29/02/2024
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29/02/2024
304 times read
LONDON, Feb 29, (AP): Manchester United and Chelsea kept alive their hopes of silverware this season by scoring late winners in the FA Cup.Liverpool also advanced to the quarterfinals, with its youngsters coming through big again for Jurgen Klopp.
Casemiro stooped to head in an 89th-minute goal to seal United a 1-0 win at Nottingham Forest and a last-eight meeting with great rival Liverpool, whose youthful team beat second-tier Southampton 3-0 thanks to goals by 18-year-olds Lewis Koumas and Jayden Danns.
Chelsea - fresh off a loss to Liverpool in the English League Cup final - left it even later than United to secure its progress, with Conor Gallagher coming off the bench to score in the 90th minute for a 3-2 victory over Leeds. Chelsea will play another second-tier team, Leicester, in the last eight.
Wolverhampton beat Brighton 1-0 in an all-Premier League matchup and will be at home to Championship team Coventry in the quarterfinals.Winning the FA Cup could salvage disappointing seasons for United and Chelsea. Who knows, it could also keep their under-pressure managers in their jobs.
Jurgen Klopp's kids have done it again.
Amid an injury crisis, the Liverpool manager turned to a bunch of academy products to help beat Chelsea in the League Cup final and he kept faith in them for the match against Southampton three days later at Anfield.