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Chelsea and Crystal Palace will meet in the FA Cup semi-finals after defeating Middlesbrough and Everton respectively in the quarter-finals.

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MIDDLESBROUGH, England (Reuters) - Chelsea continued to make light of their off-pitch turmoil with another impressive display on it as they reached th...

“It’s been a tough couple of weeks but for us, as a team, we’re just focused and ready to play.” “We really have that winning mentality within the group. We showed the quality at decisive moments,” the German said.

City are through to the FA Cup semi-finals after a 4-1 win over Southampton.

The FA Cup final will take place at Wembley on Saturday 14 May 2022. We will announce our semi-final opponents as soon as the draw as made on mancity.com and the official app, and you can also find out who we’ll face on Twitter: @ManCity. Supporters living in the UK will be able to watch the draw live on ITV.

Chelsea will play Crystal Palace at Wembley Stadium after Sunday's FA Cup semi-final draw served up a London derby.

FA Cup Semi-Final Draw Chelsea will play Crystal Palace at Wembley Stadium after Sunday's FA Cup semi-final draw served up a London derby. FA Cup Semi-Final Draw Serves Up London Derby For Chelsea Plus Possible UCL Final Repeat

LONDON (Reuters) - Marc Guehi and Jean-Philippe Mateta scored first-half goals as Crystal Palace cruised to a handsome 4-0 victory over Everton in the...

The third was scored in bizarre fashion as Olise’s mis-hit shot looped onto the post and provided a tap-in for Zaha, before Hughes scored in similar fashion from a rebound after Jordan Pickford saved brilliantly from Conor Gallagher. It is the first time Palace have beaten Everton twice in the same season as the Merseysiders were unable to build on their league victory over Newcastle United on Thursday and are now left to concentrate on their relegation fight. Everton started the brighter and created a number of opportunities in the opening 20 minutes, but as the game wore on the home side took control and booked a semi-final place as Wilfried Zaha and Will Hughes scored late on.

The FA Cup semi-final draw will take place on Sunday evening and Thomas Tuchel's Chelsea will be keen to book their spot in the final for a third straight ...

The draw will be broadcast live in the UK on ITV, as well as the official FA Cup's Twitter and Facebook channels. Now they are one game away from the final as the draw takes place on Sunday evening where they will find out their last-four opponents. The FA Cup semi-final draw will take place on Sunday evening and Thomas Tuchel's Chelsea will be keen to book their spot in the final for a third straight season.

Marc Guehi, Jean-Philippe Mateta, Wilfried Zaha and Will Hughes scored the goals at Selhurst Park for Palace, which joined Chelsea in the lineup for the last ...

Pep Guardiola has made four changes to his starting lineup for this afternoon's FA Cup quarter-final at Southampton.

And we know we will need to be on top form to progress to the last four. Rodrigo will sit just in front of the back four to add a layer of disciplined protection. They are a well-organised side with a manager who demands energy and industry as standard. And Kevin De Bruyne is one of the most gifted midfielders in the game. John Stones and Aymeric Laporte continue together at the heart of the defence. Zack Steffen once again starts a domestic cup fixture.

Chelsea face Middlesbrough in the FA Cup quarter finals on Saturday evening at the Riverside Stadium.

For the first time at the Riverside in the FA Cup this season, VAR will be in operation for the tie on Saturday evening which kicks off at 5.15pm (UK). Here are all the details ahead of the FA Cup tie on Teesside: Chelsea face Middlesbrough in the FA Cup quarter finals on Saturday evening at the Riverside Stadium.

The FA Cup enters the quarterfinals this weekend. We're looking ahead at the schedule and how to watch each match.

Southampton, currently 10th place in the EPL, will take on league leaders Manchester City in a true test of their fortitude. Chelsea is favored to win in regular time at DraftKings Sportsbook with moneyline odds at -195. Middlesbrough will look to find some more magic against another strong EPL side, as Chelsea is still in pursuit of reaching their third-straight FA Cup Final. Chelsea will be played on Saturday afternoon, while the other three matches will take place on Sunday starting at 8:30 a.m. ET. The Emirates FA Cup is getting down to the wire as eight teams enter the quarterfinals set to take place this weekend. Middlesbrough v.

