Biggest winners and losers from the FA cup last round

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The semi-finals of the 2023/2024 FA cup as announced on Sunday will see a tie between Manchester City and Chelsea while Manchester United will take on championship side Coventry City for a place in the final. 

Here, we take a look at the biggest winners and losers over the quarter-final rounds.

Jurgen Klopp

The German gaffer will depart the club side this summer and having kickstarted the send-off campaign with the Carabao cup, this title seemingly looked like the next.

Liverpool fell to a 10th minute Mctominay goal and despite three goals from the Merseyside end, it was not enough to secure a victory at Old Trafford.

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Engulfed in a quadruple charge two seasons prior, this campaign has ended in another unsuccessful attempt in that regard.

Liverpool still have the UEFA Europa league to fight for as well as the three-horse premier league title race with Arsenal and Manchester City.

Erik’s tricky Reds

Erik Ten Hag’s side against Liverpool in the quarter-final looked to have breathed a new breeze of fresh air into their gameplay.

Impactful subs and improved tactical onus led them to an unexpected victory against Liverpool. With the season’s run-in now enroute, it would be essential to build on such a massive win to end the season on a high note.

Important goals for forwards Antony and Amad Diallo are also big takeaways from the win against their rivals.

Mark Robins and Coventry City

The championship outfit produced one of the most interesting upsets in the tournament to secure a ticket to Wembley.

Mark Robins’ side were already 2-1 down headed into stoppage time with two quick fire goals from Rayan Ait-Nouri and Hugo Bueno setting Wolverhampton Wanderers ahead.

Drama ensued in the final 3 minutes of added time as Ellis Simms completed his brace and El Hadji Wright finding the winner at the death.

A big win for the club side which just recently made the playoffs last season and despite losing Viktor Gyokeres and Gus Hamer in the previous summer. Robins side have had an exciting season thus far and most certainly will leave everything on the field for a place in the final.

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The Blues

With mounting pressure on Mauricio Pochettino, a semi-final place comes at the right time as Chelsea will seek to salvage whatever is left of their season.

With the top four increasingly out of reach and no European football on the horizon currently, a title will be the worthy morale boost as the club side continues their rebuild under Todd Boehly.

Rayan Ait-Nouri

The left full-back single handedly got Wolves back into the game against Coventry City. Finding a goal for himself and then creating one more for Hugo Bueno for what should have been a supposed game winner.

As it stands, Gary O’Neil’s side are out of the tournament and with Pedro Neto now ruled out of the season, a mid-table finish is all that’s left on the horizon for his club side.

The defender however continues to command interest and might likely find a move over the summer window.