FA Cup

THE FA Cup quarter-final ties have been set – and Manchester United will be there following a dramatic win over Nottingham Forest.Casemiro’s late header means that the Red Devils will host Liverpool.Newcastle are set to travel to holders Manchester City.While Chelsea will play Leicester courtesy of a stoppage-time strike from Conor Gallagher.PADDY POWER WELCOME OFFER – get £40 in free bet builder betsThat’s all from Nottingham
Manchester United set up a crunch FA Cup quarter-final clash against rivals Liverpool after a hard-fought 1-0 victory over Nottingham Forest at the City Ground.
A rather hapless encounter looked set to go to extra-time, and perhaps penalties, but Casemiro ended Forest’s hopes of a third last-eight encounter in four years with a late winner.
The Red Devils’ skipper Bruno Fernandes whipped in a clever free-kick from the left and the Brazil international got to the ball before heading it past Matt Turner.
A long VAR check followed as there was suspicion Raphael Varane was blocking defenders from marking the goalscorer from an offside position.
However, the referees gave Erik ten Hag’s men the all clear to bid for the one piece of silverware they could realistically win this season.
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Alan Shearer laid into Manchester United ace Marcus Rashford in an astonishing 40-second rant on live TV.
One particular moment enraged Shearer as a long ball was played into Rashford’s feet and the £300,000-a-week ace immediately got closed down by Nottingham Forest ace Felipe.
But instead of attempting to hold the ball up, the forward immediately threw himself to the ground.
The referee was not buying it and let play continue, while the England international immediately threw his arms up before trudging away from the action with his head faced the ground.
Come on Marcus, get up, stop waving your arms around.
You’ve got to do better, too easy that. The ball’s in front of you against the defender, you’ve got to hold it for your teammates.
I don’t like his body language at times, trying to send a message to fans, ‘it’s not my fault’.
You as an individual have to take responsibility for your actions on the pitch. Get up and get on with it.Alan Shearer BBC
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Copy linkCopiedIs Antony Fer real?
Manchester United fans spotted Sir Alex Ferguson’s reaction to Antony during their FA Cup clash with Nottingham Forest.
United captain Bruno Fernandes attempted to switch the play during the first half at the City Ground as he raked a long ball over towards the winger on the far touchline.
But the effort was overhit and the Brazil international failed to scamper to reach it before it ran out of play.
The camera zoomed in on the 24-year-old’s reaction as he praised Fernandes for the pass.
It then cut to legendary Man Utd boss Ferguson who proceeded to exchange a few words with new club chief Sir Dave Brailsford.
Both Sir Alex and Brailsford had a chuckle to themselves, before turning their attention back towards the action on the pitch.
Fans say ‘even Sir Alex Ferguson is tired of Antony’ after spotting Man Utd legend’s reaction to FA Cup blunder
Copy linkCopiedCasemiro stands out
Manchester United ace Casemiro put together another impressive performance in midield.
The Brazil international also scored the winner against Nottingham Forest in the 89th minute.
And as per the heat map below, the 32-year-old was ever present against Nottingham Forest.

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It might sound like a proper “glory, glory Man United” moment – an 89th-minute winner to settle a tense FA Cup tie.
But the decisive goal from Casemiro had an element of bizarre fluke, after another horribly flat performance from Erik ten Hag’s side.
A free-kick from Bruno Fernandes out by the left-hand touchline bounced in front of goal, Casemiro added the slightest of touches with his head and, after a lengthy VAR check for offside, United were limping into the quarter-finals.
At least they avoided the potential nightmare scenario of a second defeat at the City Ground in the space of two months and confirmation of a trophyless season.
But the bold ambitions of Sir Jim Ratcliffe, to ‘knock Manchester City and Liverpool off their perch’ looked light years away here.

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Check out Manchester United’s player ratings from SunSport’s own Graham Hill:

ANDRE ONANA: 8
DIOGO DALOT: 8
RAPHAEL VARANE: 6
VICTOR LINDELOF: 6
SOFYAN AMRABAT: 6
CASEMIRO: 8
SCOTT MCTOMINAY: 7
ANTONY: 6
BRUNO FERNANDES: 8
ALEJANDRO GARNACHO: 6
MARCUS RASHFORD: 5

Copy linkCopiedFA Cup quarter-finals
Here’s how the the FA Cup quarter-final picture looks like now:

Man City vs Newcastle
Chelsea vs Leicester
Wolves vs Coventry
Man Utd vs Liverpool