We have reached the quarterfinal stage of this year's FA Cup, with two Championship teams still in the running. With this being the last round where...

A quadruple is still on the cards for Jurgen Klopp’s charges, who are in the race for the Prem once again. City Ground will be bouncing with the chance of a long-awaited return to Wembley. Unbeaten in nine since a 2-1 reverse at Cardiff, Steve Cooper’s club also have the honor of knocking out the most successful side in the cup’s history (Arsenal), as well as current holders (Leicester), on route to this meetup. Palace are the other side left to have never tasted FA Cup success. We have reached the quarterfinal stage of this year’s FA Cup and two Championship teams are still in the running. With this being the last round where teams play at home grounds, Wembley beckons for the victors of each match.

MIDDLESBROUGH 0-2 CHELSEA - CRAIG HOPE AT RIVERSIDE STADIUM: This was a fourth straight win since sanctions were imposed on their soon-to-be former owner ...

However, this evening Thomas Tuchel will be determined for his team to be fully focused on the task in hand. There remains uncertainty regarding Chelsea's situation off the field and they ended up withdrawing their request for this game to be played behind closed doors. Maybe he has never heard of the Glazers. Ironically, it is their club, Manchester United, who are being urged to poach Tuchel. Frying pans and fires spring to mind. Middlesbrough attacker Folarin Balogun, who is on loan from Arsenal, has scored two goals in his last three appearances. Even at this early juncture it had the feel of a cherry on his cake. His only other domestic effort of this calendar year came in the third round against Chesterfield, form figures to support the notion he acts best on the flattest of tracks. Chelsea take the lead. An FA Cup semi-final at Wembley is the reward for this comfortable win, secured thanks to goals from Romelu Lukaku and Hakim Ziyech. They showed plenty of desire thereafter and exit the competition with pride. It was only last season that the sacking of club legend Frank Lampard and Tuchel’s subsequent arrival brought about an improvement culminating in a second European crown of the Abramovich era. Those associated with Chelsea have long since known that their club exists on the footballing equivalent of a fault line. We defended as a team and attacked as a team.

Liverpool's quest for the quadruple continues with a crunch FA Cup quarter-final against giant-killers Nottingham Forest.

According to Jurgen Klopp, Salah is still recovering from the knock he picked up against Brighton, and might not feature tomorrow.

“Mo felt his foot again a little bit after the game, so we have to see what we do with that and on top of that, some other bits and bobs and stuff like this so we have to wait. Klopp will need to make some difficult choices as the season winds down and pressure ramps up. So far I didn’t get that but the boys come in slightly later,” Klopp explained in his pre-match press conference.

Match preview ahead of Nottingham Forest v Liverpool in the FA Cup quarter final at the City Ground, The Reds' latest cup final...

He allows himself to think further into the future only because he was asked the question, but his focus is still on the game that comes next. I think Fabinho will anchor the midfield alongside Curtis Jones and Naby Keita. It’s a fantastic opportunity, that’s absolutely true — the only problem we have is Nottingham Forest and another team we could theoretically face in the semi-final who want to do the same. “It is nice to play the semi-final at Wembley, absolutely nice, but actually the real deal is then a few weeks later. He’s already confirmed Alisson Becker will start in goal, which could give hints to what else we’ll look like further up the pitch. With every press conference that passes, his steeliness in the face of the growing pressure that surrounds the team’s title charge best sums up why there is such a laser-like focus around the club.

Ahead of our latest meeting with Middlesbrough in the FA Cup, do you think you know who started a famous victory against them at Wembley ...

If you select a wrong answer, just refresh the page to play again and see if you can work it out. We've listed the starting XI alongside five wrong answer 'decoys', which you must avoid otherwise it will be game over. There is only one minute on the clock so you need to think fast.

The Championship side knocked Manchester United out at Old Trafford after a penalty shootout, before Tottenham fell to an extra-time defeat in the last round.

