Soccer - FA Cup Manchester City 1 Manchester united 0:Manchester City reached the FA Cup final for the first time since 1981 after a dramatic 1-0 win over arch rivals Manchester United who finished with 10 men after midfielder Paul Scholes was sent off.
The winner came from Yaya Toure eight minutes into the second half at Wembley after he capitalised on some poor defending to end United's hopes of repeating their 1999 treble of Champions League, Premier League and FA Cup.
City, who started slowly but finished far the better team will now face Bolton Wanderers or Stoke City, who meet in their semi-final at Wembley on Sunday with the final on May 14th.
United started the stronger side and should have scored after 15 minutes when Dimitar Berbatov had two chances inside 60 seconds but wasted both, while City weathered the early pressure and took control of the match for much of the last hour.
United's miserable day ended when Scholes was sent off after 72 minutes for a high challenge on City defender Pablo Zabaleta.
After the match, Hart said: "It means the world, just look at us. The boys are over the moon, the fans are over the moon and the staff are over the moon but we've won nothing yet.
"We've done nothing yet but we've got got ourselves in a good position in the league and in the final and I'm so happy for the people (fans) here."
Turning to Toure's goal, Hart added: "It was a fantastic goal, he was fired up at half-time. He's an emotional guy and he lets his emotion show on the pitch."
