FA Cup Quarterfinals Draw

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0:34Welcome to the latest edition of ESPN FC. I'm Dan Thomas, joined by Shaka Hislop and Stevie Nichol. We are, of course, on the eve of the next round of matches of the Champions League. We are going bracket crazy later on in the show, but we'll kick things off in the FA Cup. West Ham taking on Bradford and this is Brentford. Almost got away all day without saying that. And it would be West Ham who would win on penalties in the end. They would take on Leeds in the next round elsewhere. Arsenal happy, I'm sure. They'll take on Southampton. Chelsea even happier. They play host to Port Vale. But the marquee tie, no doubt about it, Manchester City against Liverpool.

1:12For more on this, let's welcome in, shall we? Julianne Laurent joins us. We'll be hearing the Arsenal view in a moment. Mario will talk us through Chelsea. But let's start off, Nadem, with your Manchester City ways. Liverpool. Yeah, my Manchester City ways are very much active. And as I saw that draw, I was a bit disappointed, to be honest. when I saw Port Vale was available, I thought, you know, it'd be nice for City to get them another little layout to get to the next round. But unfortunately, it just wasn't to be. But I think in this, it makes for a fantastic game of football from two sides who, you know, come the end of the season, maybe that could be the only silverware that they have.

1:43So they will be going for it 100%. Obviously, with the context of the Champions League and stuff around it, yes, that is valid. But when those two sides play, especially something on the line, it should be a fantastic game of football, which is the exact opposite of what I wanted, Dan Thomas. Hey, that's what we want most definitely as a neutral, as Nadam says, is Liverpool's chance for a trophy this season? Yeah, and it's not the greatest of draws. I mean, they absolutely wouldn't have wanted Manchester City away from home. So, yeah, it's made it as tough as it would have been getting somebody else.

2:15It's made it even tougher that you're playing Man City away from home, who are actually on a really good run as well. So, yeah, it's not ideal for Liverpool, and it's certainly not ideal for City either. They won't be pleased. Meanwhile, Jules, it is absolutely ideal for Arsenal who have got some magic when it comes to the draws. Obviously, a lovely Champions League draw. And now away against Southampton. Yeah, back to back. I know Nadam is laughing. I can hear him. Back to back, OK. Away games against lower league teams. That's why they would have wanted to draw one of those teams. It would have been better at the Emirates, really to have been the maximum of the best of the best.

2:53But they will take that. A time with Southampton are much better than when they were under the previous manager, Will Steele. Now they're fighting to get to the playoff in the championship, so they will have that momentum as well. They will play a lot of games too, like Arsenal, maybe not as many, but still a lot of games still to be played for Southampton. But as we saw against Fulham, they played really well. They deserve to go through. They could have scored more goals even, so it won't be an easy trip. It's true. Don't pretend, Jules. I know, but it's true. They're a good team. Don't give us all that nonsense.

3:23Oh, boy. Mario. It's true, they're a good team. Chelsea have the best draw, obviously.

3:30Some things have to come to you sometimes. I got to tell you, look. They're the bottom of the league. League won. And they already had the beautiful moment of their life, what happened to them when they faced Sunderland. And now they got another one that is coming their way. It's Chelsea. And Chelsea now, if you look at the season, this is something you have to go after. It doesn't mean that you, OK, maybe winning it could be a big shot, But you have the opportunity to get to the final. So if you beat them, oh, you're on a nice run. Shaq? Yeah? Do you want to give us the West Ham spiel? Just happy to be there, I'll be honest with you.

4:09We're taking wherever we can get at this point. This just seems to be your motto in life, Shaq. Listen, you survive a penalty shootout against Brentford, given the former Brentford are in all season. You now have a home draw against Leeds. another team down in that relegation battle, as I mentioned. You're in great form. You absolutely take it. Right, of course. As you know, managing maintenance, repair, and operations is never easy. But for the ones who always rise to the challenge, Grainger has your back. From professional-grade products you can count on to fast, dependable delivery, they're there to help you keep things running smoothly.

