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Manchester City pull off comeback win against Southampton to reach FA Cup final

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What a barnstorming finish to this FA Cup semi-final that featured three goals in eight minutes and ended with Nico González as the hero who swept Manchester City to a historic fourth consecutive final. The Spaniard’s winner came in the 87th-minute. Bernardo Silva, only just introduced by Pep Guardiola, tapped to Jérémy Doku, who fed González. From outside Southampton’s area, to the left, the midfielder let go a rising shot that smacked the net and left Tonda Eckert’s team heartbroken, after taking the lead only moments before. This was when, on 79 minutes, Finn Azaz appeared to seize a moment of classic Cup glory. The No 10 received the ball to his left foot before, 25 yards out, swivelling, and curling a peach, with his right, that flew beyond the flailing James Trafford to beat City’s goalkeeper high and to his left. Yet as Eckert’s side hit ecstasy and their fans sang, “when the Saints go marching in”, City do what City do.…

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