Manchester City will look to reach the FA Cup final for just the second time under Pep Guardiola when they face Jurgen Klopp's Liverpool in the semi-final at Wembley Stadium.
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Nedum Onuoha questioned the suggestion that Manchester City are faltering as the Blues look forward to a critical set of fixtures in April across three competitions.
Pep Guardiola's side have dropped five points from their last four Premier League games to allow Liverpool to close the gap at the top of the table to a single point, and have also been patchy in their most recent Champions League and FA Cup matches. The cup draws have handed the Blues a European quarter-final with Atletico either side of their league showdown with Liverpool, followed immediately by a cup semi-final with Jurgen Klopp's side at Wembley.
That has been enough to set some City nerves jangling and neutrals wondering about what kind of form Guardiola's team are in up against a Liverpool side who are currently on a roll. With two months of the season to go though, City in the Community (CITC) trustee Onuoha sees plenty to be confident about at the Etihad.
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"I think they've been good. At the start of the year Pep called it right and said they wouldn't hit their best form for a few months; for that first game against Spurs, Raheem had trained once and other people had been out for a while, so we didn't see the best version of City at the start but we saw enough for them to be competitive," he told MEN Sport.
"Then they went on the roll when they won 10+ games in a row again, and now we're at the end of the year and some people think they're struggling? City are top of the league, they're in the Champions League quarters, they're in the FA Cup semi-finals so let's be clear: they are in a very strong position and they have the experience to be able to see this type of
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