from the spot after Raheem Sterling was felled in the Villa box. Iheanacho calmly finished from 12 yards to put his team in the driving seat.
Iheanacho's double was enough to see City go into the break with a two-goal lead against a struggling Villa.
It was not the same sort of fast-off-the-block start in the second half for Iheanacho as he found himself with little to do in an attacking sense.
The Nigerian became the third City player to score a hat-trick this season after Sergio Aguero and Sterling.
The first real sight of Iheanacho in the second half was when he was flagged off in the 71st minute.
However, three minutes later, the Nigerian forward scored from a quick counter-attacking football by City and also benefited from Idrissa Gueye's mistake to slip the ball past Brad Guzan for his third and City's third of the game.
The game will have Iheanacho's name written all over it, as his accidental acrobatic volley turned up as an assist for Sterling to put away for Manchester City's fourth goal.
Iheanacho has now scored eighth goals in all competitions for City this season. He also has four assists to his credit.
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