Liverpool advances in FA Cup
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Liverpool joined Arsenal in the fifth round of the FA Cup by beating second-tier Bournemouth 2-0 thanks to goals by Victor Moses and Daniel Sturridge yesterday.
Moses put Liverpool in front in the 26th minute at Dean Court when he collected a cross from Luis Suarez, cut inside and drove a shot in at the near post.
Suarez also set up Sturridge’s goal in the 60th, slipping a neat ball through for the England striker to slot into the corner and score for the third straight match since returning from nearly two months out through injury.
Lukas Podolski scored a brace in the first half on Friday to help give Arsenal a routine 4-0 victory over third-tier Coventry in the fourth round of the FA Cup.
In a game that Arsenal dominated from the start, Podolski put the hosts ahead in the 15th minute by slotting home a cool finish after being set up by Mesut Ozil. He then doubled the lead with a close-range header from a corner in the 27th.
“Podolski can score goals and when you have a goal chance you want him to have it,” Wenger said. “He is very accurate in his finishing.”
The win was never in doubt after that and Arsenal added two late goals as substitute Olivier Giroud struck in the 85th after replacing Podolski five minutes earlier, before Santi Cazorla slotted in the fourth.
In Friday’s only other FA Cup game, Nottingham Forest drew 0-0 at home against Preston.
Playing in a steady drizzle in north London, it was the kind of comfortable victory Arsenal had hoped for as it looks ahead to protecting its slim lead atop the Premier League.
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