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The FA Cup “seems to have its sparkle back” but could Manchester City be party poopers and prevent a “fairytale ending”?<\/b><\/p>\n
Seven-time winners City will be aiming to reach a third consecutive final when they face Nottingham Forest at Wembley on the weekend of 26-27 April – as part of an intriguing last-four line-up without most of the cup’s traditional heavyweights.<\/p>\n
City are the only team in the semi-finals with any recent record of success in the oldest national football competition in the world.<\/p>\n
Forest last got to the final in 1991 and have not won the trophy since 1959, while Aston Villa have been beaten finalists twice since they tasted success for a seventh time back in 1957.<\/p>\n
Crystal Palace, meanwhile, have twice lost in the showpiece and never won the cup – and as a result Pep Guardiola’s team are very much the bookmakers ‘ favourites.<\/p>\n
Speaking on BBC Radio 5 Live, former Chelsea and Everton winger Pat Nevin said: “Many of the big dogs have gone out already – not because they didn’t care, but because they simply weren’t good enough.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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