In the early morning of January 27, Beijing time, the fourth round of the English FA Cup continued, and finally Chelsea drew 0-0 with Villa, Tottenham Hotspur lost 0-1 to Manchester City, Sheffield Wednesday drew 1-1 with Coventry, and Bristol drew 0-0 with Nottingham Forest. Among them, three games have not been decided, and all need to be replayed on a different date. Let's take a look at the highlights of the two highlights.
Chelsea vs Villa
Chelsea started the game with a firm grip on the tempo of the game, frequently threatening attack. Villa, on the other hand, played a counter-attack. In the 12th minute, Diaby hit a powerful world wave that caused a line change on the defender, and Douglas followed up with an empty goal. Unfortunately, Douglas handballed the ball first and the goal was disallowed.
Madueke and Palmer then threatened in quick succession, but the goal was denied by Martin. In the 22nd minute, Sterling's cross from the left side of the penalty area was suspected of Cash's handball, and Sterling signaled to the referee, but the referee did not say anything. At half-time, Raheem Sterling picked up a cross from the right side of the penalty area, and Badiashile leaped high to head in the goal from close range, which was confiscated by Martin. The two sides shook hands at half-time.
In the second half, the two sides fought against each other, and the scene was quite exciting. In the 69th minute, Martin's pass in the penalty area hit Palmer and almost gave a big gift, but Palmer volleyed and kicked it, and then Martin confiscated the ball. The 74th Cash dribbled into the box on the right flank, deducted the defender, and volleyed into the far corner, which was saved by Petrovic. In the 80th minute, Gallagher was brought down in the penalty area, and the referee remained indifferent. Neither side could find a good chance to find the back of the net afterwards. Chelsea drew against Villa at full-time.
Tottenham vs Manchester City
At the beginning, Manchester City dominated the anti-guest and dominated the absolute advantage, forming a comprehensive suppression of Tottenham. It wasn't long before Alvarez's shot from inside the box was saved by Vicario and Bob followed up with a follow-up shot. Unfortunately, Bob was offside and the goal was disallowed. Alvarez then threatened from distance. Although the Manchester City players cooperated tacitly and attacked smoothly, the final kick was not good. The two sides were drawn at half-time. Manchester City hit 10 shots in the half, and Tottenham, who had been beaten passively, didn't even hit the goal.
In the second half, Manchester City took the lead in the rematch, and Alvarez's volley from inside the box was not suppressed and flew away. Not to be outdone, Tottenham narrowly missed the net with Brennan Johnson's solo shot. Faced with Manchester City's scoreless situation, manager Pep Guardiola began to redeploy his troops, with Tintin and Doku replacing Alvarez and Bob. Then Tottenham made a mistake with a short pass in the penalty area, and Foden completed a steal and gave the ball to Tintin, who met the ball and adjusted slightly to pull the rod and shoot away.
City's attack went wave after wave, and Doku's low shot into the box was saved by Vicario. In the 88th minute, Tintin's corner kick on the left side was opened, Vicario cleared the ball with both fists and hit the defender, causing the ball to remain in the small penalty area. Tottenham Hotspur 0-1 Manchester City at full-time. Tottenham had just one shot on goal in the game, while Manchester City had 18 shots. So far, Manchester City have won seven consecutive victories in all competitions to advance to the last 16 of the FA Cup. At the same time, Manchester City ended a five-game losing streak at Tottenham without scoring a goal.