Manchester City winger, Algerian international Riyad Mahrez, scored a hat-trick for his team, against Sheffield United, from Championship 3-0, on Saturday, to lead him to the FA Cup final.
Manchester City winger, Algerian international Riyad Mahrez, scored a hat-trick for his team, against Sheffield United, from Championship 3-0, on Saturday, to lead him to the FA Cup final.
Mahrez’s goals came in the 43rd minutes from a penalty kick, 61 and 66.
Mahrez became the first player to score a hat-trick in the FA Cup semi-finals since Manchester United’s Alex Dawson scored against Fulham in 1958, according to the “Opta” statistics agency.
Manchester City is waiting in the final match of the England Cup at Wembley Stadium, where the semi-final and final matches will be held a few years ago, on the third of next June, its neighbors Manchester United or Brighton, who will face tomorrow, Sunday.
Thus, Man City maintained its hopes of winning the treble (the domestic league, the cup and the European Champions League), a feat that only Manchester United achieved in England in 1999.
Manchester City occupies second place in the English Premier League, 5 points behind leaders Arsenal, who played two more matches, noting that the two teams will face each other at the Etihad Stadium in an upcoming match next Wednesday.
Manchester City also reached the semi-finals of the Champions League, where it will play against Real Madrid, the Spanish champions.
Source: Agencies