Summary

  • Use audio icon at the top of page to listen to BBC radio commentaries from Wembley

  • FT: FA Cup semi-final: Man City 3-0 Sheff Utd - Mahrez scores from penalty spot before slotting in second and firing in third

  • Man City still in with a chance of winning the Treble

  • Sheff Utd on the verge of Premier League promotion

  • Kick-off 16:45 BST

Live Reporting

Neil Johnston

  1. 5 Live at Wembley

    Man City v Sheff Utd (16:45 BST)

    BBC Radio 5 Live

    BBC Radio 5 Live has commentary of both of this weekend's semi-finals at Wembley. Click on the icon at the top of the page from 16:45 BST to listen to today's match or go to BBC Sounds.

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  2. 'Why shouldn't they be allowed to play?'

    Man City v Sheff Utd (16:45 BST)

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    I hate the fact that on-loan Sheffield United duo James McAtee and Tommy Doyle can't play in this tie because the rules don't allow them to face their parent club.

    I understand why that is the case but, if your club has allowed you to leave on loan, they have deemed you not good enough to play for them. Why shouldn't you be allowed to play against them?

    Joao Cancelo was allowed to play for Bayern Munich against City in the Champions League in the same circumstances, but the Football Association have a different approach to Uefa and it means McAtee and Doyle miss out on what would have been a memorable day for them.

    Who knows how many more times they will get the opportunity to play in the semi-finals of the FA Cup?

  3. 'We'd have loved to be facing them'

    Man City v Sheff Utd (16:45 BST)

    FA Cup: All the angles of Doyle's 'magnificent strike'

    Spare a thought for Tommy Doyle, on loan at Sheffield United from Manchester City.

    He scored the late winner against Blackburn in the quarter-finals but he isn't playing at Wembley because of Football Association rules preventing him facing his parent club.

    Team-mate James McAtee - who is also on loan from City - is also sitting the semi-final out.

    "We'd have loved it if they could have played because we loan them to get experience," said City boss Pep Guardiola.

    "What is better experience than an FA Cup semi-final against a Premier League team? That would be incredible for the development."

  4. Haaland starts
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    Bad news for the Blades. Erling Haaland starts. Full team news coming up.

  5. Ten changes for City?

    Man City v Sheff Utd (16:45 BST)

    Michael Brown
    Former Man City & Sheff Utd midfielder

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    You look at next Wednesday with Arsenal coming up. That is such a key game when players are physically fatigued.

    It might be the case Pep Guardiola makes 10 changes [at Wembley]. People would then ask why make so many changes - are you underestimating Sheffield United?

    I don't think Pep Guardiola ever does that.

  6. All change for City?

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    The games are coming thick and fast for Manchester City. And they've got another huge one after this when they face Arsenal at the Etihad next Wednesday - kick-off 20:00 BST - in a game that could go a long way to deciding the title.

    How many changes will Pep Guardiola make at Wembley? Team news is just a few minutes away.

  7. 'You just never know'

    Man City v Sheff Utd (16:45 BST)

    Alan Shearer
    Former England striker on 5 Live Saturday Breakfast

    You have always got a chance and Sheffield United seem very confident and rightly so. But they are up against a giant of a machine in Manchester City who have great experience.

    You just never know. Sheffield United can go to Wembley knowing that whatever happens, they're probably going to get promoted.

    Their fans will turn out in their thousands.

  8. Do Blades have any chance?

    Man City v Sheff Utd (16:45 BST)

    There have been upsets all the way in this season's FA Cup from seventh-tier Alvechurch winning at League One Cheltenham Town in the first round to League Two Stevenage beating Aston Villa in the third. And who can forget Grimsby's triumphant night at Southampton in March?

    A Sheffield United win today would surely top the lot. Manchester City have not tasted defeat since 5 February and have been outstanding lately.

    Do the Blades have any chance?

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  9. From 732 to four

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    Hello! And welcome to FA Cup semi-final weekend, where the last four teams standing from 732 who entered this famous competition are battling it out at Wembley to appear in the final on 3 June.

    On Sunday, Brighton & Hove Albion face Manchester United in front of the live BBC One cameras - kick-off 16:30 BST - but first Sheffield United, the only team left from outside the Premier League, are looking to cause an almighty shock against Manchester City.

    The Blades are one win away from promotion to the Premier League.

    Is this a day out for the Championship club or will they produce the performance of a lifetime and end City's hopes of landing the Treble?

  10. Treble talk getting louder

    Man City v Sheff Utd (16:45 BST)

    Man City boss Pep Gaurdiola says: 'We are not excited about the Treble at all'

    Manchester City have won nine major trophies since Pep Guardiola took charge in 2016. Will they make it 12 in seven seasons?

    Talk of a Premier League, Champions League and FA Cup Treble is getting louder. But there is work to do if they are to win all three - starting today against Sheffield United at Wembley.