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Barnes has been hampered by injuries in each of the last two campaigns.
Aaron Cresswell will undergo a fitness test ahead of kick-off to assess whether the West Ham defender is able to face Newcastle. Cresswell - who has been a vital player for David Moyes this season - was forced off with a hamstring problem against Leicester last weekend, but the damage was not as bad as first feared. Angelo Ogbonna remains a doubt while neither Michail Antonio nor Declan Rice are near a return.
All the information you need ahead of the Premier League fixture today
Just three days after beating Borussia Dortmund to reach the last four of the Champions League, Manchester City face Chelsea in the semi-finals of the FA Cup. The clash also comes just four days after Chelsea reached the semi-finals of the Champions League themselves, but could the extra day’s rest give them an edge in this one? Pep Guardiola and Thomas Tuchel are known as two of the most tactically astute managers in the game, but with the attacking talent on show you can’t see this one being a chess match.
Chelsea will be motivated to pull of a major shock this evening in the FA Cup semi-finals as they take on a Manchester City side on a rampage. Pep Guardiola’s men are already into the Carabao Cup final next weekend and are targeting an unprecedented quadruple.
All you need to know ahead of the clash at Wembley
Aguero has missed City’s last three games and only played once his announcing his imminent departure
Sterling has only started two of City’s last eight games, dropping out of the line-up since the Manchester derby
Everything you need to know before today’s Premier League fixture
All you need to know ahead of the clash
Kung-fu kicks and riot police: the day Maradona got Barça brawlingWith Barcelona facing Athletic Bilbao in the Copa del Rey final on Saturday, we look back at the same fixture in 1984 Diego Maradona is set upon by Athletic Bilbao players and staff after he knocked one of their substitutes unconscious with a knee to the face. Photograph: Palomar/Offside/Marca
The Clippers had intent in the second half but turnovers in the final five minutes proved costly.
Sport will be played in front of a crowd at two venues this weekend.
The two teams will meet in the first of the last-four ties in a 1730 kick-off at Wembley.
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Tottenham face anxious wait on Harry Kane’s fitness for Carabao Cup finalEngland captain limped off in 2-2 draw at EvertonSpurs face Manchester City in final next Sunday Harry Kane limps off in stoppage time at Goodison Park. Photograph: Jon Super/PA
Kane was injured in second-half stoppage time in the 2-2 draw against Everton.
Everton 2-2 Tottenham Hotspur: Harry Kane and Gylfi Sigurdsson scored two goals each before the England captain departed with an injury late in the game
Kane scored twice before departing with an injury to his right ankle only one week before the Carabao Cup final