29-1-18 FA CUP LAST 32
FA CUP SATURDAY
PETERBOROUGH 1-5
LEICESTER
IHEANACHO EARLY
GOALS KILL OFF BORO
Diabate - signed from French side Gazelec Ajaccio -
toe-poked in and Iheanacho guided the ball into the corner to put the visitors
in control.
Ex-Manchester City forward Iheanacho volleyed home Christian
Fuchs' cross for a 3-0 half-time lead.
Posh improved after the break, pulling one back through
Andrew Hughes, but Malian Diabate and substitute Wilfred Ndidi struck late on
for the Foxes.
MY
OPINION
Leicester showed what they have the
potential to do in this this match but this was a difference in class. If they
had played better opposition in the cup would it have been a better match? Leicester
would be a good outside bet for the whole thing.
HUDDERSFIELD 1-1
BIRMINGHAM
JUTKEWICZ SAVES DAY
FOR BIRMINGHAM
Steve Mounie headed in Florent Hadergjonaj's cross early in
the first half to give Huddersfield the lead.
Ex-Huddersfield loanee Jutkiewicz then pounced on Michael
Hefele's mistake to fire past Joel Coleman, and also had an effort disallowed
for offside.
MY
OPINION
Huddersfield should not be disappointed
with a draw in this tie as they are higher in the league than them. I think
that The Championship side now will go in with a sense of belief that they can
win their replay at their home venue.
HULL 2-1 FOREST
DICKO DIVES DOWN FOR HULL
Jarrod Bowen put Hull in front when he worked past Michael
Mancienne and prodded home off the woodwork.
Nouha Dicko headed the hosts 2-0 up from close range, while
Mustapha Carayol spurned the chance to pull one back when he headed wide
minutes later.
Apostolos Vellios did get a goal back with a neat finish
late on from Matty Cash's delivery, but it was not enough.
MY
OPINION
I thought for sure after beating
Arsenal that Forest would give it more of a go. I was very disappointed about that
but Hull are a quality side and do play a good style of football they will be a
tough team to play I the next round.
BORO 0-1 BRIGHTON
MIGHTY MURRAY
Murray struck when an attempt by Boro's George Friend to
clear a cross from Markus Suttner hit Murray and rebounded past keeper Darren
Randolph into the net.
MY
OPINION
Boro had showed some real grit
in this match and to my disappointment could not come out with a replay. I
think that Boro have shown in this match what it i9s that they can do and how
they do it. Boro are a good team and can push on into the play offs.
MILWALL 2-2 ROCHDALE
WALLICE WAVES
MILLWALL A REPLAY
Jed Wallace had earlier put Millwall ahead from the penalty
spot following a foul by Donervon Daniels.
But Ian Henderson curled in from 18 yards and Matt Done made
it 2-1 to Dale with a tap-in at the back post before Thompson's late
contribution.
Midfielder Ben Thompson found the bottom corner late on to
deny Dale a place in the last 16.
MY
OPINION
This was a good game of football
but I think that neither will be a threat to the FA Cup in any way shape or
form. Milwall and Rochdale have both shown defensive problems where a big team
could come in and destroy them.
MK DONS 0-1 COVENTRY
BRILLIANT BIAMOU
Maxime Biamou's second goal in as many games proved to be
the difference.
The French forward put away from inside the six yard box
after Marc McNulty's cross evaded the defence.
MY
OPINION
Coventry is a team that I like a
few of you remember being in the Premiere League and some of you might remember
them winning the FA Cup. In the 1980s
but this team has went backwards from that point and I do wonder what would
happen even against Premiere League opposition.
NOTS CO 1-1 SWANSEA
SUPER STEAD GIVES
COUNTY REPLAY
Premier League strugglers Swansea, who are 50 league places
above County, had gone ahead through Luciano Narsingh.
Stead, 34, kept up his record of scoring in every round of
this season's competition, touching in Jorge Grant's cross for the League Two
side.
