Joe Bray

2 weeks ago | manchestereveningnews.co.uk | Joe Bray |Joseph Bray

James McAtee was a strange omission from Manchester City's matchday squad against Nottingham Forest at Wembley for their FA Cup semi-final. Pep Guardiola named an unusual starting line up for Manchester City's FA Cup semi-final, with no sign of James McAtee in the squad at all. McAtee has started two of City's last three games, including Tuesday's important win over Aston Villa in the hunt for Champions League qualification.

2 weeks ago | manchestereveningnews.co.uk | Simon Bajkowski |Joe Bray

Manchester City are back at Wembley again for their seventh successive FA Cup semi-final. Nottingham Forest are the opponents this afternoon as two of the Premier League's Champions League qualification hopefuls battle out for a place in the cup final. City have won one and lost one of the last two FA Cup finals, and are looking to this competition as a way to salvage a disappointing season.

2 weeks ago | manchestereveningnews.co.uk | Joe Bray |Joseph Bray

Manchester City will have fewer fans at Wembley than Nottingham Forest supporters on Sunday - and is it really a surprise? Sunday's FA Cup semi-final won't be decided on how many fans were in the stands at Wembley. If it was, Manchester City would lose. City will have around 5,000 empty seats at Wembley for their seventh semi-final in a row, 21st visit to the national stadium under Pep Guardiola and 30th in total since it re-opened.

2 weeks ago | manchestereveningnews.co.uk | Joe Bray |Joseph Bray

Manchester City have Nico O'Reilly to thank for their place in the FA Cup semi-final this afternoon. The academy graduate should be the first name on the team sheet at Wembley vs Nottingham Forest. Pep Guardiola was probably half-joking when he said Nico O'Reilly would start Sunday's FA Cup semi-final a month ago. Now it would be a joke if he didn't start.

2 weeks ago | manchestereveningnews.co.uk | Joe Bray |Joseph Bray

Delap is the subject of interest from a number of clubs after Ipswich's relegation was confirmedOne of the summer's biggest transfer chases has begun after Ipswich's relegation from the Premier League was confirmed to activate Liam Delap's release clause. Delap left Manchester City on a permanent £20m deal last summer, with various clauses included in the sale and also in the striker's new contract at Portman Road.