{"id":60444,"date":"2023-04-23T09:11:16","date_gmt":"2023-04-23T09:11:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/04\/23\/mahrez-hat-trick-sends-man-city-into-fa-cup-final\/"},"modified":"2023-04-23T09:11:16","modified_gmt":"2023-04-23T09:11:16","slug":"mahrez-hat-trick-sends-man-city-into-fa-cup-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/04\/23\/mahrez-hat-trick-sends-man-city-into-fa-cup-final\/","title":{"rendered":"Mahrez hat-trick sends Man City into FA Cup final"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/129450364_gettyimages-1484177932-696x392.jpg\"   alt=\"Riyad Mahrez scored the first ever FA Cup semi-final hat-trick at Wembley and the first in the semi-finals of the competition since Manchester United's Alex Dawson in 1958\" title=\"Riyad Mahrez scored the first ever FA Cup semi-final hat-trick at Wembley and the first in the semi-finals of the competition since Manchester United's Alex Dawson in 1958\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Riyad Mahrez scored the first ever FA Cup semi-final hat-trick at Wembley and the first in the semi-finals of the competition since Manchester United&#8217;s Alex Dawson in 1958<br \/>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Riyad Mahrez scored the first hat-trick in an FA Cup semi-final since 1958 as Manchester City kept their quest for the Treble on course by outclassing Sheffield United at Wembley.<\/p>\n<p>The Blades battled gamely throughout and even missed a big early chance when Iliman Ndiaye saw his shot saved by Stefan Ortega but once Mahrez scored his first from the spot two minutes before half-time, City made their class count.<\/p>\n<p>The Algerian opened the scoring after Daniel Jebbison fouled Bernardo Silva, before taking advantage of a wide-open Sheffield United defence to score the second with a solo effort just after the hour.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>Mahrez then got his third \u2013 the first in a semi-final in this competition since Alex Dawson achieved the feat for Manchester United in 1958 \u2013 when he swept Jack Grealish\u2019s cross past Wes Foderingham after 66 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>It gave City manager Pep Guardiola the luxury of taking off key men such as Erling Haaland, Grealish, Bernardo Silva and Ilkay Gundogan in readiness for what is shaping up as a defining Premier League title meeting with current leaders Arsenal at Etihad Stadium on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>City and Guardiola have had a highly satisfactory week after reaching the Champions League semi-final, setting up an FA Cup final with either Brighton or Manchester United and seeing main rivals Arsenal drop points in the league.<\/p>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"7GTfEEAgoQs\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Adom TV Live Stream\" width=\"696\" height=\"522\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7GTfEEAgoQs?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Riyad Mahrez scored the first ever FA Cup semi-final hat-trick at Wembley and the first in the semi-finals of the competition since Manchester United&#8217;s Alex Dawson in 1958 Riyad Mahrez scored the first hat-trick in an FA Cup semi-final since 1958 as Manchester City kept their quest for the Treble on course by outclassing Sheffield [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":60445,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - 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