Manchester United crash out of the FA Cup; City controversially move into semi-final

Diogo Jota scored for Wolverhampton against Manchester United

Manchester United crash out of the FA Cup after a deserved 2-1 defeat to Wolverhampton. Wolves were excellent while United lacked the urgency as claimed by their caretaker boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. 


Diogo Jota and Raul Jimenez scored in quick succession 20 minutes to the end of the match, but United could only pull one back through Marcus Rashford in stoppage time. United's chances of winning a silverware this season has now been streamlined to the Uefa Champions League where they've been drawn to play Barcelona in the quarter final.

Wolves have now won six and drawn one of their last seven home games in all competitions, as many as they had in their previous 16.
This is the first time since January 1973 that United would lost an FA Cup match against Wolves.
Wolves have scored each of their last six goals in all competitions through Jota who has two and Jimenez who has four.
Rashford has now scored eight of his twelve goals this season under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.

Sergio Aguero scored the winner as Manchester City move into the semi-final

Manchester City controversially moved into the semi-final of the FA Cup after coming from 2-0 down to secure a 3-2 comeback victory over Swansea. City scored through Bernardo Silva, an own goal and Sergio Aguero with their last two goals being controversial as one was an undeserved penalty and the winner was scored from an offside position. The absence of VAR at Swansea made it difficult for the referee to make a reverse call and City moved into the semi-final of the Cup competition being the only remaining 'big six' team in the competition.

City have reached the semi-final of the FA Cup in two of their last three seasons, this is as many as they got to in their previous 35 seasons.
This is the first time under Pep Guardiola that City will come back from 2+ goals down.
City have scored a total of 19 goals in the FA Cup so far this season, more than any other team.
Aguero has scored 18 goals and assisted four in 20 FA Cup games for City.
Bernardo Silva has now scored 10 goals in 41 games for City this season, one more than his total tally in 53 games last season.

Real Madrid got back to winning ways under Zinedine Zidane as new life began with goals from Isco and Gareth Bale as Thibaut Courtois dropped to the bench. They are still third with 54 points.

Atletico Madrid slipped to successive defeat as Athletic Bilbao defeated Diego Simeone's side 2-0 and they remain second with 56 points.

Results in full...
Premier League
AFC Bournemouth
2-2 Newcastle
Burnley 1-2 Leicester City
West Ham 4-3 Huddersfield

FA Cup
Watford 2-1 Crystal Palace
Swansea City 2-3 Manchester City
Wolverhampton 2-1 Manchester United

Serie A
Sassuolo 3-5 Sampdoria
SPAL 2-1 Roma
Torino 2-3 Bologna

LaLiga
SD Huesca 1-3 Deportivo Alaves
Real Madrid 2-0 Celta Vigo
Athletic Bilbao 2-0 Atletico Madrid
Leganes 0-2 Girona

Bundesliga
Augsburg 3-1 Hannover 96
Schalke 04 0-1 RB Leipzig
VfB Stuttgart 1-1 Hoffenheim
Wolfsburg 5-2 Fortuna Düsseldorf
Hertha BSC 2-3 Borussia Dortmund

Ligue 1
Angers 0-0 Amiens
Guingamp 1-0 Dijon
Nimes 2-2 Strasbourg
Caen 0-5 Saint-Etienne


Matches continue today with the following fixtures...
Premier League
Fulham Vs Liverpool 3:15pm
Everton Vs Chelsea 5:30pm

FA Cup
Millwall Vs Brighton 3:00pm

Serie A
Genoa Vs Juventus 12:30pm
Atalanta Vs Chievo 3:00pm
Empoli Vs Frosinone 3:00pm
Lazio Vs Parma 3:00pm
Napoli Vs Udinese 6:00pm
Milan Vs Inter 8:30pm

LaLiga
Eibar Vs Real Valladolid 12:00pm
RCD Espanyol Vs Sevilla 4:15pm
Valencia Vs Getafe 6:30pm
Villarreal Vs Rayo Vallecano 6:30pm
Real Betis Vs Barcelona 8:45pm

Bundesliga
Bayer Leverkusen Vs Werder Bremen 1:30pm
Eintracht Frankfurt Vs 1. FC Nürnberg 3:30pm
Bayern München Vs Mainz 05 6:00pm

Ligue 1
Lyon Vs Montpellier 2:30pm
Reims Vs Nantes 3:00pm
Bordeaux Vs Rennes 5:00pm
Paris Saint-Germain Vs Marseille 9:00pm

All time is in GMT+1....