Manchester City v Manchester United: Women’s FA Cup semi-final – live

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How did Skinner’s fortunes turn around from fans calling for him to be sacked last season to being the longest-serving current WSL manager? A key moment came when beating Chelsea in last season’s FA Cup semi-finals and he was given a one-year contract extension; it is understood that was signed before they went on to win the final, even though it was announced afterwards.

Mark Skinner, the longest serving WSL manager, recently signed a two-year contract extension with Manchester United. His side currently sit third in the WSL, having conceded the fewest goals, but it hasn’t all been smooth sailing during Skinner’s four-year reign. Read Tom Garry’s piece on Marc Skinner’s Manchester United revival.

The teams

Manchester City: Keating, Aleixandri, Coombs, Fowler, Kerolin Nicoli, Ouahabi, Park, Casparij, Hasegawa, Prior, Murphy

Subs: Yamashita, Startup, Layzell, Wienroither, Oyama, Lewis

Manchester United: Tullis-Joyce, George, Le Tissier, Toone, Clinton, Galton, Riviere, Bizet, Terland, Miyazawa, Turner

Subs: Middleton-Patel, Rendell, Mannion, Sandberg, Awujo, Janssen, Naalsund, Malard, Williams

Preamble

Hello and welcome to minute-by-minute coverage of the Women’s FA Cup semi-final between Manchester City and Manchester United.

Marc Skinner’s Manchester United side are bidding to reach a third successive FA Cup final after winning the competition last year. Their 4-2 WSL victory over their noisy neighbours earlier in the season will fill them with confidence.

Manchester City on the other hand will be keen to set up an FA Cup final with perpetual rivals Chelsea by winning today. They will be without forward Vivianne Miedema though as she picked up a hamstring injury on international duty for the Netherlands.

If today’s game is anything like Chelsea’s 2-1 win over Liverpool yesterday, we’re in for a treat!

Kick off is at 3pm. Email me with your thoughts.