LONDON: Manchester City reached the FA Cup semi-finals for the fourth straight season thanks to a flurry of second-half goals in a 4-1 win over Southampton on Sunday.

Crystal Palace were also big winners in the quarter-finals, easing past Everton 4-0 to join a lineup for the last four that already contained Chelsea, who beat Middlesbrough 2-0 on Saturday to advance.

City defender Aymeric Laporte’s own-goal had cancelled out Raheem Sterling’s opener in the first half. But a 62nd-minute penalty converted by Kevin De Bruyne regained the lead for City and goals by substitutes Phil Foden and Riyad Mahrez in the space of four minutes from the 75th added gloss to the scoreline at St. Mary’s Stadium.

Marc Guehi, Jean-Philippe Mateta, Wilfried Zaha and Will Hughes got the goals at Selhurst Park as Palace stormed into the last four for the first time in six years by seeing off sorry Everton.

In a Premier League match on Sunday, Timothy Castagne made his return after three months out injured and scored for Leicester City in their 2-1 win over Brentford, helping the Foxes climb into 10th place.

Published in Dawn, March 21st, 2022