English FA Cup: Chelsea reach semis, Man City to meet Arsenal

As usual, it wasn’t easy, but Arsenal was able to finish the job on Sunday and qualify for the FA Cup semi-final after a dramatic 2:1 win against Sheffield United and the Gunners will face Man City in the next round.

In addition, Chelsea achieved a narrow 1-0 win over Leicester, where they will meet Manchester United who already managed to get their spot last night, with a 2-1 win over Norwich.

Sheffield United 1 – Arsenal 2

The Gunners reached the quarterfinals, with a return from the Corona break, their comeback didn’t go as planned and they struggled against a much weaker side. Mikel Arteta has not yet managed to stabilize the sinking ship from north London and currently, Arsenal is in ninth place in the Premier League. Even today, it wasn’t easy, with Pierre Emerick Aubameyang and Hector Bellerin remaining on the bench.

The game itself opened in turmoil when the host took the lead after seven minutes, but referee Paul Tierney ruled after a VAR examination that the goal was disqualified. In the 25th minute, Nicolas Pepe, who cost a huge amount of 72M pounds this season and did not deliver the performance that was expected from him, was the one to eventually score a successful free kick from 11 meters.

Arsenal already saw another failure coming towards them when David McGoldrick levelled the score in the 87th minute. A minute later the Gunners took advantage of a counter attack, Danny Ceballos, who came on as a substitute, took advantage of the host’s poor defense and bagged a dramatic winner in the 91st minute.

Leicester – Chelsea 0:1

Both teams are currently battling for the third place in the Premier League. This was a tough clash in the King Power Stadium. Chelsea emerged as winners and will fight to regain the trophy they won in 2018.

Kasper Schmeichel played a great game for the Foxes and managed to pull off a number of beautiful saves, but in the 63rd minute, he was beaten by Ross Barkley.