Manchester City, Chelsea and Liverpool progress to Adobe Women's FA Cup semi-final

 Manchester City, Chelsea and Liverpool joined Manchester United in the semi-final of the Adobe Women's FA Cup after victories over Aston Villa, Crystal Palace and Arsenal respectively. 

Second-half strikes from Khadija Shaw and Jess Park sent Manchester City through to the last four after a 2-0 win over Aston Villa.

Shaw put City out in front not long after the restart when she met Mary Fowler's weighted pass before coolly slotting the ball under Villa shot-stopper Sabrina D'Angelo and into the net.

Jess Park added a second in the 71st-minute to secure her side's place in the semi-final when she tapped home past D'Angelo.

Gareth Taylor's side attacked from the off, with the first chance of the game falling to Fowler after just five minutes when she fired straight at D'Angelo.

Park then attempted to find Shaw in the middle with a cutback only for the ball to take a deflection into the arms of the Aston Villa keeper.

The goalkeeper wouldn't have to wait long before another test arrived her way, with Fowler floating a cross into the intended path of Shaw, though D'Angelo would quickly punched the ball clear to avert danger.

With City building momentum, Vivianne Miedema looked to try her luck from distance, but she could only watch effort whistle wide of the far bottom corner.

Down the other end of the pitch, Ebony Salmon looked set to break the deadlock when she was slipped through on goal, but City keeper Ayaka Yamashita acrobatically tipped her attempt over the bar as the two sides entered the break deadlocked. 

But the visitors would finally pry open a stubborn Villa rearguard when Fowler's low ball found Shaw in the 52nd-minute, with the forward casually firing beyond the reach of D'Angelo.

With less than 20 minutes left on the clock, Park doubled her side's lead with a close-range finish to secure City's place in the final four.

Over at Kingsmeadow, Lauren James fired Chelsea into the semi-final as they overcame a dogged Crystal Palace side.

The Blues took the lead not long after the hour mark when Palace failed to clear their lines from a Chelsea corner, with James on-hand to fire Sonia Bompastor's side out in front.

Chelsea made no secret of their attacking intent and would have taken the lead early in proceedings through Aggie Beever-Jones' close-range finish had Catarina Macario not wandered offside in the build-up.

James looked to convert Ashley Lawrence's back post delivery into the net but she could only meet the side netting.

Macario then had a goal of her own chalked off after she fired into the net following a goalmouth scramble, but not before finding Beever-Jones inside the box, only for the forward to curl her effort over the bar.

With Chelsea knocking on Crystal Palace's door, the Blues finally took the lead in the 64th-minute through James, the England international ruthlessly capitalising on an Eagles defensive mixup to secure her side a semi-final berth.

Elsewhere, a Daphne van Domselaar own goal proved the difference between Arsenal and Liverpool at Meadow Park.

The Reds broke the deadlock with less than fifteen minutes to go when Sophie Roman Haug rifled a volley into the post, only for the ball to bounce into the net off the back of van Domselaar.