{"id":30780,"date":"2026-04-04T11:35:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T09:35:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=30780"},"modified":"2026-04-04T11:35:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T09:35:13","slug":"guardiola-eyes-record-eighth-straight-fa-cup-semi-final-for-man-city","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/guardiola-eyes-record-eighth-straight-fa-cup-semi-final-for-man-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Guardiola eyes record eighth straight FA Cup semi-final for Man City"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">Manchester City will look to secure a historic eighth straight semi-final appearance in the FA Cup when they face Liverpool this Saturday, manager Pep Guardiola said.<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">City beat Arsenal to win the League Cup before the international break and Guardiola is hoping his team maintain the momentum as they fight to add the FA Cup and Premier League to this season\u2019s trophy haul.<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">\u201cOnce you finish one, it is the next one,\u201d Guardiola told reporters on Friday.<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">\u201cTomorrow, we have the chance to reach an incredible milestone, to make eight semi-finals in a row. It\u2019s never happened\u2026 it is a prestigious competition, and one of the toughest, special opponents for all of us, Liverpool.\u201d<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">City have dominated English football with six Premier League titles, two FA Cups and five League Cups since Guardiola joined in 2016, but Liverpool have been a constant thorn in his side throughout his coaching career.<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">As a Coach, Guardiola has only nine victories and seven draws in 26 matches against Liverpool, his worst win rate against a Premier League club.<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">City have beaten Liverpool twice in the Premier League this season but had to dig deep for a late comeback when they won 2-1 at Anfield in February.<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">\u201cSo many times they have been the rival, the biggest, biggest one\u2026 top contender, top class players, all of them. Hopefully we have to perform in the level we did against Arsenal to reach the next step,\u201d Guardiola said.<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">The manager also praised Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah, who has announced his departure in the summer.<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">\u201cAbsolutely. One of the greatest. The numbers, the consistency. What a player\u2026 absolute legend, of course for Liverpool, but (also) for the Premier League,\u201d Guardiola said.<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">Guardiola, however, avoided commenting on his own midfielder Rodri, who said he was open to a move to Real Madrid when his contract with City runs out at the end of this season.<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\"><\/div>\n<div>\u201cNo clue, no opinion because I know the intention of the club, I know the intention, I think, of him, but I don\u2019t know,\u201d Guardiola said.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">&#8211;Reuters&#8211;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":23341,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[20],"class_list":["post-30780","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-sport","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Guardiola has only nine victories and seven draws in 26 matches against Liverpool.","published_date":"","news_description":"Guardiola has only nine victories and seven draws in 26 matches against Liverpool.","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/30780","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/30780\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30784,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/30780\/revisions\/30784"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23341"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=30780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}