And Elmohamady was quick to take to Twitter to send a message to the midfielder after the fifth-round draw was made on Sunday evening.
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Having said that, the players look significantly better than they did under Jose Mourinho, as Guus Hiddink has seemingly reinvigorated the side. “Already a final now”.
Chelsea were beaten 3-0 by Manchester City at the start of the season but Hiddink, who won the FA Cup in 2009 and still has a flawless record in the competition, believes that they have now turned a corner.
City first tackle Chelsea away on Saturday 20th February, before travelling to Ukraine to face a Dynamo Kiev a few days later, ending their week at Wembley to take on Liverpool in the League Cup final.
Reading will play host to either West Bromwich Albion or Peterborough while Watford, who are enjoying a good run in the Premier League, welcome Leeds United to Vicarage Road.
The wife of Pep Guardiola has been given a guided tour of St Bede’s College in Manchester as speculation intensifies that the Spaniard will be the next manager at Manchester City.
Arsenal face Hull City for the third season running, and there are two more all-Premier League ties, with Crystal Palace travelling to Tottenham Hotspur and Everton doing the same to face Bournemouth.
There are other intriguing ties with Emmanuel Adebayor making a swift return to White Hart Lane with Crystal Palace and Arsenal and Hull City meeting for the third season in a row.
“Today might be the greatest moment of my career but things will go downhill very quickly if we don’t go out and put in a good performance against Southend in the league on Tuesday”.
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“It was important to get some results”. Now we are moving into the area of victories. City have shown several vulnerabilities in this campaign and Chelsea are more than capable of exploiting them. “That’s benefiting the team”.
