FA Cup result, latest updates and fan reaction

Blockbuster quarter-final between two English giants

FA Cup result, latest updates and fan reaction
FA Cup result, latest updates and fan reaction Photo: Evening Standard

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Erling ​Haaland scored a hat-trick as Manchester City crushed Liverpool 4-0 in their FA ⁠Cup quarter-final at the Etihad Stadium on Saturday to cruise into the last four.

Haaland fired the ⁠opener from ​the penalty ⁠spot in the 39th minute after Nico O'Reilly ⁠was fouled, and the ​Norwegian ⁠doubled his tally ‌in first-half stoppage time with a well-placed header from an ‌excellent cross by Antoine ‌Semenyo.

In ​the other quarter-finals, Chelsea ‌take on Port ⁠Vale and Southampton host ⁠Arsenal later on Saturday, with Leeds ‌United travelling ​to West Ham ‌United on Sunday.

Read back the game below with our dedicated match blog, featuring expert insight and analysis.

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You can read more about Cherki and Ekitike’s bizarre mid-game shirt-swap moment here.

91min: City are the first team through to the FA Cup semi-finals!

What a statement win that is.

And where does it leave Slot and Liverpool?

They are PSG up next...

89min: Apparently there will not be a single minute of added time.

86min: Plenty of empty seats in the Etihad away end.

You can’t blame them.

82min: City sitting off Liverpool now, just inviting them on.

78min: Amid that, Salah was withdrawn and replaced by Chiesa.

77min: Haaland is taken off to a standing ovation.

Deserved.

74min: Remarkable scenes on the touchline as Cherki has swapped shirts with France team-mates Ekitike and puts the top on while sitting on the bench.

He is quickly told to take it off, which he does, and apologises to those around him.

70min: City fans serenading Slot with “sacked in the morning” chants.

68min: Triple change, then, as Mac Allister, Gakpo and Ngumoha replace Gravenberch, Wirtz and Ekitike.

Source: This article was originally published by Evening Standard

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