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Premier League leaders eyeing a third Wembley trip of season

Manchester City take on Southampton in the semi-finals of the FA Cup this afternoon. Pep Guardiola’s men arrive at Wembley Stadium full of confidence after they ended Arsenal’s six-month stint at the top of the Premier League table in midweek. Erling Haaland scored the winner in a narrow 1-0 victory at Burnley which brought City level on points with the Gunners, and allowed them to leapfrog them on goals scored.

They had already beaten Mikel Arteta’s side last weekend in a 2-1 thriller at the Etihad Stadium, with Rayan Cherki and Haaland on target to bring them to within three points of the north London club. Southampton, who dumped Arsenal out of this competition in the last round, are aiming to become the first non-Premier League outfit to win the oldest trophy in football for 46 years.

Tonda Eckert’s side are locked in a promotion race in the Championship in a bid to bounce back to the top flight at the first time of asking. They take on third-placed Ipswich Town in a huge clash next week. Keep up to date with all the latest from Wembley with our live blog below.