Summary

  • Man Utd drawn to face Tottenham in semis, Chelsea v Southampton

  • Morata with opener for Chelsea, Vardy equalises for Leicester

  • Sub Pedro heads winner in first half of extra-time

  • Hojbjerg & Cedric score as Southampton beat Wigan

  1. Eriksen is the brains of the Tottenham teampublished at 12:20 Greenwich Mean Time 18 March 2018

    Swansea City 0-2 Tottenham

    Martin Keown
    Former Arsenal defender on Match of the Day

    Christian Eriksen is getting better all the time. He can pick a pass and just has everything in his game. I just enjoy watching him play. He wants to work as well, he has the vision and execution to deliver these passes and he can beat a man.

    He is becoming the brains of the team. Tottenham paid £12.5m for him and it's an absolute snip.

    Christian EriksenImage source, Getty Images

    11 goals this season for Tottenham for the great Dane.

  2. get involved

    Get Involved - Football travel chaospublished at 12:18 Greenwich Mean Time 18 March 2018

    #bbcfacup or 81111 on text

    Samson: I went to the away trip to Manchester City for what ended up as Mark Hughes’ last match in charge. We lost a good game. It took us 12 hours to get back to Sunderland as it started to snow on M62 and once back in the NE, no roads were gritted etc, the coaches had no chance.

    That was back in December 2009.

    Three guesses on the striker scoring two goals for City in their 4-3 win?

    Got them?

    This guy...

    Roque Santa CruzImage source, Getty Images
  3. 'I blame everybody'published at 12:10 Greenwich Mean Time 18 March 2018

    Manchester United 2-0 Brighton

    Media caption,

    Manchester United 2-0 Brighton: Jose Mourinho criticises Reds despite win

    Jose Mourinho doesn't do his talking on the pitch though.

    He does his talking to television cameras and this week - in the wake of his club's Champions League exit at the hands of Sevilla - he has been doing a whole lot of it.

    After a 12-minute monologue at Friday's press conference defending his record as a manager, he nudged his players towards the curb if not totally under the bus.

    "Sometimes there is a contradiction between what you work on in the past two days and what you did on the pitch," he told BBC Sport.

    "That is more frustrating than the result. Once more I wasn't happy with the connection in the build-up. I blame everybody."

  4. 'Mourinho loves you or hates you'published at 12:04 Greenwich Mean Time 18 March 2018

    Manchester United 2-0 Brighton

    Martin Keown
    Former Arsenal defender on Match of the Day

    It looks as if Luke Shaw was hooked at half-time and that is the environment Jose Mourinho has created. He has gone out of a major competition and he wants more. But he has to look in the mirror. He changed the personnel against Sevilla into different positions and did not get the best from them.

    But they are into the semi-finals of the FA cup so no complaints but it was not a good performance. As a player you have to do your talking on the pitch and it seems that Jose Mourinho loves you or hates you. He lost the players at Chelsea, maybe at Real Madrid and does not want to do it again.

    Jose MourinhoImage source, Getty Images
  5. Yesterday...published at 12:04 Greenwich Mean Time 18 March 2018

    FA Cup quarter-finals

    Of course, two teams - with 20 FA Cup triumphs between them - have already booked their places in the FA Cup semi-finals.

    Tottenham made light work of Swansea via two goals from the greatest thing to come out of Denmark since Lego - Christian Eriksen.

    While Manchester United toiled to a 2-0 win over Brighton with the Old Trafford faithful's pulse rate rising with frustration more than excitement.

  6. Get Involvedpublished at 11:56 Greenwich Mean Time 18 March 2018

    #bbcfacup or 81111 on text

    Polar expeditionImage source, Getty Images

    In light of what we are obliged to call 'travel chaos', I am after your tales of heroic, marathon journeys to follow your team.

    Hitch-hiking, snow-shoeing or, worst of all, rail replacement bus-taking.

    Let us know via #bbcfacup, external or 81111 on text. And you can include some pictures of these odysseys on those tweets if you have any.

  7. BBC Coveragepublished at 11:52 Greenwich Mean Time 18 March 2018

    BBC Radio 5 live

    John MotsonImage source, Getty

    Short of describing the action via interpretative dance, the BBC Sport has just about got every possible FA Cup avenue covered off today.

    You are slap bang in the right place for live text commentary.

    But don't stop there.

    Treat yourself to BBC Radio 5 live commentary and BBC One coverage of both of today's games.

    Have a click or a poke at the top of this page to get either streaming straight from this very, actual screen.

    Actual commentaries may contain less John Motson in a sheepskin than advertised.

  8. On!published at 11:47 Greenwich Mean Time 18 March 2018

    FA Cup quarter-finals

    Dave Whelan statueImage source, Reuters

    But we are full steam ahead in the FA Cup.

    Both of today's matches are ON like a hot scone.

    It is going to take a Herculean effort or a snow plough for the Southampton fans to get up to the DW Stadium in time for kick-off though.

    The fine details are all here on the BBC News website, but basically there is a whole lot of white stuff between the south coast and the north west.

  9. Game off in Championshippublished at 11:40 Greenwich Mean Time 18 March 2018

    Derby P-P Cardiff

    Neil WarnockImage source, Rex Features

    We have already had the day's Championship match called off with Neil Warnock and Cardiff arriving at Pride Park to find a frozen pitch, a whole heap of snow and not a lot of people.

    I'm sure Warnock was just about to do a snow angel and generally join in the japes.

    Cardiff players throw snowballsImage source, Rex Features
  10. FA Cup cardpublished at 11:36 Greenwich Mean Time 18 March 2018

    FA Cup quarter-finals

    Wigan t-shirsImage source, Reuters

    We may be 20-odd degrees away from an FA Cup final temperature wise, but Wigan, Southampton, Leicester and Chelsea are just two games and a couple of months from the biggest day out in football.

    This is how the last eight action rolls today:

    Wigan v Southampton (13:30 GMT)

    Leicester v Chelsea (16:30 GMT)

  11. Let's get it on...published at 11:28 Greenwich Mean Time 18 March 2018

    FA Cup quarter-finals

    Snow-bound LandroverImage source, Reuters

    Break out the orange ball.

    Scrape the lines.

    Slap on an extra spray of deep heat.

    Pull on some over-size tights. If that is your thing.

    We've got Wembley on the brain.