Championship strugglers Rotherham United were thoroughly outclassed in the FA Cup third round, losing 7-0 at Manchester City on Sunday. Raheem Sterling starred as Manchester City blitzed Championship side Rotherham United 7-0 at home in the third round of the FA Cup. City, who named a strong team despite their exertions in ending Liverpool’s unbeaten Premier League run last time out, were always in control at the Etihad Stadium on Sunday. Sterling gave City an early lead and they were 3-0 up at the half-time interval with Phil Foden and a Semi Ajayi own goal adding to their advantage. An…
Manchester United vs Reading 2-0 Highlights Download 03 January 2019 FA Cup – United have made nine changes to their side from the team that beat Newcastle during the week. Only Jones and Mata retain their places in the line-up. Romero replaces De Gea in between the sticks, while Dalot, Darmian and Young come into the back four. McTominay, Fred and Pereira get the nod to start in the middle of the park. Lukaku and Sanchez play in a three-man attacking line with Mata. SUBS: Chris Gunter, John O’Shea, Sone Aluko, Modou Barrow, Yakou Meite, Sam Walker, Ryan East. READING…
Chelsea vs Nottingham Forest 2-0 Highlights Download 03 January 2019 FA Cup – Fabregas captains the Blues today, in what could be his last game for the Premier League side. Only David Luiz, Ross Barkley and Alvaro Morata remain in the starting line-up from the side that played Southampton, with Ethan Ampadu and Callum Hudson-Odoi among those who come into the starting XI. Meanwhile Forest make four changes to the side that beat Leeds, with Steele coming in between the sticks and Janko, Osborn and Guedioura also coming into the team. FOREST SUBS: Jordan Smith, Jack Robinson, Ryan Yates, Joe…
Blackpool vs Arsenal 0-3 Highlights Download 05 January 2019 FA Cup Arsenal subs: Emiliano Martinez, Carl Jenkinson, Alexandre Lacazette, Bukayo Saka, Lucas Torreira, Zech Medley, Matteo Guendouzi. Arsenal XI (4-1-4-1): Petr Cech; Stephan Lichtsteiner, Sokratis Papastathopoulos, Laurent Koscielny, Sead Kolasinac; Mohamed Elneny; Ainsley Maitland-Niles, Aaron Ramsey, Joe Willock, Alex Iwobi; Eddie Nketiah. Blackpool subs: Christoffer Mafoumbi, Ryan McLaughlin, Joe Bunney, John O’Sullivan, Harry Pritchard, Steve Davies, Nick Anderton. Blackpool XI (4-3-3): Mark Howard; Michael Nottingham, Donervan Daniels, Paudie O’Connor, Marc Bola; Chris Taylor, Jay Spearing, Callum Guy; Nathan Delfouneso, Armand Gnanduillet, Liam Feeney. DOWNLOAD VIDEO HERE
Antonio Conte’s substitution of Willian was booed, but the Italian’s selection of Olivier Giroud paid off superbly in the FA Cup semi-final. Olivier Giroud’s wonderful goal and an Alvaro Morata header earned Chelsea a 2-0 win against Southampton on Sunday and a return to the FA Cup final. Antonio Conte selected Giroud over Morata in attack and the France forward rewarded that faith with the opening goal in the first minute of the second half. Cesc Fabregas and Eden Hazard combined superbly to find Giroud in the box but he still had a lot to do, jinking away from a…
Manchester United came from behind to beat Tottenham 2-1 at Wembley on Saturday and secure their place in the FA Cup final. Ander Herrera struck the winner midway through the second half, after Alexis Sanchez had cancelled out an opening goal from Dele Alli. United lost on their league visit to Spurs this season after falling behind to an early goal and it looked like Mauricio Pochettino’s side could repeat the feat when Alli turned home Christian Eriksen’s cross. This time, however, Jose Mourinho’s men responded, with former Arsenal star Sanchez scoring for the eighth time in eight appearances at…
It is hard to quantify what constitutes the biggest cup upset, but this has to rank among them. It even has the right to be debated as the greatest ever, given what a brilliant team Manchester City are, how they have dominated and where Wigan are right now. Manchester City’s hopes of an unprecedented quadruple have gone up in flames. “Will Grigg’s on fire,” was the anthem of Northern Ireland’s Euro 2016 campaign, but the striker did not feature for his country during that tournament. His contribution for Wigan, though, was immense.