Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola saluted his senior players after seeing them drag the club to a seventh FA Cup semi-final on the trot.There was cup joy too for Marcus Rashford as his first goals for Aston Villa helped to book a place in the last four at the expense of Sky Bet Championship Preston.

Sorry for the inconvenience, but Manchester City have made the FA Cup semi-finals again. FA Cup lore has become so much about underdog stories and giant-killings that the bigger teams are almost treated as an afterthought: just ask Aston Villa, who were the sideshow to Preston North End’s attempts to win the trophy for the first time since 1938.

Manchester City reached the FA Cup semi-final for a record-breaking seventh consecutive season after claiming a 2-1 win over Bournemouth at the Vitality Stadium.Following on from the international