Mauricio Pochettino’s substitutes earn Chelsea wild FA Cup win over Leicester

Chelsea needed stoppage-time goals from substitutes Carney Chukwuemeka and Noni Madueke to edge past 10-man Leicester 4-2 in a wild FA Cup quarter-final at Stamford Bridge.Mauricio Pochettino’s side led 2-0 before the visitors stormed back to level, but a glorious flick from the excellent Cole Palmer set up Chukwuemeka to slot the ball into the corner to put Chelsea 3-2 up before Madueke gav

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Halifax close in on play-off places with easy win over Oxford City

Halifax secured a sixth win in their last seven National League games with a 2-0 victory over rock-bottom Oxford City.A quickfire double from Robert Harker and Andrew Oluwabori moved Town to within a point of the play-off places and left their opponents on the brink of relegation.The away side opened the scoring in the 22nd minute when Harker took advantage of some sloppy City possession at the ba

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Son Heung-min wants Tottenham to see shock Fulham defeat as ‘big wake-up call’

Tottenham captain Son Heung-min described their 3-0 defeat at Fulham as “unacceptable” and urged his team-mates to use it as a wake-up call.Spurs entered this fixture on a high after an emphatic victory at Aston Villa last weekend.It meant fifth-placed Tottenham could leapfrog Villa and reclaim fourth spot with all three points at Craven Cottage, but they were blown away as Rodrigo Mun

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Pep Guardiola praises ‘special’ Manchester City after making FA Cup history

Pep Guardiola praised the attitude of his Manchester City players after they became the first team in the history of the FA Cup to reach the semi-finals in six consecutive seasons.Two deflected strikes from Bernardo Silva secured a 2-0 win over Newcastle and the first of what City hope will be three visits to Wembley before the end of the season as they remain in the hunt for a second consecutive

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Steve Evans bemoans refereeing and calls for ‘equal chance’ after Stevenage loss

Steve Evans bemoaned refereeing standards and pleaded for an “equal chance” following Stevenage’s disallowed goal in their 1-0 loss to Leyton Orient at Broadhall Way.Max Sanders netted the only goal of the game in the 16th minute and moved Orient to within five points of the League One play-off spots.Stevenage thought they had equalised but Jamie Reid’s equaliser was ruled

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Bernardo Silva fires Man City into record sixth successive FA Cup semi-final

Two deflected strikes from Bernardo Silva saw Manchester City become the first team in the history of the FA Cup to reach the semi-finals six seasons running with a 2-0 win over Newcastle.Pep Guardiola may not want to talk about the prospect of a second treble, but his side are now unbeaten in their last 22 games in all competitions going into the international break after what turned into a Satur

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Rodrigo Muniz scores twice as Fulham stun top-four hopefuls Tottenham

Rodrigo Muniz scored twice as Tottenham missed out on the chance of moving into the Premier League top four after suffering a 3-0 defeat to Fulham at Craven Cottage.Victory would have meant Ange Postecoglou’s side moved a point ahead of Aston Villa but the north Londoners instead finish the weekend in fifth.Muniz’s double took his top-flight tally to seven goals in his last seven appea

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Falkirk hit back to beat Queen of the South and maintain march to promotion

Falkirk survived a brief scare as they continued their march to promotion with a 4-1 win at Queen of the South.The runaway Scottish League One leaders’ unbeaten campaign was at risk when Josh Todd put the hosts ahead 10 minutes into the second half.But two goals in the next 11 minutes from Callumn Morrison and Liam Henderson turned the game around before Morrison scored his second from the p

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Ryan Lowe praises Preston for overcoming injury setbacks to beat Plymouth

Preston boss Ryan Lowe praised his side for dealing with their injury setbacks in their 1-0 win at his former club Plymouth.Liam Millar, who came on for the injured Milutin Osmajic after only seven minutes, volleyed home the decisive goal in the 43rd minute, while Layton Stewart, on in place of Brad Potts, went close to a second when he smashed a shot against a post.Lowe said: “I thought the

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We dominated second half – Neil Critchley felt Blackpool deserved point at Wigan

Neil Critchley felt his Blackpool side deserved a point at Wigan after suffering a 1-0 defeat that dented their Sky Bet League One play-off aspirations.An away win would have seen Blackpool climb to sixth in the table on goal difference ahead of the international break.But Scott Smith’s 26th-minute goal – his first in senior football – proved to be the difference at the DW Stadiu

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