3-0: Mahrez plays Haaland and leads City into the final with his hat trick

Manchester City don’t need the best version of Erling Haaland finally beat Sheffield United at Wembley (3-0) and reach the final of the FA Cup. The Norwegian star, careful this time, was left without scoring and in his place the great protagonist of the victory of Real Madrid’s next opponent in the Champions League is Riyad Mahrez, author of a ‘hat trick’. The other finalist will emerge from tomorrow’s tie between Brighton and Manchester United, also at Wembley.

Pep Guardiola rested Rodri and Kevin De Bruyne and in defense, in addition to caution Stefan Ortegalow sticks as a starter in the FA Cup, he reverted to a line with two full-backs, Kyle Walker and Sergio Gomez, to open bands against a very withdrawn rival.

Sheffield United, finished second in the Championship and was close to confirming promotion to the Premier, He warned in the first minute of the game that he would not make things easy for City. SA Iliman Ndiaye, his scorer, the ball fell unmarked in a corner and Ortega wasted a very clear chance by covering the shot with his body.

City immediately got their act together but in the first half they had no clear chances as they repeatedly crashed into the wall erected by Sheffield’s towering three central defenders in front of their goalkeeper to deactivate Haaland.

The goal was disallowed to Haaland, who would not take a penalty

The Norwegian had a goal disallowed for a past offense committed by himself, while Mahrez, with a diagonal shot that just missed him, and Julian Alvarezwith a thread that forced the meta to fly Wes Foderingham, they are the only ones who try the goal.

But, as the game approached halftime, Daniel Jebbison, a striker in defensive tasks, he erred in a corner when fighting back Bernardo Silva and knock him down

Haaland, who on Wednesday sent a high penalty to Bayern-City, let him shoot it Mahrez and he changed it (41′). This was the start of the Algerian’s celebration, which in the second half sealed City’s foreseeable victory with two more goals.

Haaland dragged the defense to 2-0

At 2-0 he did everything. He stole into the center circle, went straight for the goal and reached the kitchen taking advantage of the highway he opened in the middle. Haaland between the Sheffield defense aiming to clear the check (61′).

four minutes later Mahrez was convicted the game by first finishing a perfect pass from Jack Grealish in the heart of the place. The Algerian made history with this goal by becoming the first player to score a hat trick in an FA Cup semi-final against Wembley.

Pep, whose head is in City-Arsenal

Guardiola, certain that Sheffield had surrendered, retreated Haaland, Grealish, Ilkay Gundogan and Bernardo Silva before Wednesday’s great match at the Etihad, where they will host Arsenal, the Premier League leaders, in a decisive game in the fight for the title. Real Madrid will arrive in May. The city continues to choose the treble.