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City joins Crystal Palace and Chelsea for the FA Cup semifinals which are already decided

After two consecutive official matches without a goal, Manchester City broke this streak by beating Southampton 1-4 on Sunday to book their place in the FA Cup semifinals.

By Hector Garcia

After two consecutive official matches without a goal, Manchester City broke this streak by beating Southampton 1-4 on Sunday to book their place in the FA Cup semifinals.
After two consecutive official matches without a goal, Manchester City broke this streak by beating Southampton 1-4 on Sunday to book their place in the FA Cup semifinals.
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Guardiola's Manchester City, accustomed to passing over their rivals on many occasions, had not scored in two official matches, against Sporting CP and Crystal Palace, until Sunday. A streak that ended with a 1-4 victory over Southampton.

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The Citizens soon opened the scoring. Sterling put the first in the 12th minute from Gabriel Jesus' pass, although Pep's team conceded the equalizer before heading to the locker room. Laporte, in his own goal, made it 1-1.

In the second half, City took revenge for all the goals they had missed. De Bruyne, on penalty in the 62nd minute, Foden, in the 75th minute, and Mahrez, in the 78th minute, sealed the 1-4 victory for the Sky Blues and their qualification to the FA Cup semifinals.

It is not unreasonable to think that Manchester City are in the running for the treble. Favorites in the league, candidates in the Champions League, they are already in the quarterfinals, where they will meet Atletico Madrid, and in the FA Cup semis. Guardiola's team is proving once again this year that they are a competitive team in any tournament.

Crystal Palace beat Everton to advance to the semifinals

Patrick Vieira's side thrashed Lampard's Everton at Selhurst Park 4-0. The London team is the surprise of this FA Cup, getting into the semifinals. The Toffees, who since the departure of Rafa Benitez have also failed to get up, we're unable to beat the Eagles, who were in fine form in front of goal.

With goals from Marc Guehi and Mateta in the first half, Crystal Palace made it clear who was in control of the match. In the second half, in the last 12 minutes of play, Ivorian striker Zaha scored the third and Hughes scored the fourth to seal the match.

What was the draw for the semifinals?

Although the semifinal match between Nottingham Forest and Liverpool is still to be played, the semifinal keys are already set. The London teams will face each other, Chelsea against Crystal Palace, while Manchester City will face the winner between the Reds and Championship side Nottingham Forest. 

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