{"id":6289,"date":"2019-03-19T09:28:26","date_gmt":"2019-03-19T14:28:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=6289"},"modified":"2019-03-22T17:30:27","modified_gmt":"2019-03-22T22:30:27","slug":"manchester-city-to-face-brighton-in-fa-cup-semi-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=6289","title":{"rendered":"Manchester City to Face Brighton in FA Cup Semi-Final"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/2.41729227.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6290\" srcset=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/2.41729227.jpg 600w, https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/2.41729227-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>Manchester City\u2019s bid for the quadruple will continue on April 6 after they were handed the first FA Cup semi-final tie.<\/p>\n<p>The 2011 winners will face Brighton at Wembley on the Saturday with Wolves taking on Watford at England&#8217;s national stadium 24 hours later.<\/p>\n<p>City\u2019s game \u2013 which will be live on BBC1 \u2013 will kick off at 12.30pm EDT, 15 minutes after the start of the Grand National at Aintree.<\/p>\n<p>Pep Guardiola\u2019s side have already won the Carabao Cup at Wembley this season while they are also aiming to win the Premier League and Champions League.<\/p>\n<p>Wolves, who beat Manchester United 2-1 in the quarter-finals on Saturday, play Watford at 11am EDT on Sunday, April 7, a match broadcast live on BT Sport 2.<\/p>\n<p>Each of the four clubs will be allocated around 33,000 tickets for their own supporters.<\/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-6289\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=6289&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-6289\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=6289&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-6289\" class=\"share-google-plus-1 sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=6289&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=6289\" 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\u2019s bid for the quadruple will continue on April 6 after they were handed the first FA Cup semi-final tie. 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