Algeria star Riyad Mahrez netted a hat-trick for Manchester City, who defeated Sheffield United 3-0 to secure a spot in the FA Cup final.
Stefan Ortega, Kyle Walker, Aymeric Laporte, Sergio Gomez, Riyad Mahrez and Julian Alvarez were all handed starts by City manager Pep Guardiola after the draw with Bayern Munich earlier this week.
The Premier League outfit enjoyed most of the possession in the opening exchanges, but they found it tough to breakdown a compact United and struggled to carve out chances in the opening 15 minutes.
City did go close to pulling ahead in the 22nd minute when Alvarez found some space on the edge of the box before unleashing a powerful that was turned away by Wes Foderingham.
However, The Citizens were given a lifeline on 40 minutes when Daniel Jebbison brought down Bernardo Silva with a clumsy challenge in the box. Riyad Mahrez took responsibility and calmly slotted into the bottom corner.
City could have added a second goal ten minutes into the second half when Haaland looked to pounce on Gomez's deflected effort, but he could only fire into the side-netting at the far post.
The lead was doubled in the 61st minute through Mahrez's superb individual effort where got past two challenges and finished with a low strike in the box.
The Algerian star capped off a memorable display a few minutes later after getting on the end of Jack Grealish's to finish into the back of the net to complete his hat-trick.
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