THE FA CUP semi-final dates have been confirmed.
Manchester United play Chelsea on Sunday 19 July and Arsenal will take on Manchester City the day before with both games taking place at Wembley.
The FA Cup semi-final dates have been confirmed
United’s clash with the Blues will kick-off at 6pm and will be shown for free live on BBC One and iPlayer.
And the Gunners’ game against City will get underway at 7:45pm and will be on BT Sport 1 and BT Sport Ultimate.
Both matches will be played behind closed doors and the winners will meet at Wembley in the final on Saturday August 1.
FA CUP SEMI-FINAL DATES
Arsenal vs Man City – Sat, 18 July, 7.45pm – BT SPORT
Manchester United vs Chelsea – Sun, 19 July, 6pm – BBC
United needed extra-time to overcome Norwich in their quarter-final at Carrow Road on Saturday.
Odion Ighalo opened the scoring before Todd Cantwell equalised in the 75th minute.
But Harry Maguire broke Canaries’ hearts with two minutes to go in extra-time to send Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s men through.
Chelsea beat Leicester away on Sunday thanks to Ross Barkley’s 63rd minute strike.
Late drama at Bramall Lane on the same day saw Dani Ceballos’ 91st minute winner send Arsenal through after David McGoldrick had cancelled out Nicolas Pepe’s opener just four minutes earlier.
And Kevin De Bruyne and Raheem Sterling’s goals either side of half-time saw City cruise through with a 2-0 win over Newcastle at St James’ Park.
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Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
