Riyad Mahrez was the hat-trick hero, eclipsing Erling Haaland as Manchester City breezed past Sheffield United to the FA Cup final and on toward the Treble.
that they can almost reach out and touch it. But while this semi-final might have had a hint of a foregone conclusion about it before it even started, the hope of the football supporter really does spring eternal. Thousands of fans made the trip to London for an awkwardly timed 4.45pm kick-off, presumably more in hope than expectation. And small wonder. In the previous round of this very competition, Manchester City put six goals past Championship leaders Burnley without reply.
It took City 42 minutes to find a way through, and they needed a moment of hot-headedness from their opponents to get there. Daniel Jebbison swiped a leg at the ball inside his own penalty area, misjudged it horrendously, and caught Bernardo Silva instead on the foot, although there was also some suggestion that he might have nicked the ball first. But after a lengthy VAR interjection the penalty was given and Mahrez converted it.
Five minutes later, Grealish threaded the ball inside from the left for Mahrez to complete his hat-trick. Who is this ‘Haaland’ fellow, anyway?
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