Manchester City and Leicester qualified small (1-0) for the English Cup quarter-finals on Wednesday against two D2 clubs, Sheffield Wednesday and Birmingham, while Tottenham were out by Norwich. The men of Pep Guardiola, who appear to be scarecrows of the competition, after the elimination of Liverpool by Chelsea Tuesday (2-0), were serious, without more, facing the 12th of Championship which won only a match over the last 9 days. Muzzled in the first period - 0 shots on target, a rarity for the Citizens - they were almost never worried by an opponent who practically waited the last ten minutes to try everything for all. Unfortunately for the Owls, Sergio Agüero, well found in the penalty area by a pass on the ground by Benjamin Mendy, had taken advantage of a handful of goalkeeper Joe Wildsmith to open the scoring on the return from the locker room (1-0 54th) .
In added time, Raheem Sterling, who entered shortly before, missed a huge opportunity alone in front of the goalkeeper and is still looking for his first goal in 2020. Immediate pursuit of Sky Blue in the league, Leicester, also had the greatest difficulty of the world to uphold logic against Birmingham (1-0). Already struggling in the league, the Foxes had to wait to be eight minutes from the final whistle to find the opening by the head of their lateral defender Ricardo, receiving a cross at the far post (1- 0.82e).
Spurs come out on penalties
In the third match of the evening, José Mourinho's Spurs, who are already dragging their legs in the league, let themselves be drawn in an overtime against the Norwich red lantern to finally be kicked out (1-1, 3- 2 to tab). Tottenham opened the scoring with a header from Belgian Jan Vertonghen, found at the far post on a free kick, just before the quarter-hour mark (1-0, 13th) .But as much too often in this season, the London club gradually left control of the match to their opponent, exposing themselves to some disappointment. She ended up arriving on a shot from Kneny McLean that the third Spurs goalkeeper, Michael Vorm, established in the absence of Hugo Lloris, released for the greatest happiness of Josip Drmic who followed well (1-1, 79e).
The evening qualifiers, however, joined Arsenal in the quarterfinal on Monday, as did Newcastle, Chelsea and Sheffield United who imitated him on Tuesday, while Manchester United faced Derby County (D2) on Thursday. evening and the poster will be the match between Leicester 3rd in the championship at Chelsea, the 4th. Manchester City will move to Newcastle and Arsenal to Sheffield United, while Norwich will receive the winner of the last knockout round. The matches will take place over the weekend from 20 to 22 March.
Quarter-final draw:
Sheffield United - Arsenal
Newcastle - Manchester City
Norwich - Derby / Manchester United
Leicester - Chelsea
Read also
- English Cup fixtures and results