How will Spurs react to
that weekend cup defeat?
Not exact matches
But confidence will be high in the Chelsea camp as well after 10 league games without
defeat, and last
weekend's 5 - 1 FA
Cup rout of Manchester City.
After losing to Manchester City in the Carabao
Cup final last
weekend, the Gunners slipped to another 3 - 0
defeat at the hands of Pep Guardiola's side in the Premier League on Thursday night.
Celtic will be able to welcome Charlie Mulgrew back into the squad after he missed out on last
weekend's Scottish
Cup defeat to Aberdeen with a calf injury.
And although Watford inflicted our first FA
Cup defeat in three years last
weekend, it was yet again a great game to watch.
Mourinho oversaw a
defeat to West Ham United last
weekend, a midweek penalty - shootout
defeat to Stoke City — which saw the Blues dumped out of the Capital One
Cup — and a 3 - 1
defeat to Liverpool on Saturday.
Arsenal on the flip - side are breezing into the title race with a long string of good results, and have climbed to second in the table having only lost one league
cup encounter since their opening
weekend defeat to Liverpool.
So after he was not started against the Spuds in the North London derby
defeat last
weekend, I thought he would be a nailed on starter against Middlesborough in the FA
cup.
Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has complained about the depth of his squad after a shocking 4 - 2
defeat to Bradford City in the FA
Cup this
weekend.
Meanwhile, Liverpool will be desperate to pick up from where they left off in
cup action as they hope to bounce back from last
weekend's
defeat away at Burnley with some early pressure on Klopp to show that his side are making real progress.
The FA
Cup is not high on Derby's list of priorities, but, after losing to Nottingham Forest last
weekend, Rams boss Steve McClaren will be determined to avoid another home
defeat to local opposition.
It's been another nightmarish campaign at the Emirates Stadium, with the Gunners feeble in
defeat to Manchester City at the
weekend as another trophy slipped away from them as they went down 3 - 0 in the Carabao
Cup final.
After Sunday's lackustre showing in the surprise home
defeat to West Bromwich Albion, and with an FA
Cup semi-final against Tottenham to come this
weekend, Mourinho has omitted some of his more high - profile players for the clash at the Vitality Stadium.
Both sides were on the wrong end of heavy 4 - 1 away
defeats last
weekend, against Brighton and Liverpool respectively, although the Swans have since picked themselves up, dusted themselves down and made it through to the sixth round of the FA
Cup.
Hearts travel to Ibrox to take on a Rangers side embroiled in turmoil after last
weekend's Scottish
Cup semi-final
defeat...
Last
weekend, they drew 0 - 0 away against Dinamo Moscow, and before that, they suffered an embarrassing
cup defeat to first division side Avangard Kursk.
Chelsea return to FA
Cup action this
weekend as they look to make up for last season's
defeat to Arsenal in the final at Wembley.
Last
weekend, they drew 0 - 0 away against Dinamo Moscow, and before that, they suffered an embarrassing
cup defeat to first division side Avangard... [Read more...]
They were left with nothing to play for after
defeat at Everton last
weekend in the FA
Cup, yet most of the first choice team started.
Barcelona faced a thumping 5 - 1 aggregate
defeat at the hands of Real Madrid in the Spanish Super
Cup earlier this week, and they are hopeful of having Coutinho integrated into their squad ahead of this
weekend's curtain raiser against Real Betis in La Liga.
They slumped to a 1 - 0
defeat at Southampton on the
weekend which has left them winless in their last three games since their 3 - 1 win at Peterborough in the last round of the League
Cup.
But while Watford's FA
Cup win at Emirates Stadium last
weekend bore much frustration, there were at least positives for Arsène Wenger to take from Wednesday's 3 - 1
defeat at Barcelona.
As a result Jonny Evans was stripped of the captain's armband for last
weekend's FA
Cup defeat to Southampton.
Elsewhere for Liverpool, right - back Nathaniel Clyne is still absent with a rib injury and Ovie Ejaria is sidelined after rupturing ankle ligaments at the
weekend, but midfielder Adam Lallana is set to play after sitting out the FA
Cup defeat to Wolves.
As a direct result of their slump in form, Birmingham now reside in 19th, just one place off the foot of the table but, encouragingly, only a point off safety meaning a positive return from this
weekend's clash with Bolton, preferrably in the form of a win, which would go some way to avenging their bitter FA
Cup Sixth Round
defeat, could, depending on how others in close proximity fare elsewhere, lift the club jump out of the dreaded relegation zone — a tasty incentive for the players if ever I saw one.
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).
However, a routine 2 - 0 win at Millwall in the fifth round of the FA
Cup last
weekend will have lifted spirits somewhat, but this is a team which has suffered some heavy
defeats on the road against the big sides this season: Arsenal (3 - 0), Liverpool (3 - 1), Man Utd (3 - 0) and Tottenham (3 - 0).
The former was crossed off the list just under a fortnight ago when Liverpool suffered
defeat at West Ham United in the FA
Cup fourth round, which meant that the fifth round action this
weekend did not involve them.
Kasey Palmer played seven minutes for Derby in
defeat at Sheffield Wednesday on Tuesday, and then had the
weekend off, with Derby not in action to due to FA
Cup - enforced postponements.
Even though West Ham rescued a point over the
weekend against Manchester United, their performances have been largely underwhelming this season and the 4 - 1
defeat to Manchester United sees them crash out of the EFL
Cup too.
The traditional slot for FA
Cup Third Round
weekend at the start of January saw Town make a number of changes from the New Year's Day
defeat at Leicester.
Chelsea
defeated Hull City in the FA
Cup at the
weekend and next up, the Blues will collide against Barcelona in the Champions League.
Manchester United
defeated Huddersfield in the FA
Cup at the
weekend and next up, they will collide against Spanish side Sevilla in the Champions League.
-- Arsenal will host the final top flight fixture of the
weekend on the back of successive league
defeats, losing away at Fulham (2 - 1) and Swansea (3 - 2) either side of a nervy 1 - 0 win over Championship side Leeds in the FA
Cup.
He continued his domination this past
weekend at the Canada
Cup Master Series, where he ran through another DBFZ tournament, finally
defeating Chris «NYChrisG» Gonzales in another dominating set in Grand Finals.