West Bromwich Albion stand in Manchester City's way of a place in the FA Youth Cup final. The two sides face each other over 90 minutes at the Academy Stadium on Monday evening, with extra time and penalties to decide a winner if necessary after the two-legged format was scrapped . Having made their way past Clevedon Town, Derby County and Bournemouth on the road, the young Blues are playing just their second game at home in the competition this season after their fourth-round clash with Nottingham Forest. And whichever team makes the final will be at home against Liverpool, who have already booked their place with a victory over Watford last month. Pep Guardiola will want to keep an eye on Gareth Taylor's side , with Eric Garcia, Adrian Bernabe and Felix Nmecha among the youngsters to have made their senior debuts this season. Kick-off tonight is at 7pm with team news coming around 6pm and updates through the evening. CITY XI: Moulden, Diounkou, Frimpong, Harwood-Bellis, Garcia (c), McDonald, Doyle, Nmecha, Bernabe, Knight, Touaizi SUBS: Ogbeta, Bazunu, F Dele-Bashiru, Ogunby, Richards<doc-sep>The video will auto-play soon 8 Cancel Sign up NOW for daily Baggies news straight to your inbox Invalid Email Something went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy notice West Brom’s brave FA Youth Cup dream is over after they were soundly beaten by Manchester City in a goal-packed semi-final. Albion striker Jamie Soule cancelled out Ben Knight’s early strike. City regained the lead through Thomas Doyle early in the second half before Knight’s second effectively wrapped up the match. Rayhaan Tulloch gave the Baggies a glimmer of hope that was dashed when Lukas Nmecha scored three minutes from time. West Brom had hoped to win through to a first final since 1976, but it’s City who advance to set up a mouth-watering showdown with Liverpool. Albion (4-4-2) Griffiths 6 Made a smart stop from Bernabe to keep his team in it first half. Will be disappointed with Doyle’s goal. Appeared to misjudge the strike and left wrong-footed. No chance with goals three and four. White 6 Dragged out of position and unable to stop the cross for Knight’s early goal. Learned his lesson and made sure he got tighter to Bernabé. Ferguson 6.5 Got his body in front of any number of shots and crosses. A real powerful presence at the back. Martinez 6 Formed a pretty solid-centre-back partnership with Ferguson that stood up to a lot of pressure. Harmon (c) 6.5 Up against the lively Knight, he was forced to blocked countless crosses from the right. Brown 5.5 Just couldn’t get into the game, perhaps carrying a slight knock. Subbed at half-time. Solanke 6.5 Always likely to be a busy night for Albion’s midfield anchor. So it proved. Did his best up extinguish so many fires. Azaz 6 Little joy up top, he looked far more comfortable and affective when switched to central midfield. Rogers 7.5 He and Soule were West Brom’s leading lights in attack. Set up both goals and was unlucky to see a shot cleared off the line. Lightening quick feet and acceleration. Surely a star of the future. Soule 7 Made the most of what little service that came his way first half. Had been Albion’s brightest player before he curled a glorious shot past Moulden. Tulloch 6.5 One of two players on show with first-team experience, Tulloch rarely had chance to dazzle and get on the afterburners down the left wing. Took his goal well though. Subs Asomugha (for Brown, 46) 6 Struggled to stem the tidal wave of City attacks. Taylor (for White, 83) N/A Barry (for Soule, 88) N/A Subs not used: Cann, Gardner-Hickman. Man City: Moulden, Diounkou, Garcia (C), Harwood-Bellis, Frimpong, McDonald (Dele-Basjiru, 72), Knight (Ogbundy, 85), Doyle, Touaizi, F Nmecha, Bernabe. For all your latest Albion news, opinion, analysis and transfer gossip, click here<doc-sep>Get the biggest City stories, analysis and transfer updates delivered straight to your inbox Invalid Email Something went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy notice Felix Nmecha will have extra motivation to succeed when Manchester City Under-18s play West Brom in the Youth Cup semi-final. The Mancunian teenager is one of the standout stars of the academy team going for glory this season, with his bewitching qualities and total ease on the ball having already earned him a senior debut. But he has his teammates to thank that the young Blues can still win this season's competition after a moment of madness that nearly dumped them out before the quarter-finals. Gareth Taylor's side were 1-0 down at a freezing Pride Park when Nmecha turned to protest a decision and bounced straight into the refereee. A red card inevitably followed, and even though the team pulled off an unlikely