{"id":246576,"date":"2026-04-04T18:34:46","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T18:34:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsworldghana.com\/?p=246576"},"modified":"2026-04-04T18:34:46","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T18:34:46","slug":"haaland-lauds-outstanding-antoine-semenyo-after-liverpool-demolishing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/learn.oshtree.org\/b-class\/2026\/04\/04\/haaland-lauds-outstanding-antoine-semenyo-after-liverpool-demolishing\/","title":{"rendered":"Erling Haaland lauds &#8216;outstanding&#8217; Antoine Semenyo after Liverpool demolishing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Erling Haaland hailed his new teammate Antoine Semenyo as &#8220;outstanding&#8221; after the pair inspired Manchester City to a 4-0 demolition of Liverpool in their FA Cup quarter-final on Saturday.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Norwegian striker netted a clinical hat-trick\u00e2\u20ac\u201dhis 12th since joining the club in 2022\u00e2\u20ac\u201dbut was quick to deflect praise toward Semenyo, who provided a pinpoint assist for Haaland\u2019s second goal before scoring a delightful dink of his own to start the second half.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The victory secures Manchester City\u2019s place in a record eighth successive FA Cup semi-final at Wembley.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;I will tell him to keep doing that a lot now because it worked out well,&#8221; Haaland said of the service he received from the Ghanaian international.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;We work in training. Antoine is new, so it takes a bit of time with new players and all of this. Antoine is outstanding.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The synergy between the two forwards was the highlight of a dominant afternoon for City. In the closing moments of the first half, a brilliant piece of footwork from Rayan Cherki allowed Semenyo to clip a cross into the box, which Haaland powerfully headed home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Just five minutes after the restart, the roles reversed in spirit as Semenyo broke the Liverpool line to latch onto a through ball and calmly chip the ball over the onrushing James Trafford.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Semenyo, who joined City in a \u00a364 million move from Bournemouth in January 2026, has made an immediate impact at the Etihad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He has already racked up eight goals and three assists in a Sky Blue shirt, quickly quieting any doubts about his integration into Pep Guardiola\u2019s tactical system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Semenyo has 17 goals across all competitions this season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Erling Haaland hailed his new teammate Antoine Semenyo as &#8220;outstanding&#8221; after the pair inspired Manchester City to a 4-0 demolition&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":246577,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_kadence_starter_templates_imported_post":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[84,85,86],"class_list":["post-246576","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-stories","tag-antoine-semenyo","tag-liverpool","tag-manchester-city"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/learn.oshtree.org\/b-class\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246576","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/learn.oshtree.org\/b-class\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/learn.oshtree.org\/b-class\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learn.oshtree.org\/b-class\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learn.oshtree.org\/b-class\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=246576"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/learn.oshtree.org\/b-class\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246576\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learn.oshtree.org\/b-class\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/246577"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/learn.oshtree.org\/b-class\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=246576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learn.oshtree.org\/b-class\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=246576"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learn.oshtree.org\/b-class\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=246576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}