The Chelsea manager has an incredibly record in knockout competitions since arriving in west London and he’ll be eyeing a quick return to Wembley, just a few weeks on from their last visit in the Carabao Cup final. They now face Chelsea, knowing another big shock would secure a place at Wembley in the last four. Chris Wilder’s Middlesbrough side will be looking to pull off yet another FA Cup upset when they welcome Chelsea to the Riverside this evening.

The draw for the semi-finals of the Emirates FA Cup is set to take place on Sunday, with ties scheduled to be played at Wembley Stadium on either Saturday ...

The draw for the Semi-Final of the 2022 Emirates FA Cup will take place on Sunday 20th March, prior to Nottingham Forest's quarter-final tie with Liverpool. How can I watch the FA Cup Semi-Final draw live? When is the FA Cup Semi-Final draw?

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The draw for the FA Cup semi-finals will take place on Sunday and we can bring you all the details including the ball numbers and when and where to watch ...

The draw can also be streamed on the FA Cup’s official Facebook and Twitter pages. The draw for the FA Cup semi-finals will take place on Sunday and we can bring you all the details including the ball numbers and when and where to watch it. The draw will take place on Sunday, 20th March 2022 ahead of the quarter-final clash between Nottingham Forest and Liverpool which is due to kick off at 6pm.

Riverside's sparse away end a symbol of visitors' ongoing crisis, but also of the deep dysfunction at the heart of the game.

After all the talk of Chelsea travelling to Middlesbrough by bus, they ended up flying to Teesside International – only the most cynical, though, would think that they have been over-dramatising their immediate plight to gain public sympathy. On the pitch, it was all rather anti-climactic, but with Chelsea the story these days is only partially about that. Attempts to have the game played behind closed doors on the grounds of “sporting integrity” were rightly derided and ultimately withdrawn.

The institution of the Cup is widely devalued but Nottingham Forest v Liverpool brings up memories of a more innocent age.

The decline of Forest from European champions to top-six challengers in the 80s tends to be put down to Clough’s falling out with Taylor, and that clearly was a major factor, but so, too, were basic issues of finance. In 1977, they were run by a committee headed by the chairman, Brian Appleby, a lawyer, and his deputy, Stuart Dryden, a sub-postmaster. He named Liverpool, Leeds “and others”. If you assume by that he meant Arsenal, Everton and Manchester United, 30 of the next 35 league titles would be won by that five-team elite before Roman Abramovich’s Chelsea broke the sequence. And for fans of a certain age, disillusioned by the transformation of clubs into commercial vehicles or tools of soft power, nostalgia may be the most important thing we have left: it’s the only thing to look forward to – the past. It was, Thompson admitted, “a professional foul”, and today it would be a clear red card, but Liverpool were furious. Forest were without three cup-tied players, including Peter Shilton, which meant a start in goal for Chris Woods who, at 18 years and 124 days, remains the youngest goalkeeper to play in a Wembley final.

Unsettled Belgian striker Lukaku opened the scoring with just his second goal in seven games. Hakim Ziyech increased Chelsea's advantage before the interval at ...

A smooth burst of passing from Mount and Mateo Kovacic left Middlesbrough chasing shadows and Ziyech cut in from the right flank to drill a swerving strike into the far corner from the edge of the area. If that miss was emblematic of Lukaku’s struggles this season, in the 15th minute he gave a glimpse of the predatory instincts that persuaded the Blues to pay a club record £97 million to sign him from Inter Milan last year. It hasn’t all been plain sailing and following a scathing response from Middlesbrough and even their own supporters, Chelsea had withdrawn their request for the quarter-final to be played behind closed doors after they were denied the chance to sell their full allocation of tickets due to the sanctions.

The captain spoke ahead of Liverpool's FA Cup quarerfinal tie against Nottingham Forest.

The FA Cup is only one of the trophies the Reds will be fighting for over the next eight or so weeks. The one he hasn’t won is the FA Cup, which the Reds last claimed back in 2006. “You look at how well they’ve been playing, I think they’ve played a couple of Premier League sides at home – Arsenal and Leicester – and they beat them both, so that just shows how tough it can be going there and how well they are doing,” he said.