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6:01Round of 16. PSG against Chelsea. Arguably the hardest one to call. Yeah, but I'm just going to go with PSG. The experience that they've got. PSG will then face, obviously, Galatasaray or Liverpool. Yeah, listen. Liverpool aren't exactly flying, but they're going to beat Galatasaray. We'll just put it in now, yeah, Liverpool. Okay, Real Madrid against Manchester City. I'm going to go Manchester City. Yeah. Yeah. Definitely when you take a look at Real Madrid's form. Atalanta by Munich. I'm going to just put Bayern in, yeah? We've done that. Frisch-Basch get in there. Straight forward. Can you just touch the top right, please, Stevie?

6:39Are you in a hurry, Dan? Well, this is going to take a really long time. Newcastle, Barcelona. Barcelona. Okay, we'll press on Barcelona and then we'll do it that way. Yeah. Barcelona then. Atleti Spurs. Yeah right. Wow. Atleti Barcelona then quarterfinals. Bodo Glynn or Sporting?

7:03Bodo Glynn. Good. Excellent. Biot-Levacuiz and Arsenal. Bosh. Bishbash Bosh. Sorry Levacuiz. Let's go to this side then shall we? We'll do it this way. Barthel or Atleti then in the semifinals? Got to be. Barcelona? Yeah. Okay and they will face? Arsenal. Yep. Okay, meanwhile, the other end of things. Let's go this way. There we go. Perfect. PSG or Liverpool? Yeah, we've got to go PSG. You can press it. Big call. Manchester City, Bayern. Right. I'm going to go Bayern Munich. Okay. All right. No real surprises. Okay, to the semifinals we go. PSG or Bayern? I'm going to go with Bayern Munich. Okay, lovely thing.

7:44This is exciting. Good. Yep. Bayern. Yeah. Against?

7:51Arsenal. Okay, there we go. It'll be Arsenal against Bayern Munich in the final of the Champions League, according to Steve Nichol. Yep. And the winner will be?

8:01Bayern Munich. Hooray. Okay. Steve says Bayern Munich to win it. Right then, do you want to do that all again? Who wouldn't? Let's go to Xhaka. Watch out there, Steve. Go on, Jack. PSG. Xhaka will do all in. Professional. I'm going to go to Liverpool again. Yep. City yes by it I'm pretty much you see him as Steve in that regard yeah this side the brackets Barcelona oh where's the loyalty atleti supporting an arsenal yeah okay no way of press just press anyway just try it and see what right there we go I'll go PSG over Liverpool yeah I'll go by Bayern Munich over Manchester City. OK. So to the other side?

8:50This side? Yeah. There you go. I will go Barca over Atleti. I'll go Arsenal over Sporting. OK. And then... Yep. I will go Bayern Munich, Arsenal, OK. And Bayern. Yep. I'll go Bayern Munich to win it all. So the same as Stevie? He had Bodo Glimmt to win Sporting. OK, right, good. Thank you very much. Hope the sports, Emi, we people are watching. There we are. Look at that. Classic stuff. Now we're going to do it with everybody else who's on the show. Let's start off, shall we, with Jules. Let's take a look at Jules' bracket overall. He has got a final between Manchester City and Arsenal. I suppose a couple of big talking points considering your ways, Jules.

9:37First off, PSG to get knocked out by Chelsea. Yeah, I think the big difference here You could give it 50-50, 51-49, 52-48 Whatever you want I think the second leg at Stamford Bridge is significant And also the fact that the physicality that this Chelsea team has Especially in midfield Is everything that is lacking right now at PSG And why PSG are so far behind where they were last season For example, the injuries that they've had And the fact that Hakimi or Dembele are nowhere near the level as they were last season. At this stage, it's more that they don't have the intensity, they don't have the energy that they showed last season that they played with.

10:17And for this team to play in this kind of football, the Luis Enrique style, if you don't have that intensity, that energy, your press is not as efficient, your counter-pressing is not as efficient, your rotation with the ball are not as efficient and not as clinical, and then you'll suffer, especially against a very physical team like Chelsea. That's why I've got Chelsea to go through. I've got, apart from Spurs, who are rubbish as we know, I've got all the other English teams apart from Newcastle against Barcelona, but the other four to go through and to go far because I think Liverpool as well will do really well.

