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  1. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 08:10 Greenwich Mean Time

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    Man City going out would make this one of the best FA Cups. We'd be guaranteed a surprise win, and that's what makes this competition exciting. Time for a winner who isn't laden with recent league victories and European success.

    Tom

  2. Plot the path to Champions League glorypublished at 08:05 Greenwich Mean Time

    Vote on every knockout round

    Who will win Champions League

    The Champions League is back - and what a set of last-16 ties we have to look forward to.

    Here's your chance to plot your route to European glory..

    BBC Sport are running a round-by-round vote all morning to see who you think will be lifting the trophy in May.

    The last-16 vote is underway and you can vote for your winners here.

    The vote closes at 09:00 GMT and your last-16 winners will be revealed on this page before the quarter-final vote opens.

  3. Tuesday's headlines so farpublished at 08:00 Greenwich Mean Time

    If you're just joining us, here's the major news lines so far today:

    • Nottingham Forest completed the octet of clubs in the FA Cup quarter-finals last night as they beat Ipswich Town 5-4 on penaltes.
    • Jurrien Timber says Arsenal can "change the narrative" of their season as they face PSV in their Champions League round of 16 first leg. We'll bring you more quotes from Timber and manager Mikel Arteta later.
    • Aston Villa are in Belgium to face Club Brugge for the second time in their Champions League campaign, following a 1-0 league phase defeat. We'll dip into the Villa camp later before their 17:45 kick-off.
    • Liverpool will hold open training at 12.30 GMT ahead of facing PSG tomorrow, and you can watch it live on this page.
    • Bournemouth manager Andoni Iraola will be speaking to Rick Edwards on 5 Live Breakfast from 08.45 GMT this morning.
    Nottingham ForestImage source, Getty Images
  4. Everything ok at home, Emlyn?published at 07:55 Greenwich Mean Time

    Nott'm Forest 1-1 Ipswich (Forest win 5-4 on penalties)

    Shout-out to our BBC Sport colleague Emlyn Begley, who was live texting this game last night and did not enjoy the first half.

    "My wife's cat threw up on some plug sockets earlier," Emlyn wrote at half-time. "It tripped our electrics and I got a small electric shock while I was cleaning all the vomit up.

    "That was probably still more fun than the first half."

    It's a hard job sometimes, this live texting lark.

  5. Full FA Cup quarter-final drawpublished at 07:50 Greenwich Mean Time

    Fulham v Crystal Palace

    Preston v Aston Villa

    Bournemouth v Manchester City

    Brighton v Nottingham Forest

  6. Penalty kings Forestpublished at 07:45 Greenwich Mean Time

    Nott'm Forest 1-1 Ipswich (Forest win 5-4 on penalties)

    Nottingham Forest

    Nottingham Forest have won all four of their FA Cup penalty shootouts.

    Only Macclesfield Town and Stevenage (both 5/5) have a better 100% record in the competition proper.

    Matz Sels celebrates with his team-matesImage source, Getty Images
  7. 'I try not to watch and just wait for the noise!'published at 07:40 Greenwich Mean Time

    Nott'm Forest 1-1 Ipswich (Forest win 5-4 on penalties)

    Nottingham Forest

    Nottingham Forest boss Nuno Espirito Santo, speaking to BBC Sport: "I'm really happy. We have so many hopes and in the FA Cup we want to go as far as we can. On penalties, the emotions are always high.

    "We proceed in our journey together. We are delighted for them. It's a good moment and it's important for the club to give it a real go."

    On it going to penalties: "In every FA Cup draw we have to practise penalties and we kept the same order as Exeter. We did really well and they were good penalties.

    "I believe it makes part of the game preparations, the same time as the goalkeeper is to practise and get as much info as possible. It's dedication.

    "It's not nice at all - anxiety, nervous, mix or emotions. I try not to watch and just wait for the noise!

    "It was huge for us [Matz Sels' save]. The players did their jobs well, they were good penalties and Matz [Sels] - amazing for us."

    Nuno Espirito Santo,Image source, Getty Images
  8. Watch: Sels' vital penalty savepublished at 07:35 Greenwich Mean Time

    Nott'm Forest 1-1 Ipswich (Forest win 5-4 on penalties)

    Watch the heroics of Nottingham Forest goaleeper Matz Sels below.

    Available to UK viewers only.

    Media caption,

    Sels saves Taylor's penalty to send Forest through

  9. Tough on Town as injuries hitpublished at 07:30 Greenwich Mean Time

    Nott'm Forest 1-1 Ipswich (Forest win 5-4 on penalties)

    Ipswich Town

    For Ipswich, it was a 16th trip to Forest without a victory, with their last coming in 1999. They have also been eliminated from each of their last 14 FA Cup ties against Premier League opponents since beating Blackburn Rovers in the 1995-96 campaign.

    Town boss McKenna confirmed defenders Axel Tuanzebe and Cameron Burgess suffered hamstring and calf injuries having come off at half-time, and will be doubts for Saturday's league game at Crystal Palace.

