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LONDON: Arsenal’s goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski (lower left) stop ’s (center) getting through during their English FA Cup fifth round soccer match at Emirates Stadium. — AP Gunners shoot down Liverpool

LONDON: Arsenal knocked Liverpool out of Jonathan de Guzman drew Swansea lev- Charlton Athletic in a re-arranged match. The Bavarian giants suffered a rare home the FA Cup with a 2-1 win at the Emirates el in the 15th before second half substitute Jamie Paterson headed Forest into an defeat on their last Champions League out- Stadium yesterday as they gained revenge put Everton in front again- early lead before the on-loan Conor Coady ing when they were beaten 3-2 in Munich City get chance for a humilating loss to their with his fourth goal in six games-and then drew the Blades level in the 66th minute. by Manchester City in last December’s final title rivals. won the penalty from which Leighton And Chris Porter then sparked scenes of group match. of Wigan revenge Only eight days earlier Arsenal were Baines scored to put the result beyond near delirium amongst the Ozil, who was born in Gelsenkirchen, LONDON: Manchester City will have the chance to atone beaten 5-1 by Liverpool at . But doubt. faithful with two goals right at the end of west Germany, will be up against several for last year’s FA Cup final defeat by Wigan Athletic after Arsene Wenger’s men-who haven’t won a However, there was a worrying moment the match. international team-mates when Pep being drawn against the holders in yesterday’s quarter- major trophy since lifting the FA Cup in 2005 for Everton when, shortly before full-time, He put them in front with a 90th minute Guardiola’s Bayern runs out at the Emirates final draw. — turned the table at the Emirates Stadium. Naismith went off with concussion after penalty following Greg Halford’s hand-ball Stadium. Wigan, now in the second tier Championship and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain gave the being caught in the head by Jordi Amat. and then sealed victory in stoppage-time After an impressive start to his Gunners managed by former City striker Uwe Rosler, will travel to Gunners a 16th minute lead when he fol- The draw took place just after the final with a finish from close range. The last eight career following his arrival in London from Eastlands where Manuel Pellegrini’s men beat Premier lowed up after blocked Yaya whistle, with Martinez’s attention turning line-up also saw FA Cup holders Wigan Real Madrid last September, Ozil has been League title rivals Chelsea 2-0 on Saturday. Wigan will be Sanogo’s initial shot. towards the Emirates. “The draw hasn’t been paired against Manchester City in a repeat criticised for a recent dip in form, but says he looking to claim another top flight scalp after beating Oxlade-Chamberlain turned provider in too kind in terms of playing away from of last season’s final. Meanwhile, Arsenal’s is having to prove his maturity as a player. Cardiff in the fifth round. Elsewhere in the last eight the 47th minute, outpacing home, but we will embrace it and look for- German star Mesut Ozil has said he is relish- “I’m going through a test of character here,” Arsenal will face Everton at the Emirates Stadium after a before a pull-back for Lukas Podoslki ward to it,” Martinez told ITV Sport. ing the challenge of facing Champions he admitted. “I have so much self-confi- 2-1 win at home to the Toffees’ local rivals Liverpool. allowed the Germany star to fire them into a As for Naismith, he added: “We are a little League holders Bayern Munich in dence as a player that I am ready now to Earlier yesterday, Everton advanced into the quarter- 2-0 lead. bit concerned by his concussion.” Naismith Wednesday’s last 16, first leg clash at home. take the next step. finals with a 3-1 win over Swansea. There may be no But Liverpool captain Gerrard ensured a came on for Traore and Martinez was “I’m a guy who loves these games. I have “But first you have to get used to the in this season’s FA Cup but a ‘Steel City’ nervous finish for the London club when he pleased with the striker’s display. huge respect for Bayern,” the 25-year-old intensity of the Premier League.” Aside from derby remains a possibility. scored from the penalty spot in the 59th “It’s important,” he said. “Lacina has been attacking told German daily Bild. the Gunners’ quest for the Champions Third-tier Sheffield United, the lowest-ranked team minute after Podolski fouled Luis Suarez. working very well. We needed to introduce “They have got even better in compari- League and Premier League title-they are left in the competition beat Nottingham Forest 3-1 on The