FA Cup draw
FA Cup quarter-final draw: Manchester rivals kept apart as City travel to Swansea while Wolves host Man Utd
Premier League champions avoided their noisy neighbours after the Red Devils cruised past Chelsea
BOTH Manchester clubs were kept apart in the FA Cup quarter-final draw with Premier League champs City getting Swansea and United drawing Wolves.
Watford will host Crystal Palace while Millwall have a home tie against Brighton.
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FA Cup quarter-final draw
Swansea vs Manchester City
Watford vs Crystal Palace
Wolves vs Manchester United
Millwall vs Brighton
United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was hoping for a home fixture after watching his in-form team brush aside Chelsea at Stamford Bridge.
But he has been forced to settle with a tricky clash against Nuno Espirito Santo's talented team at the Molineux, while City will travel to the Liberty stadium in south Wales.
The quarter-final matches will be played from March 15-18 with a trip to Wembley the reward for teams who progress into the last four.
United, 12 time winners of the competition, are gunning for their first FA Cup since 2016.
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City will fancy their chances of progressing against the Championship outfit with Guardiola's side still in the hunt for the quadruple.
Watford are yet to win a major piece of silverware in their history having finished runners-up in the FA Cup in 1984.
Their opponents Palace have also finished runners-up on two occasions including in 2016 when they lost out to Manchester United.
Millwall famously reached the final as a Championship side in 2004 while Brighton also finished runners-up in 1983.
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