Manchester City take on Liverpool in the semifinals of FA Cup. The match will be played on Saturday, April 16th at Wembley (London).
Manchester city look forward to the end of a very difficult week. Last weekend they hosted Liverpool at home - the hosts scored twice, but invariably conceded in return. But even these 2-2 can be regarded as the success of Guardiola's wards - they at least remained first in the table, even if the distance remained minimal, at 1 point. After that, Pep was already playing in Madrid at 0-0 with Atlético in the Champions League after a minimal victory. The tactic worked, the sides never scored, but how much effort was spent on it? It is noteworthy that already in the 65th minute the Catalan removed from the field De Bruyne - it is obvious that he wanted Kevin to be as fresh as possible in London on Saturday.
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Liverpool still aim at the "quadruple". That is, to rehabilitate for the failures of 2021 by winning 4 tournaments. So far, the Merseysiders have won only 1 trophy, the least rated one being the League Cup. And, having not won against Manchester City last Sunday, they remained behind the competitor, so they must win each match in the Premier League and hope for a mistake of the opponent. Likes of Alexander-Arnold, van Dijk and Robertson, in company with Thiago, were sat on the bench of the second leg against Benfica. Obviously, they are being saved for a new meeting with the Blue Moon. Without 3/4 of the key players of the defense, Liverpool conceded three times, but due to Konate's goal and Firmino's double, managed to take a draw. Moreover, the British led confidently 3-1, and only then relaxed and allowed Portuguese to level.
Manchester City continues not to lose to Liverpool - last Sunday was already the 5th match without defeat. And for the second time in a row, everything ended in 2-2. Manchester City have obviously lost Mendy forever. Still Palmer remains in the infirmary. Liverpool can use all players from their first team. The bookmakers believe that the fight will be tough, but still give a small advantage in this Manchester City star pair. But Liverpool clearly want to finally beat the main competitor of recent years and we can expect the battle to be legendary and eventful.
Prediction for the match: Over 2.5 goals scored.