Following the rather intense game between Chelsea and Manchester United last night, the FA Cup has been reduced to the last four and there would be no minnows, or lower echelon sides in the competition as Arsenal, Manchester City, Tottenham and Chelsea will battle it out at Wembley for the right to win the world’s oldest cup competition.
In terms of goalscoring ability, Spurs have been a class apart with their players lighting it up in the tournament. Their last resounding win against Millwall came at a price with their talisman, Harry Kane, suffering an ankle injury that can sideline him for the rest of the campaign. It’s a big blow to lose a striker that has registered over 20 goals for the club in the last three seasons but they’d have to soldier on without him. That’s actually a good thing though, as the Gunners would know that their arch rival’s title challenge could be dented. Not like they can do better.
The draws are out with Chelsea’s reward for knocking out Manchester United being a Wembley date with the red hot Tottenham and that would be very interesting, bearing in mind that Chelsea’s last defeat after 13 wins on the spin arrived at the hands of the North Londoners. Mauricio Pochettino’s formation is somewhat similar to what Antonio Conte lines up with his Blues, which made the last game really feisty. Dele Alli turned out to be star of the night but his side would be looking for him to pop up with the goods when they play the runaway leaders next month.
The other semifinal sees Arsene Wenger stand in the way Pep Guardiola’s chance of winning his first silverware with Man City. The Citizens have had a topsy turvy campaign thus with several bouts of indiscipline, injuries and inconsistency rattling the squad. Claudio Bravo has turned out to be a calamity, which shows that the treatment of Joe Hart was unjustified. then the usually reliable Sergio Aguero has struggled for form. It’s not like Arsenal has been on fire as well. Five defeats in the last seven games still rings a bell.
The games will be played on the 22nd and 23rd of April.
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