MY
OPINION
After beating Wolves in the last
round and having that win over Liverpool on Monday you have that sense of faith
that Swansea would have won this tie quite easily. Understanding it they scored
their first goal too late and this gave Nots County hope for a replay.
SHEF UNITED 1-0 PRESTON
NE
LUCKY UNITED WITH
SHARP PEN
Billy Sharp's penalty helped Sheffield United beat Preston
to reach the fifth round of the FA Cup.
MY OPINION
You cannot say who deserved to
win this tie if anyone as this game was more about luck rather than anything else
that won it for Shef United. Lu8ck can do 6you well a cup.
SOUTHAMPTON 1-0
WATTFORD
SUPER STEPHENS SAINT
Stephens converted from close range to provide some relief
for the hosts who are winless in 11 league games.
MY
OPINION
An early goal can sometimes make
a huge difference in a cup tie as it means that the opposition have to have a
plan B and Watford’s was not that strong. Southampton can show that they can
compete and beat teams now and have hope of moving up the league.
WIGAN 2-0 WEST HAM
WILL GRIGGS ON FIRE
Griggs early towering header opened the scoring before he
added a second-half penalty.
MY
OPINION
The way that this competition is
running I would not be surprised if Wigan made a massive cup run and even to
say that with where they stand in their own league they might be outsiders for
he FA cup itself. I was disappointed in West Ham as we know that with the
players that they have at their disposal what exactly it is that they can do.
This was not that.
NEWPORT COUNTY 1-1
SPURS
KANE SAVES SPURS
Padraig Amond's header gave Newport the lead in the first
half before Harry Kane's 82nd minute equaliser kept Spurs in the competition
that they have won eight times.
MY
OPINION
This is not the Spus we have
seen over the season this team must show sense that they can improve. As an
attacking force they have one of the best in the wold with players like Hun Min
Ali and Kane but there must be something wrong in their defence but they can
look at their first half here and see everything that went wrong.
LIVERPOOL 1-3 WBA
RODREGUEZ KILLS OFF
KIOP BUT VAR SAVED KOP TWICE
Rodriguez thumped an equaliser seconds after Roberto Firmino
chipped an opener, then slotted Albion 2-1 up.
Joel Matip's own goal made it 3-1, before Mohamed Salah
pulled one back.
MY
OPINION
This was a game about VAR
decisions more than anything else but I do wonder if Firminho had have scored
the penalty to make it 2-2 would it have been a different game. Liverpool again
are showing this ability to lose to smaller teams and beat the bigger ones and
this might ruin their season can van Dyke sort out the defence. Is Klopp going
to bring in someone for the fans? Can Liverpool show improvement I am not sure
of any of it?
FA CUP LAST 32
SUNDAY
CARDIFF 0-2 MAN CITY
SUPER STERLING
A record crowd for Bluebirds games at the Cardiff City
Stadium was dumbfounded into silence as Kevin de Bruyne cheekily rolled a
free-kick under the jumping wall to give the visitors a lead, which Raheem
Sterling doubled with a header before half-time.
MY
OPINION
Man City do look good in this
match. They also look on fire through this season. They show that they can
outclass the welsh side so much that they had to send a player off at the end.
I never really saw Cardiff having a chance during the competition and Chelsea
will improve.
CHELSEA 3-0 NEWCASTLE
BRILLIANT BATSHUARI
Batshuayi rounded off a superb move to open the scoring for
the 2017 finalists after the home side had made a slow start before putting the
finishing touch to another Chelsea break just before half-time.
Alonso's free-kick, which took the defender to a career-best
seven goals in a season, sealed the win for the home side with Newcastle unable
to build on an encouraging opening 30 minutes.
MY
OPINION
This was a disappointing game
for Newcastle. The question here is now can the toon improve or will they be in
a relegation struggle. I think that Chelsea are showing signs that they are
learning and will be playing Champions League next season there is such a difference.
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