Saturday football

[Coffee]

"A magnificent couple of footballing days are in store, with two FA Cup semis and some serious fixtures in both the Premier League and the Championship. Arsenal or Liverpool can overtake Man C at the top while the Blues strut their stuff at Wembley. Sunday sees Coventry take on Man U. And they say the romance of the Cup is dead. It’s not. Who were the last side from outside the top division to have won the FA Cup? At the bottom, Sheff U and Burnley will meet in what’s likely to be a dress rehearsal for next season. Mind you, a Burnley win would see the gap between them and Forest, one place above the dotted line, reduce to just three points. That would bring late hope to the Clarets. Everton and Forest also meet in another vital bottom of the table clash, made more meaningful by Luton hosting Brentford who have little or nowt to play for. The Championship is as tight as ever with Ipswich, Leicester, Leeds and Southampton scrabbling for the top two places. Tuesday sees Leicester take on the Saints in what could be a truly vital contest with massive ramifications for both sides. The Foxes host the Baggies, in fifth place, in Saturday’s early game. At the bottom, Rotherham are gone, which leaves Sheff Wed, Huddersfield, Birmingham, Stoke and QPR separated by three points with three to play and two relegation places to resolve. *SATURDAY* FA CUP SEMI-FINAL MANCHESTER CITY vs CHELSEA (1715) Man C win. PREMIER LEAGUE LUTON TOWN vs BRENTFORD (1500) Home win. SHEFFIELD UNITED vs BURNLEY (1500) Draw. WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS vs ARSENAL (1930) Away win. *SUNDAY* FA CUP SEMI-FINAL COVENTRY CITY vs MANCHESTER UNITED (1530) Coventry win. You can dream. PREMIER LEAGUE EVERTON vs NOTTINGHAM FOREST (1330) Home win. ASTON VILLA vs BOURNEMOUTH (1500) Home win. CRYSTAL PALACE vs WEST HAM UNITED (1500) Draw. FULHAM vs LIVERPOOL (1630) Away win. *TUESDAY* ARSENAL vs CHELSEA (2000) Home win. *WEDNESDAY* WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS vs BOURNEMOUTH (1945) Home win. CRYSTAL PALACE vs NEWCASTLE UNITED (2000) Draw. EVERTON vs LIVERPOOL (2000) Away win. MANCHESTER UNITED vs SHEFFIELD UNITED (2000) Home win. *THURSDAY* BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION vs MANCHESTER CITY (2000) Away win."

[only1billybonds]

"Have to agree with comma, City without Haaland are a better team. When he's the focal point of their attack they can be pretty one dimensional in their build up play. And how good was their first goal last night? KDB will be greatly missed when he Jack's it in, wonderful footballer."

[Fauxstralian]

To be fair to DeZerbi they sold a bunch under him and think they have 7 or 8 injured including Ferguson & Mitoma who are their 2 best forwards And he rested the 3rd best Adingra Mitoma has hardly played recently and imagine he will be the next one off Expect DeZerbi will have had enough soon and will have offers

[Mike Oxsaw]

Shame we showed Brighton the way to the cliff then demonstrated what jumping off it does.

[Manuel]

Brighton have absolutely fell off a cliff and De Zerbi is losing his reputation with each passing day. Good to see.

[Alfs]

That's the title race done and dusted.

[,]

Right now Man City look a better team without Haaland.

[twoleftfeet]

That 3rd goal is exactly why I loathe tippy tappy football

[Fauxstralian]

You lost the league at Goodison Park Did have the WHIFF of that Friday night when Tottenham lost the League at West Ham Hopefully we turn up on Saturday and administer the last rites

[daveyg]

Faux Think he's saving them for Saturday whoever they are playing I fear for whoever that is.

[Fauxstralian]

"Klopp bringing 2 full backs on at 0-2 after 83mins MOYESBALL Very flat tonight, havent fancied it & have been bullied by Everton"

[goose]

Classic Moyesball from Everton here. 20% possession Defend the 18 yard box Set play goals

[daveyg]

Seeing the way Salah has been off late we're going to do well to keep Bowen or especially Kudus

[jfk]

Anyway gonna fuck off to bed and watch race around the world.

[jfk]

"Everton one up in the Scouce derby just about deserved, klopps never lost at Goodison. Always a first ?ü§û?ü§û"

[goose]

"We did try! Salah is having a bit of a ‘mare as well. Interesting VAR check for the goal, looked off to me from the free kick but they only appeared to have a very quick look at it."

[Hello Mrs. Jones]

I'm watching the Everton Liverpool game. My God that Darwin Nunez is shite. Surprised we didn't buy him..

[zebthecat]

I know it is Arsenal but it is wonderful to see Todd Boely's mob get a proper thrashing. This is what £1bn gets you when you don't have a clue.

[Sydney_Iron]

"5-0 now Well i expect that's another management vacancy in the summer, Poch will be picking up his P45 in the summer, if not before if this turns into a humiliation. which it currently looks like? Especially after going out of the FA cup and then Pep ranting his team wasn't ready for that game, players tired and mentally drained, very little preparation etc etc BUT they still beat Chelsea and got to the fina! LOL, Doubt that went down too well for those in charge at Stamford Bridge......"

[happygilmore]

PochLOL Pre match call to show Chelsea are more than just Cole Palmer ..... SORRY mis-Jackson....

[Tomshardware]

"Arsenal have been superb, look like scoring every time they attack."

[mallard]

Arsenal 4-0 up against Chelsea with 65 mins gone!

[mallard]

Arsenal 4-0 up against Chelsea with 65 mins gone!

[Sydney_Iron]

"Man Utd may have won but not sure they have much to celebrate? And then VAR saved them at the death as well! VAR got it right but by the tightest of margins but if i was a ManU fan i wouldn't be that thrilled with this performance, in fact pretty fucking annoyed and embarrassed at the capitulation when 3-0 up to a LOWER league side."

[violator]

Celebrating like they just done Barcelona on penalties

[The Fonz]

Gutted for Coventry. This is their 2006 FA Cup sucker punch.