West Ham scored as many goals against Blackburn (5) as they did in 11 previous away FA Cup games.
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Chelsea will travel to Premier League rivals Everton in the quarter-finals of the FA Cup.
Saturday saw FA Cup holders Arsenal held to a goalless draw at home to Championship leaders Hull.
West Ham have appealed successfully against Cheikhou Kouyate’s red card picked up in the FA Cup win over Blackburn Rovers.
After several seasons of underachievement in Europe, City have a good opportunity to reach the Champions League quarter-finals for the first time and Pellegrini had no qualms about sacrificing the FA Cup to achieve that aim.
Collins believes having so many alternatives could work in their favour as they wait to learn who will be their quarterfinal opponents out of Shrewsbury and Manchester United.
“Everyone wants to play every week as a starting number but I am young, I just have to fight and keep working hard and my time will come”. City forward Kelechi Iheanacho received a pass on the right and spread the ball into Chelsea’s six yard area.
If we have 20 fit players then maybe I can take the risk.
Chelsea beat Everton in the FA Cup final in 2009 when Guus Hiddink was in his first spell in charge of the Blues.
City scored through youngster David Faupala in the 37th minute, one minute after Diego Costa took the lead for Chelsea, who won the game 5-1. “The Champions League is not more important than the FA Cup”.
Earlier on Sunday, West Ham avoided an fifth-round upset with a comeback victory at second-tier Blackburn in a match that both sides finished with 10 men.
“The other teams involved think like that as well”, he said.
Slaven Bilic’s side battled past Liverpool across two games in the previous round and drew on that resilience again to turn the game on its head, with Victor Moses’ shot evading Jason Steele’s grasp before Dimitri Payet’s fine free-kick made it 2-1.
Oscar then had a penalty saved before substitute Bertrand Traore added a fifth goal late on.
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The Hornets have been one of the surprise packages of the English football season and could well continue that trend if they play at their absolute best in that one.