comeback there have been words with Nmecha about the incident. "I thought 'what am I doing? It's finished'," he remembered. "I didn't notice how close he was to me. I've just got to learn from it. I've always had that passion but it's just about controlling it. "I think I've learned from it now. I know I'm never going to do that again. I get used to being kicked but on that night I just felt in my head that every time they were fouling me and he wasn't giving it but you can't think like that in football, you have to move on. "Gareth spoke to me after and obviously it's not good enough letting down the tam but you just have to learn from it. "I'm still young, I've got a lot of development and I think I am going to learn from it. "I think it has motivated me to feel that I owe something even though we still won. I've worked hard and got my rewards." In what has been a breakthrough year at the club, the response from the creative midfielder has been emphatic. He scored two goals to win a U18 Premier League Cup semi-final against United, got the only goal of the final at Middlesbrough and bagged the opener in the Youth Cup quarter at Bournemouth inbetween. Such performances have kept England eyes on him; while older brother Lukas has recently committed his international future to Germany, Felix is still undecided having played for both but spent the last fortnight with England Under-20s. Whichever path he takes, it has helped the younger brother to having his sibling so close for most of his ten years in the academy - "someone to look up to...and always try to be better than!" he says with a grin - and he has been to watch him on loan at Preston regularly this season. It isn't just Deepdale that has given him a taste for senior football. After making Guardiola's squad for a Champions League game against Hoffenheim in December he came off the bench at Burton for his first first-team appearance a month later as his family produly watched on. "It was mad because they'd made two subs and I was just thinking I hope this last one is me," he explained. "I came on and it was mad. I actually felt comfortable, I didn't really feel nervous. I just wanted to get on and try and show people what I can do. I was surprised that I wasn't nervous at all. I thought I would be but I was fine." The fact that the manager has singled Nmecha out for praise and used him in the senior set-up bodes well for the future, and he is certainly treating every training session and game as if it were another audition. "You feel like it's easier [going back to Under-18s football]," he said. "The tempo is slower but it's harder in a way because you need to try and keep your high standards when you go back down. It's always a good challenge. I need to keep playing. "I think the age groups have done quite well in the Youth Cup but Chelsea have been really strong. "This year they've gone out early so hopefully we can take advantage of that."<doc-sep>
Manchester City booked a Youth Cup final date with Liverpool with a 4-2 win over West Bromich Albion. In front of the watching Pep Guardiola , goals from Ben Knight (2), Tommy Doyle and Felix Nmecha ensured the young Blues make their fourth final in five years but they were made to work hard for the win. A bright start saw Gareth Taylor's side ahead inside the first ten minutes as good work down the left-hand side from Jeremie Frimpong and Adria Bernabe saw Ben Knight beat his marker in the box to turn home. City dominated the ball but struggled to create meaningful opportunities and West Brom - having already shown they could threaten on the counter - equalise after 33 minutes when Jamie Soule curled a shot beyond Louie Moulden and in off the post. Taylor Harwood-Bellis was forced to clear an effort off the line as the Baggies took advantage of more slack play, but the hosts returned to the pitch after the break with renewed focus and Doyle powered them back in front from 30 yards when the West Brom keeper slipped. This time, there would be no let-up for the visitors. Felix Nmecha was unfortunate to see his shot on the run crash back off the crossbar but Knight made no mistake when he found space to turn in from a corner with 15 minutes remaining. While Rayhaan Tulloch got West Brom back in the game after Doyle was caught dawdling on the ball, substitute Henri Ogunby went straight down the other end of the pitch and crossed for Nmecha to make it 4-2. City will be looking to win the competition for the first time since 2008 when they take on Liverpool in the final before the end of the season. CITY: Moulden, Diounkou, Frimpong, Harwood-Bellis, Garcia (c), McDonald (Dele-Bashiru), Doyle, Nmecha, Bernabe (Ogbeta 88), Knight (Ogunby 84), Touaizi SUBS: Ogbeta, Bazunu, Richards