Gunners will now face Everton in the him slowly. It was pleasing to see him on the son with last year, but we won’t hide from second a point behind Chelsea-Ozil’s per- Sunday and they will now face Sheffield Wednesday pro- quarter-finals after the Toffees beat Swansea pitch and see him scoring.” them. “Anything is possible over two games.” sonal goal is to win June’s World Cup in vided their arch-rivals defeat Charlton Athletic in a fixture 3-1 earlier yesterday. Everton manager Yesterday’s other Cup tie saw third tier Having won the treble of Champions Brazil. originally postponed because of a waterlogged pitch. Roberto Martinez, who won the Cup with Sheffield United beat second-tier League, Bundesliga and German Cup titles “Anyone who has ever played at Real will manager Gus Poyet could return to his Wigan last season, saw Lacina Traore, his Nottingham Forest 3-1. United, managed by last season, Bayern travel to London on the always want to win titles,” said Ozil. “When former club Brighton provided the Seagulls defeat Hull loan transfer signing from Monaco in former Forest favourite Nigel Clough, could back of a record 46-match unbeaten run in you’ve prepared so hard and intensively for today. The sixth round ties will be played on the weekend January, take just four minutes of his debut be involved in a derby quarter-final against the Bundesliga with the return leg in a World Cup as we have, then your goal isn’t of March 8-9. —AFP to give the Merseysiders the lead. Sheffield Wednesday if their city rivals beat Munich on March 11. to finish second or third.” —AFP Juve pull clear of Roma

MILAN: Champions Juventus dug deep thanks to Dusan Basta, Bruno Fernandes 17th minute when winger Kwadwo against a spirited Chievo to beat the Serie and Luis Muriel only for Genoa to pull lev- Asamoah capped a one-two with A strugglers 3-1 in Turin and take their el three times thanks to Moussa Konate Fernando Llorente with a left-foot strike lead over Roma to 12 points yesterday. and an Alberto Gilardino double in the from outside the area that left Michael Roma sit second with a game in hand space of ten second-half minutes. Agazzi in the Chievo net with no chance. and will have a chance to bring the gap Three players were sent off in a bad- Juve coach Antonio Conte left back to nine points at the Olympic tempered finish to Livorno’s 2-1 away win Frenchman Paul Pogba on the bench and Stadium later if they account for at Cagliari, which moved the visitors out stand-in Claudio Marchisio made the Sampdoria. of the relegation zone at the expense of most of his rare start to give Juve a 2-0 Elsewhere, third-placed Napoli Catania, who had pulled clear thanks to a lead on the half-hour when he tapped extended their lead over Fiorentina to six 3-1 rout of Lazio earlier. home Agazzi’s rebound from Andrea points with a 2-0 away win at struggling Brazilian Emerson gave Livorno the Pirlo’s free kick. Sassuolo with goals from Blerim Dzemaili lead just before the break with a wonder- Juve were pegged back seven min- and Lorenzo Insigne coming in either ful strike from 35 metres which had utes after the restart when a defensive half. echoes of Mario Balotelli’s winner for mix-up left Martin Caceres bundling the Parma, meanwhile, turned on the class Milan against Bologna on Friday. ball past Gianluigi Buffon and into his away to Atalanta to stun the Bergamo A Paulinho penalty eight minutes after own net. side 4-0, a result which moved Roberto the restart gave the visitors a two-goal But Juve soon restored their two-goal Donadoni’s men up to sixth at the cushion until Nene struck for the hosts on cushion, in textbook fashion, when expense of Verona. 64 minutes. Llorente, left unmarked in the Chievo Parma also have a game in hand, their Cagliari suffered a blow when Daniele box, headed Pirlo’s corner from the left encounter with Roma being rained off Conti saw red on 71 minutes for dissent, past a flailing Agazzi as his defence two weeks ago, and are now only three but he was soon followed by Livorno pair looked on. points behind fifth-placed Inter, who beat Federico Ceccherini, for a second book- At Sassuolo Dzemaili struck on the Fiorentina 2-1 on Saturday. For entertain- able offence, and Marco Benassi after he half-volley from the edge of the area to ment value, the Genoa v Udinese clash was shown a straight red for a foul on give Napoli a 37th minute opener after which finished 3-3 was hard to beat. Mauricio Pinilla. Marek Hamsik’s flick-on from a cutback at ITALY: Sassuolo’s Luca Marrone (right) vies for the ball with Napoli’s Dries Martens of Belgium, during their Serie A Udinese took the lead three times Juventus broke the deadlock in the the left byline. — AFP soccer match. — AP