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United come from behind to book Cup quarter final with Chelsea

Manchester United will travel to Chelsea in the FA Cup quarter finals. Jose Mourinho will face his f...
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United come from behind to book Cup quarter final with Chelsea

TodayFM
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7:40 PM - 19 Feb 2017



Manchester United will travel to Chelsea in the FA Cup quarter finals.

Jose Mourinho will face his former club after United came from behind to defeat Blackburn Rovers 2-1 in the fifth round this evening.

For a while it looked like a replay was on the cards though.

The Championship strugglers took a surprise lead on 17 minutes, when Marvin Emnes played in Danny Graham.

The former Swansea and Sunderland striker slipped by the challenge of Chris Smalling, before driving a great finish into the top corner past Sergio Romero.

Marcus Rashford brought United level 10 minutes later. Henrikh Mkhitaryan raced clear on the counter attack, and his stunning pass with the outside of his boot found Rashford, who rounded keeper Jason Steele to score.

Paul Pogba and Zlatan Ibrahimovic had been left on the bench initially, but they were summoned in the second half. And with 15 minutes to play the pair connected for the winner. Pogba's beautiful long ball was controlled by the Swede, who placed the ball into the far corner for his 24th of the season. 

Tottenham Hotspur's first quarter final since 2012 will see them take on Millwall at White Hart Lane, after a comfortable 3-0 win against another London side Fulham this afternoon.

All three goals came from Harry Kane, with Christian Eriksen providing the first two, and Dele Alli playing Kane in for the third.

Lincoln City's reward for their remarkable fifth round win against Burnley is a potential trip to Arsenal in the quarter finals. However the Gunners still have to get the better of Sutton United tomorrow. Should Sutton pull off the impossible and beat Arsene Wenger's side, it'll guarantee a place for a non-league team in the semi finals. 

The remaining quarter final will see the winner of Manchester City's replay with Huddersfield travel to Middlesbrough.



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