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Man City reach FA Cup final

Monday, 18 April 2011


WEMBLEY, Apr 17 (AP): Yaya Toure kept Manchester City on course to end a 35-year trophy drought and ended Manchester United's pursuit of a treble by sending his big-spending club into the FA Cup final with a 1-0 victory Saturday. Toure exploited calamitous defending for the only goal in the 52nd minute at Wembley Stadium. City last reached the final in 1981 and hasn't won a major title since the 1976 League Cup. "It's fantastic for the club, for the players and fantastic for the fans, because they have been without for 35 years," Toure said. In a fiery conclusion to the Manchester derby, United midfielder Paul Scholes was sent off in the 72nd for a dangerous.