{"id":20544,"date":"2021-03-21T15:13:22","date_gmt":"2021-03-21T19:13:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=20544"},"modified":"2021-03-22T09:14:50","modified_gmt":"2021-03-22T13:14:50","slug":"manchester-city-to-face-chelsea-in-fa-cup-semi-finals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=20544","title":{"rendered":"Manchester City To Face Chelsea In FA Cup Semi-Finals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Capture.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"415\" height=\"243\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20545\" srcset=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Capture.png 415w, https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Capture-300x176.png 300w, https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Capture-414x243.png 414w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 415px) 100vw, 415px\" \/>Manchester City have been drawn to face Chelsea while Leicester or Manchester United will take on Southampton in next month\u2019s FA Cup semi-finals.<\/p>\n<p>Pep Guardiola\u2019s side maintained their bid for an unprecedented quadruple as they won 2-0 at Everton to reach this stage of the competition for a third successive season, while Chelsea beat Sheffield United by the same scoreline.<\/p>\n<p>Southampton, meanwhile, eased to a 3-0 victory over neighbors Bournemouth to book their spot at Wembley and their reward is a fixture against either Leicester or United, both of whom have beaten Saints 9-0 in the last 18 months.<\/p>\n<p>The draw was made at half-time in the game at the King Power Stadium, with the sides level at 1-1.<\/p>\n<p>The all Premier League semi-finals will take place at Wembley on the weekend of April 17th and 18th.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-20544\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=20544&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-20544\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=20544&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-google-plus-1\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-google-20544\" class=\"share-google-plus-1 sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=20544&amp;share=google-plus-1\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Google+\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=20544\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to print (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester City have been drawn to face Chelsea while Leicester or Manchester United will take on Southampton in next month\u2019s FA Cup semi-finals. 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