10:49So I think Arsenal and City is a good shot. OK, all right then. Mario, let's take a look at yours, shall we? And do you have Chelsea? Yeah, you've got PSG being Chelsea, Mario, but you love Chelsea. Yeah, no, definitely, of course. Yeah, but also reality. I feel like the speed they have and also the experience, what they have in their team, PSG, regardless if they're not performing the way they should be. But I still think when you do sometimes well in one season against a great team like Chelsea did against Barcelona, to do it again against PSG might be a little bit to ask. So that's what I go for.

11:26Then why are you moving forward? I don't want to go all the steps. Can I ask you about Real Madrid, Manchester City? You've got Real Madrid. I think you're the only one who's got Real Madrid going through. Why? Because, you know, I have seen City and sometimes they look unstable. You know, like you can have a great game and then sometimes they can go missing. And that's why I feel like the speed and the attacking side of Madrid could really be something that makes it very difficult. And I think sometimes they can get fine holes there. And I think that's why Real Madrid will might overtake them.

12:03And then who have you got? Have you got Bayern winning it? Yeah, my friend. Mario. Yeah, Mario, yes. Okay, yeah, I got Bayern winning it. I'm like Stevie, I'm like, oh, Xhaka said Bayern too. You know why? They're already first in the league. They're 11 points away from Dortmund. So their main focus does not have to be on their own league anymore, as much as all the others have it. So like Barcelona has it, Madrid has it, Arsenal has it. No, they can take a little step back and say like, let's go for the Champions League. So that's why I picked them too because I know when I had my time for the Champions League, sometimes if you create the gap, the focus comes slightly different.

12:50Naidem, how much are you loving life at the moment? Oh, I'm having a whale of a time. To be down in London, it's terrific. But yeah, are you going to do my bracket or what, Dan? Are we going? All right then, don't get Mardy. Right, let's take a look at Nadem's bracket. He has got Manchester City going through against Real Madrid. You got Chelsea over PSG as well, Nadem. Yeah, so what I've noticed through being last in these bracket situations, Stevie's got Liverpool going out early, Jules has got PSG going out early, Mardy's got Chelsea going out early and I've got City going out as well. Look at us just hedging against our own teams that we support.

13:26But anyway, this is how I see it. I think there'll be some good sides in there, but it's tough to bet against Bayern and Arsenal making it to the final, given how, in this moment, they feel like the two best sides in Europe. And I'm sure they'll be able to handle pretty much any game across two legs. And then when that final comes, I suppose it just essentially is going to be a toss for coin, isn't it? I think so. Are we doing anything else on this? OK, thank you very much, guys. Thank you for the brackets. Let's just check out all the fixtures, shall we, that are coming up. Remember, there are early games as well in the Champions League.

13:56Galatasaray against Liverpool is the early... Don't forget that, Stevie. How early are we talking? It's not like 7am. I'm alright then. I think it's like... As long as it's after midday, I'm alright. Yeah, it's after midday. It's okay. And then Wednesday, Bayer Leverkusen against Arsenal, of course PSG against Chelsea, Real Madrid against Manchester City will be all played at the same time. We'll say thank you very much to Nader. Much appreciated for his input. Smalls here, look, I get it. GLP-1 weight loss shots are popular. They're everywhere. But not everyone is thrilled about weekly injections.

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16:29Andy Robertson lining one up and striking it with purity to give Liverpool the lead. The goal was, you know, probably rare. I've not had many of them in my Liverpool career. The ball came to me and I just thought that it was a perfect time to go and do it and thankfully it was a good strike. Still Curtis Jones. And that is three. Liverpool advance into the quarterfinals of the FA Cup. Welcome to Field Mill for the first of today's three fifth round FA Cup ties between League One Mansfield and the current Premier League leaders, Arsenal. Madueke steers it into the top corner. Salmon, wayward seized upon by Will Evans.

