Manchester City booked an FA Cup semi-final derby against Manchester United with a laboured 1-0 win against Reading at Eastlands.
Micah Richards crashed in a header to save Roberto Mancini’s men the ignominy of a third replay against lower-league opponents in this season’s competition.
The defender’s intervention was enough to set up a Mancunian summit at Wembley next month, with the winners facing Bolton or Stoke in the final.
The significance of the result was far greater than the City performance, which was sluggish and bad-tempered.
At one stage referee Lee Probert pointed Carlos Tevez to the word ‘respect’ on his captain’s armband after a particularly childish fit of pique.
City arrived back from their Europa League trip to Dynamo Kiev at 5am on Friday, and played like a side in need of a good night’s sleep.
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