Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola was left delighted with their FA Cup semifinal win against Sheffield United.

Riyad Mahrez struck all three goals for the 3-0 as he scored the first hat-trick in an FA Cup semifinal since 1958.

Guardiola later said: "Excellent performance, we cannot forget three days ago we were in Munich.

"It took a lot to be here, to try it. We suffered in some actions with long balls. In the end with the quality from Riyad [Mahrez] and the rest of the guys we did it.

"The quality of Riyad we have seen for many years in this country, also with Leicester. [He is a] huge mentality competitor. Huge ambition to score goals. Scoring at the end of the first half was so important.

"The question is not to be in this stage of the competition, it is where we came from fighting for many years fighting for the titles. Being there every year means the mentality of the club - not just the players - is there.

"It is an honour to be in the FA Cup final on 3 June. We will be here. Today we played really good, everyone was serious."