FA Cup Preview and Prediction: MK Dons vs Chelsea
“It’s not just for me”, he said. I’ve sat down with them but in the end I chose not to go. That was the target in the past with the Premier League and also with the Champions League and FA Cup. Arsenal have beaten Sunderland 3-1 to enter the round of 16 in the FA Cup and would want to continue in the tournament to win it.
The first, which began in 1996 and lasted for a decade, saw Arsenal win three Premier League titles, four FA Cups and reach the Champions League final in 2006.
“I’m sure most of the lads have been thinking about the game since the draw happened and I’d lying if I say I wasn’t doing the same thing”, he said, according to the team’s official website. On the Friday we trained in a school then played Reading on the Saturday. “The attitude now is there to give everything in every duel, as a team and as individuals”. So it will help, of course. We have to make sure enjoy it and do the best thing we can do. Wenger said he was not and thought that the United boss had been thinking about it and that winning the Premier League was the spur for him to call it a day. Radamel Falcao (thigh) is a continued absentee, while the recent deals for Alexandre Pato and Matt Miazga are unlikely to be finished completely in time for them to take part.
With European qualification looking increasingly unrealistic via the league table, it is hard to see the Blues taking the cup as lightly as they did last season, when they let slip a two-goal lead to crash out against Bradford City at this very stage.
Karl Robinson’s side overcame Northampton Town 3-0 in the last round but needed a replay to do so.
‘As long as that’s a possibility, we’ll go for that. I know we’ll try to do our best.
“It’s a free game, to an extent, and a wonderful experience as well”.
The game is worth around £500,000 ($711,000, 657,000 euros) to the Championship strugglers, who expect a sell-out crowd of more than 30,000. But the real decisive moment came five minutes earlier when defender Per Mertesacker was sent off by referee Mark Clattenburg after being deemed to have brought down Costa as the Chelsea striker raced clear.
Defeat at Bolton Wanderers last time out has left the Dons in 20 place in the Championship – two points above the relegation zone. Please note that comments are automatically checked for inappropriate language and will be removed accordingly.