The ties will be played in the weekend of March 16.
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Copy linkCopiedNottingham Forest vs Man Utd stats
Manchester United dominated 61 per cent of possession against Nottingham Forest.
United registered a total of 20 shots, seven of which were on target.
Forest, on the other hand, produced 16 shots but only five of them were on target.
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It’s official, Manchester United will take on rivals Liverpool in the FA Cup quarter-finals.
Jurgen Klopp’s youth revolution hit another major milestone after the Reds’ stunning Carabao Cup triumph over Chelsea.
Lewis Koumas, 18, and Jayden Danns, 18, scored their first ever goals for the Merseysiders.
Koumas opened the scoring after 44 minutes before Danns’ brace sealed another major win.
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Wolves will follow Man Utd to the FA Cup quarter-finals after beating Brighton 1-0.
Mario Lemina’s goal in the second minute of the match proved enough to get Gary O’Neil’s men to the last eight.
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Copy linkCopiedLiverpool 3-0 Southampton
Liverpool wonderkid Jayden Danns completes a stunning brace to surely end Southampton’s FA Cup hopes.
Man Utd are set to lock horns with their fiercest rivals in the quarter-finals!
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Manchester United punched their ticket to the FA Cup quarter-finals after a hard-fought victory over Nottingham Forest at the City Ground.
A rather hapless encounter looked set to go to extra-time, and perhaps penalties.
However, Casemiro ended Forest’s hopes of a third last-eight encounter in four years with a late winner.
The Red Devils’ captain Bruno Fernandes whipped in a clever free-kick from the left and the Brazil international got to the bouncing ball to head it past Matt Turner.
An agonising VAR check followed as there was suspicion Raphael Varane was blocking defenders from marking the goalscorer from an offside position.
However, the referees gave Erik ten Hag’s men the all clear for a potential clash with rivals Liverpool in the quarter-finals.
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Peep!
Man Utd have made the FA Cup quarter-finals!!!
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A heated scuffle ensues between Man Utd captain Fernandes and Felipe.
The Forest defender has his hand wrapped around the playmaker, who is demanding a yellow card.
Copy linkCopiedLiverpool 2-0 Southampton
Liverpool are sealing their own spot in the FA Cup quarter-finals with Jayden Danns’ first ever senior goal!
Looks like we are getting that derby!
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Referee gave five more minutes of added time during the long VAR check.
We could be set for another four minutes!
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Substitution
Forest boss Nuno brings in Reyna and Rodrigo Ribeiro to replace Yates and Danilo.
United manager Ten Hag responds by bringing on Mainoo and Evans for Amrabat and McTominay.
Casemio was busted open after his goal by a clash of heads it seems but received medical treatment.
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Goal stands!!!
Man Utd have broken the deadlock at the death!
Fernandes whipped in a free-kick from the left that bounced to the ground and Casemiro did well to get to the ball and head it past Turner!
VAR checked if Varane was blocking a defender to get to the Brazil international from an offside position.
But United get the all clear!
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Goal!
Casemiro may have scored the winner!!!
VAR is having a look at a possible offside!

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Chance
Gibbs-White tries a powerful shot from a promising position and Onana palms it away in the air, but it doesn’t matter as a Forest ace was caught offside in the build-up.
Copy linkCopiedFT: Chelsea 3-2 Leeds
Chelsea have just punched their ticket to the FA Cup quarter-finals after a thrilling victory over Leeds!
The Blues will now face Leicester in the last eight!
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Chance
Casemiro fires a long-range shot that just misses Forest keeper Turner’s top left corner.
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Chance
Man Utd star Rashford tries to emulate England team-mate Gallagher with a late winner of his own but his shot goes wide after a run down the left.
Copy linkCopiedChelsea 3-2 Leeds
Gallagher appears to have won it for Chelsea with a late winner in the third minute of stoppage time!
Another last-gasp winner for the Blues it seems…!
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Just 10 more minutes to go and neither team has shown it can score a winner…
Both managers have made one sub each, looks like they are both saving some fresh legs for extra-time…
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CHELSEA are into the FA Cup quarter-final courtesy of a last-gasp strike from English star Conor Gallagher.Mateo Joseph initially put Leeds ahead before Nicolas Jackson levelled the scoring.Mykhailo Mudryk then flipped the tie on its head until Joseph scored once again.But out of nowhere, Gallagher’s sublime stoppage-time strike has put Chelsea through and they will now face Leicester in the quarter-finals.
RESULT: Chelsea 3-2 Leeds
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Chelsea starting lineup: Sanchez, Gilchrist, Disasi, Chalobah, Gusto, Madueke, Caicedo, Fernandez, Mudryk, Sterling Jackson.
Leeds starting lineup: Meslier, Roberts, Firpo, Rodon, Cooper, Ampadu, Gray, Anthony, James, Piroe, Joseph.
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Chelsea will now play Leicester City in the quarter-finals at Stamford Bridge.
Mauricio Pohcettino will be keen to make his way to Wembley once again after Sunday’s disappointment, this time with a different outcome.
Chelsea will go into the game as favourites against The Foxes who sit top of the Championship.
There were concerns at Stamford Bridge this evening for one of the away fans who fell from the top tier.
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As attention diverts to the Premier League, The Blues will be needing to put a string of results together to propel themselves up the table.
With three home games coming up in the league in quick succession, Pochettino will be looking for wins.
The table is so tight that a run of good form can change the whole outlook on your season.

