The 0-0 draw against Atletico Madrid was enough for the Sky Blues to close a titanic draw against Real Madrid, while the Reds are going to face the giant Villarreal in the last four. With the Premier League decision between Pep Guardiola and Jürgen Klopp ending in a 2-2 draw, both teams will look for a victory in the FA Cup semi-final to seal their power as the best team in England. As an interesting match awaits us on Saturday afternoon, here we are waiting for Manchester City to line up.
Predicted XI
After his heroism between the sticks to stop the attack of Atletico Madrid, and Pep Guardiola who suggested that it would take a physiognomy to make a decision for Jacques Stephen, we Anderson to start in the goal. Scroll to continue With Kyle Walker suffering from an unfortunate ankle injury against Diego Simeone’s team on Wednesday night, Joao Cancello is likely to play as a right back. Despite the fact that Ruben Dias has finally completed the mission for the second leg of the Champions League quarter-final this week, it is unlikely that he will risk the upcoming FA Cup semi-final – with John Stones and Aymeric Laport continuing to work together in the back. Nathan Ake’s excellent performance in the left back in front of an atmospheric audience of Wanda Metropolitano makes him an automatic shoe-in for the knockout draw with Liverpool. IMAGO / NurPhoto Rodrigo is arguably the first name on the Manchester City squad for the big games and, according to the standard procedure, the Spaniard is not ready to start from the beginning at Wembley this weekend. The same can be said for Bernardo Silva, who is known to save his best for matches against Liverpool all these years. Like Kyle Walker, Kevin De Bruyne was also replaced prematurely against Manchester City’s recent Spanish rivals, which guarantees a starting position for Ilkay Gudogan in the English capital. IMAGO / PA images With Rahim Sterling on the bench against Atletico Madrid, he is likely to return to his former employers on Saturday afternoon. Phil Fontaine is expected to be called up to the Manchester City team once again, as “Stockport Iniesta” reaches a dead end at this point. After being knocked out of Pep Guardiola’s starting lineup for three consecutive games, Jack Grealish could finally start this weekend. IMAGO / Pressinphoto Starting lineup: Anderson? Joao Cancelo, John Stones, Aymeric Laporte, Nathan Ake; Rodri, Bernardo Silva, Ilkay Gundogan; Raheem Sterling, Phil Foden, Jack Grealish. Follow City Xtra on social media: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook | YouTube
