On Saturday, Liverpool will face Manchester City in the FA Cup semi-final at Wembley, and we can provide you with some vital information ahead of the big encounter.
Jurgen Klopp’s side is aiming an unprecedented quadruple, still in contention for the Premier League and a place in the Champions League semi-finals to go with the Carabao Cup victory over Chelsea in February.
•This is Liverpool’s 25th FA Cup semi-final participation, and manager Jurgen Klopp’s first;
•Klopp is the club’s only manager to guide Liverpool to the semi-finals of all three cup competitions.
• All three of Liverpool’s previous visits to Wembley have ended in a penalty shootout. They lost to Manchester City and Arsenal in the Community Shield in 2019 and 2020, respectively, before overcoming Chelsea in the Carabao Cup in February.
• This season, Ibrahima Konate is the only Reds player to start every FA Cup tie, with Kostas Tsimikas and Takumi Minamino the only two players to appear in every game.
• In their last five games, Liverpool has failed to defeat Manchester City.
• If vice captain James Milner takes the field, he might become Liverpool’s oldest player to play for the club at Wembley. Milner has been alive for 36 years and 103 days today.