17:08Chance here to Evans and he's taken it. And the stags of Mansfield are level. Eze. Eze! Crisp and clean as you like. That looked to me like a man that was possessed. What a finish. Holy spirit, 100%. And it is Arsenal who progress. Welcome to the Stoke racecourse. Wrexham against illustrious opposition in Chelsea. Long ball over the top, can he get there? And Smith has dispatched it beautifully. Garnaccio is on it, and Garnaccio sees his shot off the line, but then back in off the goalkeeper. Repelled, the follow-up shot takes a reflection and in! Wrexham in front again! Neto helping it on, Achenpuk again there and scores!

17:52A second equaliser for Chelsea. The referee's whistle signals extra time here. Good cross from a two-goal hole! Garnaccio stealing in to put it away. Chelsea have their first lead of the night. Another flick, oh! And there is the equaliser! Yeah, he's offside. Confirmed. No equaliser. I think the chant was, B.A.R. João Pedro has a long room to roam here. João Pedro going himself and finishing it finally as a contest. It's Chelsea who move on. And so for the fifth time this season Newcastle United take on Manchester City. This time for a place in the last eight of the FA Cup. And Arley spreads it through to Harvey Barnes.

18:37The flag is down at the moment. Harvey Barnes puts it in the net. Doku did brilliantly. and Savino puts it over the line. It's 1-1. Savino, nice ball, whipped across. Mahmoud, Manchester City lead. Matthias Nunez, Omar Mahmoud. Brilliant goal. Manchester City have three and they have one foot in the quarterfinals. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. What were you sorry for? The folk how good we were playing. And Pep Guardiola's Manchester City booked their place in the FA Cup quarterfinal. Welcome to Craven Cottage, Fulham of the Premier League and Southampton from the Championship. Opportunity here for Southampton at the very end and they appeal for a penalty and they've got one in the 90th minute and Southampton have a chance to win this tie.

19:29It's Ross Stewart, sheer power. It is Southampton who marks through to the quarterfinals of the FA Cup. Welcome to Vale Park for this Emirates FA Cup fifth round tie between League One strugglers Port Vale and Sunderland. Wayne didn't get it first time, he did second! It's that man again in this competition! And it's a chapter written in Port Vale FA Cup folklore. 1954, the last time they got to the quarterfinals of the FA Cup. To be honest with you, I didn't even clock it was the quarterfinals we got into. Marooned at the bottom of League One, they are currently feeling on top of the world, having knocked out Premier League Sutton.

20:11Welcome to Elland Road for this Emirates FA Cup fifth round tie between Leeds United of the Premier League and Norwich City from the Championship. Looked back by Goverton, long snap, brilliant goal, beautifully taken. Well, not dealt with, Goodman's side. The Great Titans. The road has been cleared for him. Can they finish it in style? They can. Well, a job very, very well done by Leeds United. And for the first time in nearly a quarter of a century, they are in the last eight of the FA Cup. Welcome to the London Stadium for this Emirates FA Cup fifth round. East meets West London derby between two Premier League sides, West Ham United and Brentford.

20:52Hernandez, good looking cross, the header down and front in home. The Hammers in front. Watara, good shift from him and the cross up the grabs and a deflection takes it in. West Ham pounce here with Adama Traore. Was he fouled? That will be a penalty. Jared Bowen for his second and West Ham's second of the night. Makes it look so simple. And the East End boys are back on top. Wattara has continued his run, has options here. Oh, and was that a nudge in the back? Referee has given the penalty. It was. It's Thiago. Definitive. But it is going to require penalties here at the London Stadium. Dango Ibarra for Brentford.

21:35Ta-da. Oh, right down the middle. He went for the Penenka. And Areola gets right. West Ham have a chance to win it with the next kick. And he put West Ham into the quarterfinals. Yes, he can. Pure delight for the Hammers. They've made their first quarterfinal in a decade. Watching someone close go through loss really changes your perspective. You see how quickly grief can turn into financial stress, and it's something no family should have to deal with during an already difficult time. Experiences like that make people think differently about planning ahead and protecting the people they love.

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