FA Cup fifth-round draw LIVE: Liverpool, Manchester United, Man City, Chelsea and more discover fate
Bournemouth will host Leicester and Wolves will take on Brighton in the FA Cup fifth round
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Your support makes all the difference.Holders Manchester City will visit Luton Town in the fifth round of the FA Cup in an all-Premier League clash, while sixth-tier Maidstone United, the lowest-ranked team left in the competition, will travel to either Sheffield Wednesday or Coventry.
The fifth round will be played on or around 28 February, with the final set for May 25 at Wembley.
The draw was delayed until half-time of Liverpool’s home tie against Norwich City after Wolverhampton’s 2-0 win at West Bromwich Albion earlier was interrupted by crowd trouble.
Fifth round:
Blackburn/Wrexham v Newcastle
Chelsea/Aston Villa v Leeds/Plymouth
Bournemouth v Leicester
Liverpool/Norwich City v Watford/Southampton
Bristol City/Nottingham Forest v Newport County/Manchester United
Wolverhampton v Brighton & Hove Albion
Sheffield Wednesday/Coventry v Maidstone United
Luton Town v Manchester City
Man City break the Spurs curse late on
Finally, the curse was lifted. Manchester City are a magnificent team, the rightful champions of Europe and the world, but on this rectangular patch of ground in north London they have been a mixture of unfortunate, underwhelming and comically inept. Before tonight they had played five games at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium and lost them all, never even scoring a goal despite accumulating an xG of about 375. For 88 minutes here history rhymed, until Nathan Ake’s bundled late winner, a game won in the most un-Cityish of ways.
Pep Guardiola had been getting increasingly irate, so much so that he was booked for sarcastically applauding referee Paul Tierney during the second half of this FA Cup tie. He would have recognised some similar traits of games that had gone before here, in which City created chance after chance but could not alter the scoreboard. An early goal was chalked off by the barest of margins; Julian Alvarez, Bernardo Silva, Kevin De Bruyne and Jeremy Doku all missed prime chances.
But where Guardiola had come against stubborn defensive units in the past, deliberately designed to annoy him by Jose Mourinho, Nuno Espirito Santo and Antonio Conte, this Ange Postecoglou team was never going to play that way. Tottenham tried to play their way, but they never managed to gain control and ultimately their open gameplan failed, albeit at the very last, at a corner, when so much hard work had been done. City won 1-0 and the defending champions will be in the hat for the fifth round.
Lawrence Ostlere from the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium:
Manchester City finally lift the curse to knock Tottenham out the FA Cup
Tottenham Hotspur 0-1 Manchester City: Nathan Ake’s late bundled winner sealed this fourth-round win with City’s first goal in Spurs’ new stadium
Chelsea and Aston Villa set for FA Cup replay
Two Premier League teams who will face a replay to be in the fifth round are Chelsea and Aston Villa - here’s chief football writer Miguel Delaney and his assessment from the Stamford Bridge stalemate.
Chelsea and Aston Villa set for FA Cup replay after goalless stalemate
Chelsea 0-0 Aston Villa: Douglas Luiz’s disallowed goal was the closest the teams came to scoring
Everton out as Luton progress in FA Cup
Even an injury-time winner was not the most dramatic event in Merseyside football in the last couple of days but there is a shared sense of gloom. While Liverpool mourn Jurgen Klopp’s planned departure, Everton’s disappointment stems from different reasons. As they were ejected from the FA Cup, Luton Town’s supporters chorused about going to Wembley; after last season’s play-off final, they have fond memories of the national stadium.
Yet if Everton claimed they merited a free kick when the Hatters took the lead and could point out that Cauley Woodrow’s decider came 14 seconds into the 96th minute – only five had been signalled – neither grievance had much weight. Luton had more cohesion and chances, more dynamism and drive. Perhaps they had more in reserve, too, with two substitutes, Luke Berry and Woodrow, playing pivotal parts in the decider.
If Sean Dyche’s sides tend to be set-piece specialists, they were beaten at their own game. Both Luton goals came from corners, just as they had prospered from dead-ball situations when achieving their maiden Premier League win at Goodison in September.
Sean Dyche shows his old weakness as Everton beaten at their own game
Everton 1-2 Luton: An injury-time winner from the Hatters condemned the Toffees to a fourth-round exit in the FA Cup
Maidstone United pull off stunning Cup win at Ipswich
A reminder of some of yesterday’s action, as Maidstone United pulled off one of the greatest FA Cup upsets of recent times. Goals from Lamar Reynolds and Sam Corne sealed a 2-1 win over Championship promotion chasers Ipswich Town at Portman Road.
Maidstone pull off historic FA Cup shock and Brighton win thriller
National League South side Maidstone stunned Championship high-flyers Ipswich to reach the FA Cup fifth round
When is the FA Cup fifth-round draw? Date, start time and how to watch on TV and online
The FA Cup fifth-round draw will take place this weekend following the latest batch of ties in the 2023-24 competition.
The fifth round is likely to see plenty of lower ranked clubs involved, after the fourth-round draw paired 10 Premier League clubs together in five all-top-flight ties.
Here is everything you need to know about the FA Cup fifth-round draw, and get all the latest betting offers here.
When is the FA Cup fifth-round draw? Date, start time and how to watch on TV
Manchester United face lowly Newport, sixth-tier Maidstone travel to Ipswich, while Manchester City clash with Tottenham and Chelsea host Aston Villa in top-flight showdowns
FA Cup fifth round draw
Welcome to Independent Sport’s live coverage of the FA Cup fifth round draw.
It promises to be a fascinating round with plenty of sides outside the Premier League poised to feature after 10 teams from the top tier were paired together in the fourth round.
Follow for all the ties drawn out of the hat ahead of Liverpool v Norwich at Anfield and the immediate reaction as a trip to Wembley draws ever closer.
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