- Hammers are home side for Saturday’s semi-final
- West Ham manager optimistic despite recent defeat to City
Olli Harder believes familiarity will offer his West Ham players invaluable reassurance as they meet renascent Manchester City for the third time this season. Saturday’s FA Cup semi-final takes place at Dagenham & Redbridge’s Chigwell Construction Stadium, where Harder’s side play their home games.
“If you’ve climbed a mountain before, the idea of doing it again becomes easier psychologically,” said Harder. “We’ve beaten City before, we know where we can hurt them and they know that as well.”
