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Chelsea v Leicester City: FA Cup quarter-final – live
FA Cup quarter-final updates from the 12.45pm GMT kick-offLive scoreboard | And be sure to sign up for Football DailyThe FA Cup final of 2021 belongs to another world. There was a bumper crowd of 20,000 at Wembley to watch the fourth and fifth best teams in England battle it out. Youri Tielemans’ terrific goal gave Leicester a 1-0 win over Chelsea, who had to settle for the consolation of winning the Champions League a fortnight later.Both clubs have fallen a fair way since then, and they start this FA Cup quarter-final as the 11th and 21st best sides in the country. While Leicester’s priority is promotion, this is Chelsea’s season entire. Sure they might sneak into Europe, but what they really, really, really want is their first trophy under Mauricio Pochettino. If nothing else, it would give them an opportunity to collect the trophy while wearing T-shirts with the slogan BILLION POUND BOTTLE JOBS. Continue reading......read full article