Minute-by-minute report: Middlesbrough's giantkilling exploits came to an end against an organised, efficient and occasionally inspired Chelsea.

60 mins: Bola gets to the byline but his cross loops off Azpilicueta and into Mendy’s arms. We’ve got to show from a physical point of view some quality, because that Premier League, it’s quick, it’s fast and they’re all incredible athletes. 36 mins: So close to a third! 44 mins: Rudiger passes to Pulisic, whose right foot slips and who goes down on his left knee. 81 mins: And it nearly ends with a goal! We were totally aware of their strengths, of their structure, that they push up high the wing-back on the right side, so we adapted to that and decided to play a 4-1 in the build-up and not our usual 3-2 shape, that we have a close connection between Malang Sarr and their right wing-back. 64 mins: Boro’s fans remain in fine voice despite the scoreline and their team’s general prospects in this match. 90+1 mins: Chelsea play the ball around their defence. But the effort was huge, and we never let Middlesbrough get a foot back into the door. Mendy was as busy as any goalkeeper could be given that he didn’t have a shot to save, and Thiago Silva’s positioning was predictably impeccable throughout. It’s been a tough couple of weeks but we’re just very focused and ready to play. We adapted to that and played with the ball a 4-1-4-1 formation.

Hakim Ziyech celebrated his birthday with a goal as Chelsea won 2-0 at Middlesbrough to book their place in the semi-finals of the FA Cup.

It was a bit of a nearly game for us. Maybe, just maybe, if they had stuck to the original budget and forced Tuchel’s players to travel north by bus rather than fly to Teesside airport they might have exhibited signs of tiredness as dusk descended. “It wasn’t one-way traffic and I’m immensely proud of the players and the club for what’s been a terrific cup run,” said Wilder. “But we’re a little bit disappointed. As Lumley atoned for his arguable culpability in Ziyech’s goal by palming Timo Werner’s header away, Boro fans’ thoughts surely began turning to their hopes of securing a play-off place. When Ziyech’s delivery picked out Mason Mount wide on the right, Mount was allowed to advance and unleash a dangerous, beautifully weighted, low cross for the on-rushing Lukaku to sweep into the back of net courtesy of a first time, six yard, shot. Within minutes a crestfallen Lumley was rescued by Anfernee Dijksteel, the defender’s last-ditch, impeccably timed, goal-line clearance denying Lukaku a second goal after the Belgian wrong-footed Wilder’s goalkeeper.

A comfortable 2-0 sixth-round victory at Sky Bet Championship Middlesbrough provided a more than satisfactory conclusion to a difficult week, where the Blues' ...

Timo Werner might have added a third but for a block by Bamba and fellow substitute Josh Coburn forced a late save from Mendy at the other end, but the job was done. Boro, who donated the gate receipts to humanitarian aid in Ukraine, found themselves having to defend deep and in numbers as the visitors, prompted by Mateo Kovacic, Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Christian Pulisic, passed and moved patiently in their quest for an early breakthrough. Fewer than 700 Chelsea fans had made it to Teesside as a result of a restriction on ticket sales under sanctions imposed on owner Roman Abramovich, but it proved a relaxing evening as their side cruised to victory in a repeat of the 1997 final.

MIDDLESBROUGH, England (Reuters) - Chelsea continued to make light of their off-pitch turmoil with impressive displays on it as they reached the FA Cup ...

Only a few hundred Chelsea fans were inside the stadium — a consequence of restrictions on them selling tickets — but they could at least celebrate their team reaching the semis for the fifth time in six seasons. Middlesbrough were given raucous support inside the Riverside Stadium but never really looked capable of troubling the visitors who were always in control. MIDDLESBROUGH, England (Reuters) – Chelsea continued to make light of their off-pitch turmoil with impressive displays on it as they reached the FA Cup semi-finals with a 2-0 victory at Middlesbrough on Saturday.

The Blues have booked another appearance at Wembley Stadium but who will we play?

Sunday's quarter-finals begin with two all top-flight encounters – Crystal Palace beating Everton 4-0 in the first. The semi-final draw takes place before the Nottingham Forest versus Liverpool quarter-final. The Blues have booked another appearance at Wembley Stadium but who will we play?

