FA Cup final: Manchester City's road to Wembley

Manchester City will take on old foes Manchester United in the FA Cup final on Saturday. 

Pep Guardiola's side have already secured the Premier League and are now looking to win the domestic showpiece and next weekend's Champions League final to complete a historic Treble. 

Ahead of the first Manchester derby in the FA Cup final, we take a look back at how City reached Wembley. 

Third round — Manchester City 4-0 Chelsea

Just three days after beating Chelsea 1-0 in a hard-fought Premier League encounter, City hosted the Londoners in the FA Cup. 

This time victory came much easier. Having scored the winner at Stamford Bridge, Riyad Mahrez caused the Blues more suffering as he curled a long-range free-kick into the top corner. 

A Julian Alvarez penalty and a Phil Foden goal made it 3-0 going into the break. Mahrez later scored his second of the game from the spot to complete the rout. 

Fourth round — Manchester City 1-0 Arsenal

The Citizens drew another Premier League side in the fourth round as title rivals Arsenal visited the Emirates. 

Mikel Arteta's Gunners were top of the Premier League at the time and Guardiola took the challenge seriously enough to rotate his line-up a lot less than his counterpart. 

A tight game was decided in the second half when Nathan Ake produced a composed finish to secure a 1-0 win. 

Fifth round — Bristol City 0-3 Manchester City

In the last 16, the Premier League champions took on the first of a trio of Championship teams when they visited Bristol City. 

Foden gave City an early lead after just seven minutes and then doubled it when his deflected effort found the net late in the second half. 

Kevin De Bruyne's low curling shot nine minutes from time saw his team sail into the next round. 

Quarter-final — Manchester City 6-0 Burnley 

A club legend returned to the Emirates in the quarter-finals when Vincent Kompany brought his Burnley side to face his former team. 

With the Clarets top of the Championship, this was a real test of their progress under the Belgian. It was one that they failed as Erling Haaland effectively won the game with a first-half hat-trick. 

In the second period, Alvarez scored twice with City youngster Cole Palmer also getting on the scoresheet. 

Semi-final: Manchester City 3-0 Sheffield United

City faced another team that won promotion from the Championship when they took on Sheffield United at Wembley. Once again, they enjoyed an easy victory. 

It was Mahrez who was the hero as he scored the first hat-trick in an FA Cup semi-final since 1958. 

The Algerian scored a penalty just before half-time, ran from the halfway line before finishing for his second and then produced a smart effort from a Jack Grealish cross for his third. 

Next up is a much tougher challenge as City take on the United in an attempt to complete the second part of a historic Treble.