The draw was carried out on Sunday, March 17, after the match between Manchester United and Liverpool. : Coventry City will meet Manchester United and Manchester City will play again Chelsea. The 2023/24 FA Cup semifinals will each be played at Wembley Stadium on Saturday, April 20 and Sunday, April 21.
Manchester United saw off Liverpool (4-3 a.e.t.) in the final quarter-final of the FA Cup yesterday after a delirious match in which both teams fired 53 shots, 22 of them on target. Trailing after a goal by McTominay (10th), the Reds turned Old Trafford around thanks to Mac Allister (44th) and Salah (45th+2). After equalising through Antony (87th) to take the tie into extra time, the Red Devils were stunned again by Elliott (105th), only to come back once more through Rashford (112th), before claiming a stunning victory on a lightning counter-attack finished off by Diallo (120th+1).
The Mancunians thus join Manchester City, Chelsea and Coventry in the last four.
Manchester City and Coventry City plotted contrasting paths into the FA Cup semifinals on Saturday.
Pep Guardiola’s side brushed aside Newcastle United 2-0 thanks to a pair of deflected Bernardo Silva strikes to reach a record sixth-consecutive semifinal.
By contrast, Championship Coventry were 2-1 down deep into stoppage time at Wolves before Ellis Simms and Haji Wright brought about a comeback for the ages.
On Sunday, March 17, Chelsea defeated Coventry’s Championship counterparts Leicester City 4-2 before the game of the round between Manchester United and Liverpool. The Red Devils won 4-3 after extra time in a sensational contest between two of English football’s fiercest rivals.
