Manchester City crushes Liverpool, Arsenal crashes out of FA Cup quarterfinals

LONDON, April 5 (Xinhua) -- Erling Haaland scored a hat-trick in just under 20 minutes as Manchester City qualified for the semifinals of the FA Cup on Saturday with a 4-0 thrashing of Liverpool.

Haaland broke the deadlock from the penalty spot in the 39th minute after Virgil van Dijk brought down Nico O'Reilly.

Manchester City began taking control, and the Norwegian doubled the lead in first half injury