After Chelsea's FA Cup quarter-final victory over Middlesbrough on Saturday, Blues fans will be keen to find out who Thomas Tuchel's side will play in the ...

"We didn't allow big chances and were very disciplined against the ball and we put in a huge effort. Additionally, football.london will be running a live blog of the draw. "Super happy because we were very focused and there was a lot of effort against the ball," Tuchel said after the game.

Chelsea continued to make light of their off-pitch turmoil with another impressive display on it as they reached the FA Cup semi-finals with a 2-0 victory ...

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Crystal Palace are at home to Everton, Southampton host Manchester City and Nottingham Forest face Liverpool. Championship side Middlesbrough have already ...

The FA Cup semi-finals will take place on the weekend of April 16-17, 2022. TV channel: The draw will be broadcast live on ITV during their coverage of the Forest-Liverpool tie. Live stream: The draw will be shown on the ITV Hub website and app, as well as via the FA’s social media channels.

Chelsea reached the FA Cup semi-finals for the third successive season as a rare goal from Romelu Lukaku inspired a 2-0 win against Championship side ...

A smooth burst of passing from Mount and Mateo Kovacic left Middlesbrough chasing shadows and Ziyech cut in from the right flank to drill a swerving strike into the far corner from the edge of the area. If that miss was emblematic of Lukaku's struggles this season, in the 15th minute he gave a glimpse of the predatory instincts that persuaded the Blues to pay a club record £97 million to sign him from Inter Milan last year. It hasn't all been plain sailing and following a scathing response from Middlesbrough and even their own supporters, Chelsea had withdrawn their request for the quarter-final to be played behind closed doors after they were denied the chance to sell their full allocation of tickets due to the sanctions.

Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel hailed his 'impressive' squad following their convincing 2-0 win over Middlesbrough on Saturday afternoon that saw them ...

"And now, they do it also for the fans and the people at Chelsea who are not in the spotlight. This is sometimes what life demands from you and that’s special things." They have huge talent and with huge talent comes huge responsibility.

Manchester City travel to St Mary's to take on Southampton in the FA Cup quarter-final, hoping to book a first trip of the season to Wembley Stadium.

In the Premier League, City have failed to be Saints on both occasions. However, the Catalan confirmed on Friday that the Portuguese international is 'incredibly getting better'. His symptoms are 'good', but doctors have said to 'be careful'. Prior to kick-off on the South coast, Pep Guardiola and Ralph Hasenhüttl have confirmed their respective starting XI's to go head-to-head in some FA Cup action!

Nick Cox, Head of Academy, highlights James Garner's success at Forest as key example of United's loan success.

We are constantly trying to assess all of the returns that we get in terms of a loan spell. “Yes, getting minutes on the pitch is quite important, but it’s not the only measure of success of a loan period. “Some boys join Academies at the age of nine, so they might not have played grassroots football and they might be in the programme for 10 or 12 years. Every player has different development needs, Cox explains, and that means the measure of success is not consistent. Forest now host Liverpool at the City Ground. Garner is one of several United loanees excelling away from the club, playing a crucial role in Forest’s exciting cup run.

Jurgen Klopp is about to participate in his first FA Cup quarter-final but he insists his previously poor record is down to tough draws and having a thinner ...

The Liverpool boss has never reached the business end of the competition before with surprise exits against West Ham, Wolves, West Brom, and defeats in the last two seasons away to Chelsea and Manchester United. 'I always wanted to go to Wembley': Jurgen Klopp says he has never disrespected the FA Cup as he prepares for his first quarter-final in his seventh season as Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp is about to participate in his first FA Cup quarter-final but the German insists his previously poor record is down to tough draws and having a thinner squad rather than disrespecting the competition.

Marc Guehi and Jean-Philippe Mateta scored first-half goals as Crystal Palace cruised to a handsome 4-0 victory over Everton in their FA Cup quarter-final ...

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Manchester City produced a decisive late surge to crush Southampton 4-1 in the FA Cup quarter-finals on Sunday and stay in the hunt for three major ...

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