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London rivals Chelsea and Crystal Palace will collide in the FA Cup semi-finals at Wembley.
The Blues booked their place in the last four by beating Middlesbrough 2-0 yesterday.
Romelu Lukaku and Hakim Ziyech were on target as the European champions continued to block out the noise surrounding the club’s future.
And Palace sent the Selhurst Park faithful home happy earlier today after a 4-0 hammering of Everton — piling the pressure on Toffees boss Frank Lampard.
Eagles boss Patrick Vieira said: “Going to Wembley is fantastic. You can hear the atmosphere in the stadium.
“This is what the fans wanted and we wanted to give it to them. They’ve been fantastic in getting behind the team.
“It is just a step forward — there is a long way to go. This is an exciting period for us.”
Manchester City will face Nottingham Forest or Liverpool, who battle it out at the City Ground tonight, in the other semi.
City won their quarter-final clash with Southampton 4-1 at St Mary’s this afternoon — and Micah Richards believes his old club will take some stopping as they chase the Treble.
The Sky Sports pundit said: “What Manchester City do in terms of grinding out results is outstanding.
“They starve the opposition of the ball and they were excellent in the second half [against Southampton].”
City boss Pep Guardiola added: “It was not a comfortable victory but now we go into the international break.
“There are two months left in the season and we are in three competitions. We know every game is a final.”
FA Cup semi-final draw
Manchester City vs Nottingham Forest or Liverpool
Chelsea vs Crystal Palace
Ties to be played on April 16 and 17.