    But he said: "It was a high-quality shootout. The players will come in with renewed confidence with the way they competed, renewed belief in the squad and the way we are working.

    "They will have good feelings from the performance. The biggest challenge is how we recover physically and how we recover for Saturday [at Palace].

    "It's a really disappointing way to lose the game but it can happen in a penalty shootout. One team is going to be on the wrong end of a really tough way to lose the match."

    Kieran McKennaImage source, Getty Images
  10. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 07:26 Greenwich Mean Time

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    This is why we love the FA Cup, yet another penalty shootout.

    Jed

  11. Forest remain on course for historic seasonpublished at 07:23 Greenwich Mean Time

    Nott'm Forest 1-1 Ipswich (Forest win 5-4 on penalties)

    Nottingham Forest

    Forest's attention now turns to the Premier League and securing Champions League qualification. Nuno Espirito Santo's third-placed side host Manchester City on Saturday, with the reigning champions just a point behind in fourth spot, and a cluster of clubs chasing both of them.

    "Every FA Cup draw we have to practice penalties," said Nuno. "We kept the same order as Exeter.

    "We did really well, they were good penalties. I believe it makes part of the game preparations. It's dedication.

    "It's not nice [to watch] at all, anxiety, nervous, a mixture of emotions. I try not to watch and just wait for the noise."

    While playing in next season's Champions League is a dream, the FA Cup offers Forest a chance of a trophy and their first win in the competition since 1959.

    Nuno Espirito SantoImage source, Getty Images
  12. Forest reach FA Cup quarter-finals after shoot-outpublished at 07:17 Greenwich Mean Time

    Nott'm Forest 1-1 Ipswich (Forest win 5-4 on penalties)

    Nick Mashiter
    BBC Sport football news reporter

    Nottingham Forest booked an FA Cup quarter-final trip to Brighton after a penalty shootout win over Ipswich.

    Keeper Matz Sels was the hero, saving Jack Taylor's low effort as the hosts went through 5-4 on spot-kicks after Ryan Yates had cancelled out visiting striker George Hirst's opener to force extra time.

    Watching England manager Thomas Tuchel - preparing for his first squad announcement next week before World Cup qualifiers with Albania and Latvia - may not have gleaned much from a dull game, which struggled to get going until the second half.

    Taylor's miss was the only one in the shootout, with the midfielder having also missed a penalty when Ipswich were upset by League Two AFC Wimbledon in the Carabao Cup in similar fashion back in August.

    Forest also beat League One Exeter 4-2 in a shootout in the fourth round and victory continues their sensational season.

    Matz SelsImage source, Getty Images
  13. Postpublished at 07:16 Greenwich Mean Time

    Time to take a look back on last night's FA Cup fifth round closer - a terrible first half, an improved second period, and a penalty shoot-out of remarkable quality...

  14. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 07:12 Greenwich Mean Time

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    As usual and always, we would love to hear your thoughts about all the major stories in football on this fine spring Tuesday.

    Get in touch via the details you can see at the top of this post.

  15. 'Season starts here'published at 07:10 Greenwich Mean Time

    Arsenal

    The majority of today's papers however look ahead to the Champions League tonight, and particularly Arsenal's visit to PSV in their round of 16 first leg in Eindhoven.

    The Mirror lead with quotes from Gunners defender Jurrien Timber, who says the knock-out represent a restart for Arsenal's season after they fell behind in the Premier League title race.

    Mirror back page Mar 4Image source, Mirror

    The Times meanwhile feature quotes from PSV winger Ivan Perisic - once of Tottenham, and clearly still with north London loyalties.

    Perisic says Arsenal are perennial nearly men when it comes to major trrophies, and reckons the Dutch side can spring a surprise in this tie.

    Times back page Mar 4Image source, Times
  16. 'Sels saves the day'published at 07:05 Greenwich Mean Time

    The I

    The i focus on the FA Cup, and Nottingham Forest progressing via penalites for the second successive round to reach the quarter-finals.

    After nine virtually perfect penalties, Forest's keeper Matz Sels saved from Jack Taylor to ensure the home side went through at the expense of Ipswich Town.

    i back page Mar 4Image source, i
  17. 'Real eye Palace star Wharton'published at 07:02 Greenwich Mean Time

    The Daily Mail

    The Daily Mail have some intriguing transfer talk on their back page, as they claim Real Madrid are interested in Crystal Palace and England midfielder Adam Wharton.

    They report that Madrid's scouts have been watching and are fans of the 21-year-old, valued at around £70 million by the Eagles.

    Mail back page March 4Image source, Mail
  18. Postpublished at 07:00 Greenwich Mean Time

    Let's get underway with a perusal of some of the back pages this morning...

  19. Good morning!published at 06:58 Greenwich Mean Time

    Welcome to Tuesday's BBC Sport football live, where we will be reacting to last night's FA Cup penalty drama, and looking forward to tonight's Champions League action.

    Grab a coffee and join us for a natter...