Anurag's Match of the Day

Saturday 20 April 2024 Emirates FA Cup Semi-Final 2024 Manchester City Vs Chelsea Wembley Stadium, London HA9 0WS Manchester City beat horrendous Chelsea to seal first final spot in FA Cup Bernardo Silva's 84th minute winner sends Manchester City into back-to-back FA Cup finals as they saw off a wasteful and lacklustre Chelsea, who were awful up top. MATCH PREVIEW: The third encounter between these two sides this campaign and in this competition as well. Both teams shared 10 goals in 2 games in the Premier League this season, with the two encounters ending in draws. Manchester City are hoping to brush off their disappointing UCL quarter-final exit at the hands of Real Madrid on Wednesday, with their opponents coming into this game on the back of a 6-0 home win by thrashing Everton on Monday night, thanks to former City player, Cole Palmer's 4 goals, despite the penalty-taking arguement between Palmer and his teammates on Monday. Both sides know very well what's in front of ...

Sunday 17 March 2024 FA Cup Quarter-Finals, Game 4 Manchester United Vs Liverpool Old Trafford Stadium, Sir Matt Busby Way, Old Trafford, Stretford, Manchester M16 0RA "Never Say Die" Manchester United seal semi-final spot in thrilling see-saw classic Manchester United edged Liverpool in a see-saw 7-goal thriller to end the Reds' quadruple hopes and sealed the last semi-final spot. MATCH PREVIEW: One of the most fiercest rivalries in world football. Manchester United and Liverpool, square off for the second time this season, as the previous encounter ended goalless at Anfield in the Premier League. 39 Premier League Titles, and 9 Champions Leagues separates these two teams. A clash with an incredible history, arch-rivals for so many years. As these two teams, battle out for a semi-final clash in the FA Cup. Manchester City, Chelsea and Coventry City have booked their places there, and who will join them? Will it be, Erik Ten Hag's Red Devils, or Klopp's quadruple-...

Sunday 11 February 2024 Adobe Women's FA Cup Round of 16 Arsenal Vs Manchester City Boreham Wood Football Club, Meadow Park, Broughinge Rd, Borehamwood WD6 5AL Keating masterclass & Aleixandri winner as Unbeaten Man City enter QFs of FA Cup Laia Aleixandri's winner on 74 minutes helped Manchester City book a spot in the last 8. MATCH PREVIEW: An all-WSL clash as the first game of Sunday's RO16 Adobe Women's FA Cup ties, as Manchester City and Arsenal meet again at Meadow Park, Boreham Wood. Arsenal have won their last 3 homes games against their guests at this stadium in all competitions. But with Leah Williamson back to the team from an ACL injury, it hasn't been the best return for the 26-year-old skipper, whose side suffered a shock 2-1 loss away to West Ham United in the WSL at the Chigwell Construction Stadium. On the other hand, Manchester City have won 9 straight games in all competitions, even booking a place in the Continential Cup semi-finals after the...

Saturday 27 January 2024 Emirates FA Cup, round 4, Game 4 Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, 782 High Rd, London N17 0BX   Nathan Ak é the hero as Manchester City seal narrow win to break the curse. Nathan Aké celebrates after scoring the winner on 87 minutes. MATCH PREVIEW: The tie of the weekend, Tottenham Hotspur welcome holders Manchester City to the Tottenham Hotspur stadium, for the FA Cup Round of 32 tie, where the Cityzens have not had a good time. They are winless in their past 6 visits to North London against the Lilywhites, and they have also not scored at all. The last time these two met at this stadium, it was Harry Kane who netted his milestone goal last year to seal a narrow 1-0 victory, despite Cristian Romero receiving two bookable offences to be sent off. Now, this is different. It is 2024, and both teams are in good form coming into this game. Manchester City scraped past Newcastle at St James' Park, thanks to Oscar Bobb's last-gasp winner, courtesy of the r...

Monday 8 January 2024 FA Cup, Round 3 Etihad Stadium, Ashton New Rd, Manchester M11 3FF KDB RETURNS AS 5-STAR CITY EASE INTO NEXT ROUND Kevin De Bruyne and Jeremy Doku prepare to come onto the pitch. MATCH PREVIEW: The return of the champions back at home. After a staggering 5 trophies in 2023, Manchester City will look to begin 2024 on the front foot as they welcome struggling Huddersfield to the Etihad Stadium. This is the first meeting between the two teams, since the Terriers got relegated to the Championship in 2019 and last season, they just about survived relegation. With Neil Warnock leaving them, new head coach Darren Moore will hope to find a way to stun the 7-time FA Cup winners and go into the next round of the FA Cup. With 4 straight victories in all competitions, can the defending champions cruise into the 4 th round? TEAM NEWS: There were speculations of whether Rodri will not play due to personal reasons, but he is fine and is on the subs bench as Manch...

Sunday 7 January 2024 FA Cup, round 3 Emirates Stadium, Hornsey Rd, London N7 7AJ RESILIENT LIVERPOOL KNOCK WASTEFUL ARSENAL OUT OF FA CUP Luis D í az and the Liverpool players celebrate their victory over Arsenal MATCH PREVIEW: One of the games of the weekend as Arsenal and Liverpool meet again within the space of 2 weeks. The last time they met in all competitions, was at Anfield, where they shared the spoils in a 1-1 draw, thanks to goals from Arsenal CB Gabriel and Liverpool’s superb Mohammed Salah before Christmas Day 2023. Now, this is a different fixture. Arsenal are hoping to recover following back-to-back defeats in the Premier League and they host Liverpool in the FA Cup, looking to make it through to the next round. Liverpool will hope to continue their good form in all competitions, as they started 2024 with a superb 4-2 home win over Newcastle thanks to goals from Mohammed Salah (x2), Curtis Jones and Cody Gakpo for J ü rgen Klopp’s Reds and Alexander Isak and Sven...