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Manchester City crushed Liverpool in their FA Cup quarter-final in Manchester, handing Liverpool their biggest defeat in six years and securing a place in the semi-finals. The win keeps Pep Guardiola on course for a record eighth straight FA Cup semi-final and strengthens City's push on multiple fronts this season. Arsenal remain in the hunt for a domestic treble as they advance from their own quarter-final to join City, Chelsea and Southampton in the last four.