Just days after Pep Guardiola's team advanced to the Champions League semifinals, a place in the FA Cup final was secured after beating Sheffield United 3-0 at Wembley Stadium on Saturday.
City can also seize control of the English Premier League title race on Wednesday in a showdown with leader Arsenal.
"They don't have to be scared ," he joked. "We are neighbors, neighbors are always nice to each other. I said yesterday we are far away." But the defending Premier League champion is in ominous form having extended its unbeaten run to 16 games with a routine win against Sheffield. It was down to Mahrez, who didn't play in either leg of the Champions League quarterfinals against Bayern Munich, to do the damage.
It was a good start for new manager Dean Smith in his first home game in charge since replacing the fired Brendan Rodgers.
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