FA Cup: Liverpool punishes Manchester City and qualifies for the final (3-2) – Eurosport FR

Too strong, Liverpool dismisses City and continues to dream of the quadruple. The Citizens took a big hit, led 0-3 at the break, at Wembley on Saturday in the FA Cup semi-finals (2-3). Little concerned and totally helpless in the first period, the Skyblues woke up when they returned from the locker room. Insufficient, however, to reach a solid and attractive Liverpool score. Still a scorer, the Frenchy Ibrahima Konaté launched the Scousers (9th) on the right track, before Sadio Mané offered himself a double full of opportunism and class (17th, 45th). Despite the achievements of Jack Grealish (47th) and Bernardo Silva (90th + 1), the Mancunians lost a new title, at the gates of the final. On the other hand, Jürgen Klopp and Liverpool can still cling to their crazy bet of achieving a historic quadruple this season. Subscribe to Eurosport to follow a full year of sport!The Emirates FA CupA huge ball from Steffen then a masterpiece: Mané smashed City before the break2 HOURS AGOOnly a shot for City in the first halfWe could easily imagine a Manchester City less sovereign at the sight of the eleven aligned by Pep Guardiola. Deprived of his talisman Kevin De Bruyne and Kyle Walker, the Catalan decided to bring Phil Foden down a notch, in order to maintain a technical and licked touch in the middle. But faced with the steamroller of the Mersey club, Wembley billiards did not even help the Citizens, guilty of a large number of ball-to-foot approximations. Holder for the second time in a row, Ibrahima Konaté confirmed that he was going through a prosperous period by scoring his third goal in just ten days (9th), all scored with a header from a corner. Never in the right tempo, the spirit almost evaporated, City also had to deal with an almost zenithal sun in his camp in the first period. No doubt blinded by the rays, Zack Steffen saw Sadio Mané emerge at the last moment, scorer on an ambitious but paying pressure (17th). Heckled by the red tide of Wembley after his huge dumpling, the American goalkeeper played with the handbrake, escorted by a feverishness shared by his comrades during the first act, punished by the double of Mané (45th), scorer on a sublime uncrossed volley at the exit of a royal movement that the Skyblues coach would not have denied. Sadio Mané took advantage of an error by Zack Steffen to score.Credit: Getty Images15th Cup final and dream of a quadruple for LiverpoolAfter the lethargy, the sudden awakening. Much more dashing on the return from the locker room, Guardiola’s protégés immediately reduced the gap on a school movement concluded by Jack Grealish in first intention (47th). Biting despite a net deficit in the middle, dominated by the despotic trio Thiago-Keita-Fabinho, the Skyblues thought they had reversed the meeting, when Gabriel Jesus appeared alone against Alisson. But the welcome exit of the Reds goalkeeper could have avoided a stressful end to the game for his partners. And yet, while the good nature of the Scousers in the construction broke the pressing and the opposing lines, the Mancunians suddenly raised their voices, a few minutes from the end of the meeting. Entered into play in the money-time, Riyad Mahrez s snuck near the goal line to slip the ball under Alisson’s legs, finally pushed into the back of the net by Bernardo Silva (90th + 1). Despite hot situations to manage in their area (90th + 2, 90th + 3), Liverpool logically hung their 15th FA Cup final. The Reds have outclassed the Mancunians who return empty-handed once again and will seek to console themselves with the championship and the Champions League. Two horizons shared by the Mersey club, still in the race for a historic and unprecedented quadruple in England. Liverpool qualified for the Cup finalCredit: Getty ImagesThe Emirates FA CupKlopp and the obsession with the overloaded calendar20 HOURS AGOChampions LeagueInsults, spitting and brawling: ‘It’s a hostile environment here’13/04 /2022 At 10:34 PM