Fabinho is not too far off his seventh goal of the season as he stabs wide from a Liverpool corner.

Good hit by Joe Gomez 25 yards from goal but it is straight at Ethan Horvath.

This has been a really good, competitive opening quarter of the game so far. Both sets of fans have not stopped singing.

Nottingham Forest then go flying up the other end as the ball is worked to Ryan Yates, who has space on the edge of the area but his shot is deflected behind by Virgil van Dijk before James Garner fires over from the corner.

Konstantinos Tsimikas has never scored for Liverpool but he tries to get off the mark in spectacular style with a dipping strike from distance but it flies just over the bar.

Superb challenge by Joe Worrall!

Diogo Jota appears to be in on goal but just as he is about to shoot Worrall comes across and slides the ball away from the Liverpool forward's feet.

He had to get that right and he did.

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The ball is back up the other end as play swings quickly from one end of the pitch to the other and Joe Gomez's ball is caught by Ethan Horvath under pressure from a Liverpool player.

Belting start to this game.

Keinan Davis' cross is across the face of goal and Joe Lolley is onto it unmarked on the right. He goes for the square pass rather than the shot but it is cut out.

Good, open start to the game.

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Joe Gomez intercepts a crossfield pass and surges forward before passing to Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain on space on the edge of the area. The former Arsenal forward shoots but his effort is blocked.

Plenty of eyes on Brennan Johnson in the build up and he has a foray forward down the left before his cross is into the hands of Alisson.

The atmosphere really is something else and there's a huge cheer just for a misplaced Virgil van Dijk pass.

Liverpool win an early corner as Konstantinos Tsimikas' cross is deflected behind by Joe Lolley.

Tsimikas takes the corner but Keinan Davis clears.

The hosts, in red shirts and white shorts, get this FA Cup quarter-final under way.

A roar from all sides of the City Ground as the two teams come out onto the pitch.

Forest have dumped out last season's FA Cup champions Leicester and Arsenal - the most successful side in the competition's history - can they claim another famous win today?

Liverpool

Since the start of 2020, Liverpool's Takumi Minamino has scored nine goals in domestic cup competitions (six in the League Cup, three in the FA Cup).

That's the joint-most of any player alongside Jay Rodriguez and Kelechi Iheanacho.

Minamino got two in the last round against Norwich, but he's on the bench today.

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The calm before the storm.

Which manager will be celebrating a place in the semi-finals in a few hours?

Liverpool have progressed from six of their seven FA Cup ties against Nottingham Forest.

But they are winless in their past 12 away games against Nottingham Forest in all competitions (D7, L5).

This is the first meeting in any competition between the sides since a 2-2 draw at the City Ground in April 1999 in the Premier League.

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I was at the City Ground recently and you've got to love the buzz around the place now.

I'd argue the walk down to the ground alongside the River Trent, particularly as the sun is starting to set or when it is completely dark and just the floodlights light things up, is one of the best in English football.

The atmosphere is also something else in a game Forest are winning too.

Mark Lawrenson
BBC football expert

Klopp's squad has got him this far in all four major competitions, and I think he will rotate his team again.

That will give Forest more hope, and they do have a clever manager in Steve Cooper plus some very talented players - Djed Spence scored a stunning goal against QPR on Wednesday and I'd be surprised if he's not playing in the Premier League next season.

It is going to be close, but with Liverpool in this kind of form it is hard to back anyone to beat them at the moment.

Prediction: 0-1

There we have it then, but we've still to determine the final team to cement their place in the semi-finals.

Nottingham Forest versus Liverpool is up in just over 20 minutes.

Manchester City v Nottingham Forest/Liverpool

Chelsea v Crystal Palace

*Ties to be played at Wembley weekend of 16 and 17 April