Wolves stun Manchester United, City survive Swansea scare

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Sergio Aguero(right): saves Manchester City from elimination by Swansea, while Manchester United fail

Wolverhampton Wanderers stunned Manchester United 2-1 on Saturday to land a surprising semi-final berth in the English FA Cup, while Manchester City survived a scare by Championship League side, Swansea and came from behind to clinch victory 3-2.

In the match at Molineux Stadium, in which United paraded Anthony Martial, Paul Pogba, Marucs Rashford and Jesse Lingard, they found themselves 2-0 down within six minutes in the second half, after the first half had ended goalless. Rashford only managed to reduce the deficit on 90 minutes, as the team failed for the second time in six days, to record victory.

At Liberty Stadium in South Wales, Manchester City rode their luck to storm back and beat Swansea 3-2 in the FA Cup quarter-finals and stay on track for a possible quadruple.

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Source: News Agency of Nigeria