Chelsea are big favorites to advance to their second
consecutive FA Cup Final, but they know it will be more difficult than the odds suggest.
Won last 2
consecutive FA Cup title first time after 2003 - 03 season.
With the FA Cup third round draw today, Arsenal begin their second
consecutive FA Cup campaign as holders, having defeated Aston VIlla 4 - 0 in the 2015 final at Wembley Stadium back on May 30, with goals coming from Theo Walcott, Alexis, Per Mertesacker, and Olivier Giroud.
The Gunners exciting young side reached three
consecutive FA Cup Finals, beating Manchester United in sensational style in 1979, and The European Cup - Winners Cup Final in 1980.
Arsenal will look to field a side that includes both experience and youthful energy this weekend as they look make it 13
consecutive FA Cup victories.
Spurs have lost seven
consecutive FA Cup semifinals — a competition record — but Pochettino dismissed the suggestion that there is pressure from the club's support to end that run on Saturday and urged his players to enjoy the occasion.
The Gunners are on the verge to win their second
consecutive FA Cup title and also seems to booked a place in next season's Champions League.
The manager made a few high profile changes to the team, which reached a second
consecutive FA Cup final at the expense of Championship side Reading on Saturday, but Wenger should look to rotate again...
Arsenal will be hoping to make it 15
consecutive FA Cup victories as they host a strong Hull City side in a repeat of the 2014 final this weekend.
In total, Coquelin made 22 appearances for the Gunners last season as they finished third in the league and won their second
consecutive FA Cup after a 4 - 0 thrashing of Aston Villa.
Can you honestly argue that
our consecutive FA cup wins had nothing to do with the two players we've acquired for a combined fee of almost 80 million?
With both sides struggling to get anything on target in the first half, the pressure was certainly building on the hosts who are eyeing a third
consecutive FA Cup triumph.
Only one team has ever been knocked out in more than five
consecutive FA Cup semi-finals, but that was Chelsea (six, between 1920 and 1966).
It was, bizarrely enough, City's third
consecutive FA Cup defeat to Wigan.
Now after we won 2
consecutive FA cups, they are saying we can never win the league and UCL.
For those who questioned his lack of trophies, Wenger answered with
consecutive FA cups in the last two years.
After nearly a decade without a title, 2
consecutive FA cups is commendable but the fans deserves more and should demand more, and if more is not forth coming then we are in our right to want him to go.
Not exact matches
After the
FA cup, we have three tricky
consecutive matches.
We go into the third
consecutive year in the quarter - finals of the
FA Cup and that has a big meaning.
We have a rich history in the
FA Cup, especially under Arsène and it's a competition I'd love to see us win for a third
consecutive time.
And then as usual, we will get onboard once more for the wonderful adventure of the 4th place trophy while we (the previously
consecutive 2 time
FA cup winners) crash out in the Quarter - Finals.
He has just won the
FA cup consecutive years and should not be dismissed as a useless manager simply because you devalue the worth of the biggest domestic
cup competition available.
His opening goal in the 4 - 1 win over Fulham in the
FA Cup came a staggering 20 years after his first goal in the competition, while he has now scored in a remarkable 23
consecutive top - flight seasons.
He won three Premier League titles, a
consecutive trio between 1999 and 2001, and also lifted the
FA Cup in ’99 and the Champions League in the same year.
Liverpool then clawed a goal back through in - form forward Mo Salah, however it wasn't enough, as Jurgen Klopp saw his side crash out of the
FA Cup 4th round for the third
consecutive season.
It's a great achievement to win the
FA Cup on
consecutive years and it just shows this is a special team and we're going to continue to win many more, I'm sure.
Hull, sadly, suffered their second
consecutive 3 - 1 defeat in three days as they continue to look forward to the
FA Cup final.
In
consecutive matches we astonishingly surrendered the Champions League quarter - final to Chelsea and our
FA Cup hopes to the old foes United.
Arsenal have qualified for the Champions League for 17
consecutive seasons under Wenger and the Frenchman led the Gunners to their first piece of silverware in nine years in May when they beat Hull in the
FA Cup final.
Things may be looking rosy for this Arsenal side at the moment, with 11
consecutive wins on the bounce and the prospect of a second
FA Cup final on the horizon.
And record 12
FA Cup title winner and won last 2 consecutively and only team have got their
consecutive time
FA Cup More...
He might have the
FA Cup in his sightlines but he can also cling to the possibility of a 19th
consecutive Champions League qualification thanks to a freakish late goal.
In addition to winning the League
Cup and our UEFA
Cup Final appearance, we also enjoyed two more League
Cup Finals, an
FA Cup Final and two
consecutive European adventures that brought with them the scalps of Lazio, Stuttgart and Roma.
The Trotters are still nursing an
FA Cup semi-final hangover it would seem, losing 5 - 0 to Stoke last month to miss out on the opportunity to feature in this weekend's show - piece against Manchester City, and are now finishing a campaign full of promise with a real whimper, with last week's 2 - 1 reverse to Sunderland at home their third
consecutive defeat following disappointing outcomes away at first Fulham (3 - 0) before helped Blackburn, who were previously without a win for ten games, to end their barren streak (1 - 0).
Tonight's game at Burnley is followed by a huge
FA Cup semi-final against Southampton at Wembley on Sunday, where the Blues will be aiming to reach the final for the second
consecutive season.
They defeated Leicester in the League
Cup Final but Liverpool beat Chelsea in the
FA Cup semis whilst the league challenge faltered with three
consecutive defeats after the Blues were top for much of the campaign.
Fikayo Tomori's header made it 3 - 0 on the night against Manchester City to seal a third
consecutive FA Youth
Cup trophy for the Blues!
They'll hope for better at home to Scunthorpe on Friday, when the hunt for a fifth
consecutive FA Youth
Cup gets underway.
However, Tony Pulis is determined to not only end the club's third
consecutive spell in the Premier League on a high with a top - ten finish but also with plenty of momentum, ahead of their
FA Cup final showdown with Manchester City later this month.