The draw for the FA Cup semi-finals has concluded with Manchester City set to face either Liverpool or Nottingham Forest and Chelsea due to take on Crystal Palace over the weekend of Saturday 16 and Sunday 17 April.
Thomas Tuchel's Blues are hoping to fare better on their return to Wembley Stadium having lost the last two FA Cup semi-finals to Arsenal and Leicester. The Champions League holders reached the last four with a convincing victory over Middlesbrough on Saturday evening, avoiding slipping up against the Championship side as Manchester United and Tottenham did. Romelu Lukaku opened the scoring and Hakim Ziyech doubled the lead in the first half.
Palace became the second team to reach Wembley on Sunday by thrashing Everton to pile more misery on the relegation-threatened club. Marc Guehi put the Eagles ahead before Jean-Philippe Mateta, Wilfried Zaha and Will Hughes put the hosts out of sight at Selhurst Park. Toffees manager Frank Lampard was furious with his side's performance and accused his players of lacking "b*******".
