it s men s fa cup semifinal weekend at wembley with two all premier league ties. chelsea take on crystal palace on sunday, but first up tomorrow is manchester city versus liverpool. just last sunday, the premier league title rivals played out a thrilling 2 2 draw at the etihad. that was for points, but this time it will see either city miss out on a potential domestic treble or liverpool s hopes of an unprecendented four trophies come to an abrupt halt. it s a big weekend in the scottish cup with two derby semifinals. on sunday, it s celtic against rangers but, first up, hearts take on hibernian at hampden tomorrow, the two sides facing off for the second time in as many weeks. hearts came out 3 1 winners in the league clash and are looking to inflict further misery onto their city rivals. we have done a small part of the job by doing in the league. this a
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played well enough and when he is playing well and he s ready to perform, he tells you any let you know. i don t think he s kidding himself i don t think he ever will. he genuinely thinks he can be in contention this week. mine he genuinely thinks he can be in contention this week. nine more holes tomorrow. contention this week. nine more holes tomorrow. and contention this week. nine more holes tomorrow. and then - contention this week. nine more holes tomorrow. and then he s l contention this week. nine more - holes tomorrow. and then he s going to make that final decision, many thanks indeed. there s every chance that the next eleven days will define manchester city and liverpool s season. the title rivals face each other in the league this sunday, the fa cup semi finals the following saturday and both play tonight in the champions league quarterfinals, liverpool are away at benfica, we ll get the latest from lisbon in a moment, but let s start at city, last season s runners up
company with steve bruce. all the goals came in the last 25 minutes. england defender reece james scored twice before jorginho added a penalty. manager thomas tuchel says he isn t focusing on their title rivals dropping points. i believe what goes around comes around, so i don t feel happy to celebrate other performances, other results. we should be focused on us. there is still a long way to go. we know what we need to consistently produce to be able to have results, and it is not the moment never the moment, honestly to be happy about other people, other teams dropping points. rangers can go four points clear at the top of the scottish premiership with a win at motherwell later today. celtic missed the chance to go top yesterday. they were held to a goalless draw at home to livingston after giorgos giakou makis saw his injury time penalty saved.
well, let s catch up with all the day s sport now withjohn watson at the bbc sport centre. hello, good afternoon. manchester united lost ground on their title rivals, beaten 4 2 by leicester in the premier league. there were victories for both manchester city and liverpool who top the table, the latter scoring five against watford on claudio ranieri s return. patrick gearey was watching. watford are a club of many managers. claudio ranieri a man of many clubs. perhaps there cards were bound to cross. as inevitable as the arc of a mo salah through ball and the precision of a mane finish, 1 0 liverpool, beautiful, and as it turned out, repeatable. later in the half, another trip through the watford bypass traffic free. who was watching roberto firmino? a question that never got an answer. the second half, liverpool advancing again, that never got an answer. the second half, liverpooladvancing again, ben foster managed to stop an own goal but not roberto firmino. once again he had been