27 January, 2014 - 09:37

FA Cup draw: Manchester City vs Chelsea and Arsenal vs Liverpool

FA Cup draw: Manchester City vs Chelsea and Arsenal vs Liverpool

Premier League giants Manchester City and Chelsea are set to meet in the FA Cup fifth round. Liverpool will travel to Emirates in another thrilling tie.

Manchester City survived a home scare at the hands of Championship side Watford after being two goals behind at halftime through Forestieri and Deeney. Sergio Aguero inspired the Citizens for a comeback and scored a hat-trick. Aleksandar Kolarov added a long-range goal tocomplete a hard-fought 4-2 victory. Manuel Pellegrini will now face Jose Mourinho, whose Chelsea got a narrow 1-0 win over Stoke City courtesy of a first-half goal from Oscar.

Arsenal thrashed Coventry City as Lukas Podolski netted a brace, Olivier Giroud and Santi Cazorla also got on the scoresheet. The Gunners will now face Liverpool, who beat Bournemouth 2-0.

Sunderland and Southampton have been drawn together yet another time this season as The Black Cats have already knocked The Saints out of League Cup and shared points twice in Premier League.

Everton will host Swansea in another clash between two top flight squads.

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Author: Leon Smolski

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27 January 2014, 11:54

Probably the FA should have introduced the seeded system, like a Grand Slam tournament? So that the best sides could only meet late in the tournament?

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29 January 2014, 12:15

Amazing news! Best author!

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