FA Cup draw pits holders Manchester United against Chelsea Chelsea will host Manchester United in what is sure to be the pick of the FA Cup Quarter Final draws. It will mean a return to Stamford Bridge for Mourinho who will be keen to avenge the 4-0 Premier League reverse that the Reds suffered in […]
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Big gun Zlatan Ibrahimovic called off bench at Blackburn Rovers to fire Manchester United into FA Cup quarter final
BLACKBURN ROVERS 1, MAN UNITED 2 Manchester United needed to summon their big guns from the bench to beat plucky Championship club Blackburn Rovers and claim a quarter-final place in the Emirates FA Cup. Substitute Zlatan Ibrahimovic again came up with the goods when required on a damp and dreary afternoon at Ewood Park to […]
Manchester City live to fight another day after FA Cup draw at Championship club Huddersfield Town
HUDDERSFIELD TOWN 0, MAN CITY 0 (FA Cup 5th Round) Pep Guardiola reflected philosophically after Manchester City were held to a goalless draw at Championship club Huddersfield Town in the fifth round of the Emirates FA Cup. “A lot of Premier League clubs are out, but we are not. We have another match to qualify […]
Big guns kept apart in the FA Cup Draw but United and City will face short trips to Blackburn and Huddersfield
There were no top flight show-downs in the fifth round draw of the FA Cup and both Manchester clubs will be away to Championship clubs after the draw meant relatively local games for fans of both clubs. Blackburn Rovers will host holders Manchester United. The struggling Championship side has earned just 25 points this season […]
Manchester United ring changes but avoid FA Cup upset as they beat Wigan Athletic 4-0
MAN UNITED 4, WIGAN ATHLETIC 0 Manchester United made sweeping changes but, unlike other Premier League sides who did likewise, avoided an exit from the Emirates FA Cup. While Liverpool and Hull lost to lower league opponents and Tottenham scraped past minnows Wycombe, United breezed past Championship club Wigan Athletic at Old Trafford. It took […]