Three goals for Riyad Mahrez have protected Manchester City's bid for three trophies. (More Football News)
The A🐻lgerian forward's hat trick in a 3-0 win against Sheffield United on Saturday advanced City to the FA Cup final.
Having secured a place in the semifinals of the Champions League this week, Pep Guardiola's team took another step toward a treble with a routine victory at Wembley Stadium. The FA Cup final in June will be aga🍸inst Manchester United or Brighton.
Cit⭕y can also seize control of the English Premier League title race🔥 against leader Arsenal on Wednesday.
In City's current mood, it is difficult to see anyone stopping the defending league champion from emulating Manches🅠ter United's 1999 treble of Champions League, Premier League and FA Cup glory.
Certainly not second-division side Sheffᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚield, whose chance of an historic FA Cup shock was effectively ended in the 43rd minute when Mahrez struck from the penalty spoꦆt after Daniel Jebbison fouled Bernardo Silva in the box.
Mahrez doubled City's lead in the 61st when run𓂃ning straight through the heart of Sheffield's defense and firing p🎀ast Wes Foderingham.
The third came five minutes lateᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚr when turning home Jack Grealish's pass.
City was unbeaten in 16 games in all competitions and was not a🅰t its devastating best on Saturday, when leading scorer Erling Haaland failed to add to h💯is 48 goals this season in a subdued performance.
Sheffield,♒ which is on the brink of promotion to the Premier League, might have made more of a contest of it if Ilman Ndiaye had converted a close-range effort in the second minute, which was saved by Stefa🍸n Ortega.
