Crystal Palace and Aston Villa battle for a place in the FA Cup final in an intriguing last-four encounter at Wembley. An unpredictable edition of the world’s oldest cup competition has seen most of the Premier League’s top sides fail to make the last four,

The cameras lingered on crestfallen Aston Villa faces. One half of Wembley was despondent and increasingly empty. Supporters were leaving early and, such were the queues for the exits, many had their backs turned as Ismaila Sarr’s second goal — Crystal Palace’s third — went in.