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Match Highlights – Nottingham Forest vs West Ham
It was difficult to understand why the referee kept adding minutes to injury time while Nottingham Forest were tearing West Ham to shreds in the biggest upset of the FA Cup third round mostly because of the 5-0 win, and not the disparity between the leagues, as Djamel Abdoun and Jamie Paterson put on quite a performance.
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Match Highlights – Arsenal vs Tottenham
The superiority of Arsenal over their biggest rivals, Tottenham, continues, beating Spurs 2-0 with a solid performance, enjoying an opening goal from Santi Cazorla and a second half clincher from Tomas Rosicky.
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FA Cup – Third Round Upsets
The third round of the FA Cup gave us one huge shocker with Sheffield United beating Aston Villa in Birmingham, making them the only Premier League team to lose to a club from a lower division, but three more clubs from the top tier – Tottenham, Newcastle and West Brom lost to clubs from the same level, ending their Cup experience for the season.
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Rene Steer of St Neots Town With the Goal of the Year in the FA Cup
A match in the qualifying rounds of the FA Cup between St Neots Town and Canvey Island isn’t usually something that interests even the most devoted football fans, but thanks to a unique goal by Rene Steer, playing for the losing side of the Saints in this case, a meaningless game on even a regional level has gained quite a lot of attention.
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FA Cup – Chelsea vs Manchester City Predictions
With the financial prizes of the Champions League, it’s hard to avoid the fact that the FA Cup has lost a bit of its charm and prestige in recent seasons, but it doesn’t mean teams without a chance of winning the league don’t dream of winning it. Chelsea, still not completely certain of their top 4 finish, and quite successful at the competition in recent years, hope that their record this season against Manchester City doesn’t come into play when the teams meet for the fourth time this season.
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FA Cup Quarterfinal – Manchester United vs Chelsea Predictions
Earlier this season, when the two teams met in the league for a tense and controversial match at Stamford Bridge, it looked like the battle between two contenders for the league title. When Manchester United and Chelsea take the field at Old Trafford with the FA Cup in mind, it’ll be very different in terms of the power balance between the sides.
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Liverpool FC – Brendan Rodgers Reaches His Lowest Point
These days, the league is so much more important than the FA Cup, no matter what managers say. Still, it’s hard to decide if Brendan Rodgers thinks so highly of the youngsters in his squad or is he really that uninterested at this moment with anything not having to do with Liverpool in the Premier League?
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Lewis Dunk Scores Greatest Own Goal of All Time?
Lewis Dunk scored an own goal to remember for the ages, mishandling an easy cross to score a comedic and painful goal, one of three by Brighton players as they were routed 6-1 at Anfield by Liverpool in the FA Cup.
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AVB Moving Closer to Getting Fired From Chelsea
Chelsea had another miserable Stamford Bridge afternoon, coming out of their FA Cup clash with Birmingham, a Championship side, with only a 1-1 draw, as Andre Villas-Boas and his job security took another major hit.
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Hatem Ben Arfa’s Amazing Dribble is Early Goal of the Year
Hatem Ben Arfa used to be one of those wonderkids, touted to rule the soccer world when he grows up. Things didn’t turn out exactly as planned, but he did become a very good player. A great start to his Newcastle career was quickly stopped by the menacing Nigel De Jong. Making a slow return in 2011-2012, Ben Arfa opened 2012 with a brilliant goal in the FA Cup.