Fa cup semifinals: can Liverpool derail the Chelsea quadruple? Can Man City saves season?
This Manchester derby presents two teams whose narratives this season have taken very different trajectories.
Manchester City started the campaign with the coach head Gareth Taylor to talk about taking the next step to win the WSL title, but they find themselves languishing in fourth place, with the provisional boss Nick Cushing now in office and the city hopes that the England cup will save their season.
On the contrary, Manchester United owners had a turbulent summer, while the leader Marc Skinner has faced the criticisms of his fans, yet they continued to have an impressive championship campaign that could be closed while keeping their crown of the England Cup.
After losing against Chelsea in the final in 2023, Skinner beat Tottenham at Wembley last year to win their first large trophy.
The boss Skinner said that the prospect of reaching a third final of FA CUP “is not something to fear” for his side.
“If you get too tight on the memory and think about it, you forget you live at the moment and I want us to live at the moment,” he said.
“I want us to enjoy the pressure of this situation. We are currently the owners. Let’s try to keep it.”
