So the treble dream is over. Manchester City got a deserved rare win over United to clinch an FA Cup Final berth giving them an opportunity of ending their long, 35 year trophy drought. But the wait is far from over yet as either Bolton or Stoke will have plenty to say about the matter. This game was won and lost when Dimitar Berbatov wasted two golden opportunities within 60 seconds in the opening quarter hour then Michael Carrick was inexplicably caught in possession after 52 minutes allowing Yaya Toure to fire home what proved to be the winner.

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They’ve come from all four corners of the globe to form Manchester City’s all star £200million squad and on Friday they gathered at Stockport train station as they prepared to head to London for Saturday’s FA Cup semi final against bitter rivals Manchester United. So despite all their Carlos Tevez billboards, the pretence and the many vehement denials by City fans, here’s the irrefutable proof that City is, after all, the club which represents Stockport.

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The man has won everything there is to win at club level in a long career that will come to an end next month EXCEPT an FA Cup winners medal. 40 year old Manchester United goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar now has one last chance to complete his collection but there are still two more tough challengers to overcome before he can sit back and say ‘mission accomplished’. Typical of the Dutchmans complete professionalism, he is not allowing that goal to distract him from the task of defeating Manchester City in the Wembley semi final.

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Recently retired Gary Neville never tried to hide the fact that he hated losing to bitter rivals Liverpool more than anyone else in his near 20 year career at Old Trafford. Fellow veteran Paul Scholes feels the same way about Manchester City admitting that “You hate losing against anybody, but City? It’s bad, painful. I remember losing 3-1 at Maine Road and it was horrible. We probably won’t hear the last of it if we lose on Saturday especially if they go on to win the Cup. It’s an FA Cup semi final at Wembley. It’s massive. It’s the biggest game we’ve had against City for a while. Whoever loses will be devastated.”

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April 14, 2011 – There are more Manchester United stories in the media than any other club – some are worth reading, others are absolute garbage! How can anyone possibly keep up with them all? Truly Reds does it’s best to bring you the latest news but there’s only so much that can be covered. One alternative is to collate the stories which cannot be updated daily so that they can at least be brought to your attention each Thursday of  every week

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There’s a dangerous tendency amongst football fans – of every club, to put the cart before the horse and the Manchester United ones are no different. If it’s been heard once it’s been heard a thousand times. “The FA Cup Semi Final derby on Saturday is the Final with the winner certain to lift the Cup at the end of May” REALLY? Is that not being a little presumptuous? Cup Finals have been riddled with underdogs coming out on top for over a century. Remember Sunderland beating Leeds United, Wimbledon doing the same against Liverpool and indeed, Southampton denying Manchester United? Every one of those winners were complete outsiders before causing their boilovers.

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