Diogo Jota (78th minute) scored the winning goal in Nottingham for coach Jürgen Klopp’s team, who now have to play away at City and star coach Pep Guardiola on April 16th. Already on April 10, the two rivals will play against each other in the Premier League, where Liverpool are only one point behind City.
A strong second half enabled the English champions to progress. When league rivals Southampton were Raheem Sterling (12th), former Bundesliga star Kevin De Bruyne with a penalty kick (62nd) and the substitutes Phil Foden (75th) and Riyad Mahrez (78th) for City successful.
Chelsea win thanks to Lukaku and Ziyech
This was followed by the “Citizens” Crystal Palace and the Chelsea FC in the round of four. The London football club, up for sale, which has been hit by tough sanctions by the British government for its Russian owner Roman Abramovich and faces an uncertain future, defeated second division club FC in the quarter-finals Middlesbrough sovereign with 2:0 (2:0) through.
Three days after entering the quarterfinals of the “blues” in the Champions League at the OSC Lille met Romelu Lukaku (15th) and Hakim Ziyech (31st) in the Riverside-Stadion for the superior team of the German coach Thomas Tuchel. Underdog Middlesbrough, who in the previous two rounds the Premier League-Societies Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester United out of the FA Cup missed another cup surprise. Chelsea goalkeeper Edouard Mendy had little to do.
No fans from London
Because of the sanctions, the Londoners were not allowed to sell away tickets in Middlesbrough. During the week, the “Blues” caused outrage with their request that the game should be played in front of empty ranks “for reasons of sporting integrity”. The club then withdrew the request.
Source: sid/dpa