Erling Haaland netted a hat-trick as Manchester City thrashed Liverpool 4-0 on Saturday to reach the FA Cup semi-finals. “Honestly, first-half we struggled a bit, but in the end it was an amazing game for us. Between 30 and 60 minutes, that’s one of our better performances of the season. It’s been some time since I scored a hat-trick for City [vs West Ham in September 2024], so it was about time I did it again. It’s always special so I’m super happy,” said Haaland.

City opened the scoring in the 39th minute after Virgil van Dijk tripped Nico O’Reilly in the box. Haaland converted the penalty in clinical fashion, and soon doubled their lead, by heading Antoine Semenyo’s cross past Reds custodian Giorgi Mamardashvili just before half-time.