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While Chelsea went into this game as firm favourites to progress, they made hard work of it going a goal behind.
Just when they thought they had addressed that thanks to goals from Jackson and Mudryk, the visitors then pegged them back once again.
Gallagher’s late strike settled the contest and the manager seemed relieved on the final whistle.
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A last-gasp goal from Chelsea has booked their place in the enxt round.
Pochettino brought Gallagher off the bench late on and boy did he deliver.
It was not an impressive performance by the ‘billion pound bottle jobs’ as Gary Neville put it, but they got the job done.

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The referee brings the game to a close.
Chelsea progress to the quarter-finals of the FA Cup.
Mauricio Pochettino can breath a sigh of relief now.
Copy linkCopiedChelsea 3-2 Leeds
90+4. The whistles come from the crowd who want to see the end of the game now.
Chelsea’s fan are making themselves heard now.
Gallagher’s goal seems to have won this tie.
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90+2. Jackson receives the ball in the corner of the pitch and looks to run the clock down.
He loses the ball and Leeds look to break at pace.
Mudryk comes off for Tauriainen for Chelsea.
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90. The ball is played through the middle to Gallagher on the edge of the box.
He turns well to lose his marker and slots the ball past the keeper as he comes out.
What a time to score, that is surely game over for Leeds.
We are going to have four additional minutes added.
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88. Half chance for Chelsea as the ball is flicked across goal.
It comes to Colwill, he tries to control it when he needed to get a first-time shot away.
Chelsea seem to be trying to walk it into the net at the moment.
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86. Chilwell finds Mudryk down the left wing.
He spots the run of Fernandez but the midfielder gets to the byline and can only win a corner.
You feel he needed to pull the trigger straight away to test the Leeds’ keeper then.
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84. Caicedo runs through the middle and gets dispossessed and the ball almost runs through to Jackson.
The Leeds’ defence is alert and manage to clear their lines.
This game is finely poised at the moment, it really could go either way.
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82. Leeds try a speculative effort from outside the box but he cannot keep the shot down.
For a brief moment it opened up but as he looked to bend it in the top corner, he got it all wrong.
At the moment Leeds are looking the most likely to score.
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80. The Blues’ fans will want to see more attacking threat from their side in the remainder of the game.
Once again it has been somewhat of a pedestrian performance from Pochettino’s side.
They need to have more urgency in the final third.
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78. Mudryk gets down the wing before clipping a cross into the box from the byline.
Jackson gets up to meet it at the far post but heads it more up in the air than he does towards goal.
The striker stays down but neither the referee nor VAR saw any wrong doing with that challenge.
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76. Chelsea should have more attacking threat in the final third with Cole Palmer on the pitch now.
That said, he hasn’t been amongst the goals of late.
We are into the final quarter of an hour now, the next goal could be the one that decides this game.
Copy linkCopiedView from SunSport’s Isabelle Barker at Stamford Bridge
Mateo Joseph is a youngster oozing confidence in front of a very boisterous away end here at Stamford Bridge.
He hadn’t scored a senior goal before tonight and now he has two.
The Spanish 20-year-old has been redhot all evening, but so has Jaidon Anthony for Leeds who whipped an inch-perfect cross on Joseph’s plate for 2-1. 
Chelsea were once again to blame for shoddy defending. They seem to still lack identity, shape and structure in what they do. How the tables have turned. 
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74. Colwill and Palmer come on for Sterling and Gilchrist.
Pochettino has seen enough and has sent on aruguably Chelsea’s player of the season.
The need to find another goal if they want to progress to the quarter-finals.
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72. Leeds force a corner, which Dan James comes to take.
He whips the ball towards the back post but it is too deep for anyone to get on the end of it.
Leeds recycle the ball and James whips another cross in and the ball drops to Jospeh as Chalobah fails to head it.
The striker seemed to not be expecting it and could not react quickly enough to get a shot off.
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70. Junior Firpo is booked for a clumsy challenge on Raheem Sterling.
It gives Chelsea the chance to come forward but once again they pass the ball around at the back.
Mudryk breaks free but his first touch is poor and the ball runs through to Meslier in the Leeds’ goal.
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68. Chelsea seem lacklustre in this half, whatever the manager said at the interval seems to have had the opposite effect.
Leeds are looking like the Premier League team as they knock the ball about with confidence.
The Blues are just chasing shadows most of the time.
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66. Fernandez wins the ball on the halfway line and looks to play the ball forward.
His pass is wayward and gifts possession back to the visitors.
This game is end to end stuff at the moment.
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64. Chilwell has slotted into the left back slot for Pochettino’s side.
Gilchrist has gone to right back in place of Gusto who came off.
Madueke was the other player to make way for the substitutions.
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62. Chelsea should have more quality in the middle of the park now.
Gallagher has been in good form for The Blues of late.
Leeds are dominating possession so far since the interval.
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60. Gallagher and Chilwell come on for Chelsea.
Pochettino is looking to add some quality to this game.
Leeds are growing in confidence as James cuts in from the right and looks to shoot but it is deflected wide for a corner.
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