Liverpool hang on to beat Manchester City 3-2 at Wembley to reach FA Cup final
Liverpool's quest for a historic quadruple of trophies remains alive after reaching the FA Cup final with a first-half blitz of Manchester City to win 3-2 at Wembley. Ibrahima Konate's early header and a Sadio Mane double kept Jurgen Klopp's men in the hunt to become the first side to ever win the Champions League, Premier League, FA Cup and League Cup.
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- Reuters
- Published Date: 07:34 | 16 April 2022
- Modified Date: 07:39 | 16 April 2022
Liverpool hung on to beat Manchester City 3-2 at Wembley Stadium on Saturday to reach the final of the FA Cup where they will play Chelsea or Crystal Palace.
City manager Pep Guardiola opted to rest several starters, including goalkeeper Ederson, and the weakened side were outplayed by Juergen Klopp's team in the first half, going in 3-0 down at the interval.
Ibrahima Konate headed Liverpool ahead from a corner in the ninth minute before a dreadful error from City's American back-up goalkeeper Zack Steffen gifted the Reds a second.
Steffen took too long when receiving a back pass from John Stones and Sadio Mane slid in to tackle the keeper and the ball flew into the net.
Mane then added another, on the stroke of halftime, in more conventional fashion, driving a volley past Steffen after being set up by Thiago Alcantara.
Jack Grealish pulled a goal back for City, 70 seconds after the resumption and then Bernando Silva made it 3-2 in stoppage time.