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FA Cup semi-final draw keeps Arsenal and Liverpool apart

FA Cup trophy on display
Image: FA Cup trophy on display

Arsenal's reward for knocking Manchester United out of the FA Cup is a semi-final meeting with either Reading or Bradford at Wembley in April.

The holders beat Manchester United 2-1 at Old Trafford on Monday night to book their ticket to the last four and will now face either Championship or League One oppostion at Wembley.

The other semi-final will see Aston Villa take on either seven-times winners Liverpool or Blackburn Rovers.

Reading and Bradford will replay their quarter-final at the Madejski Stadium on Monday, 16 March while fans of Blackburn and Liverpool will have to wait until after Easter to learn whether they will be booking a spring-time trip to north-west London; their replay will be at Ewood Park on Wednesday 8 April.

SEMI-FINAL DRAW

Bradford/Reading v Arsenal

Aston Villa v Liverpool/Blackburn

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The semi-final ties will be played at Wembley stadium on the weekend of 18/19 April.

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