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[IceLincoln]

Heartbreak for Southampton but you are never safe with a single goal lead against Man City. It just shows the fight and belief that City have under Guardiola. They feel like they are never beaten.

A real shame for Southampton, a final with them against Leeds would have been great but it wasn’t meant to be.

Manchester City is going to win two to three trophies this season out of nothing, they were almost written off by everyone and now on the verge of winning three trophies already.

Arsenal that was said to be on fire is even looking like they might go trophyless, the way things turned out for City was actually amazingly impressive despite their champions league fall out, they used all their energies to chase the local cups.
Most people thinking Chelsea will win Leeds might be shocked by the outcome of that game. Leeds are also in a good form and Chelsea has been shit. Chelsea might see it as their only opportunity of silverware but I’m not sure they’ll make it.

[hyudien]

One thing about Pep I always love is that he always tend to find out the problem and provide solutions before the whole situation becomes unsalvageable. Those substitutions was divine and it feels like he is on a fast track to win  another domestic trophy, but I will say Southampton really did put up an excellent fight. There only problem was they where playing Pep.

In light of the FA Cup weekend matches, who do you guys think will come out victorious in the matchup between Leeds and Chelsea, bearing in mind that Chelsea had been real unstable

That's the ability of a coach with extensive experience. Pep made truly brilliant changes in this match, as Man City efforts to turn things around after going a goal down paid off, after Jeremi Doku equalized, it didn't take long for them to score the winning goal, they can almost certainly add another trophy to their trophy cabinet.
Regarding Chelsea vs Leeds, I'm leaning towards Leeds, I believe Leeds will be able to capitalize on Chelsea inconsistent form.

[nelson4lov]

Think about this...

When we thought that Guardiola is going to have a bad season and probably retire without his heads high;

• He pocketed EFL
• He'll win the FA cup
• And he's likely to win the EPL

What a big name!
What a brand!
What a legend of the game.

City's late season revival doesn't come as a surprise to me. As a Liverpool fan, I've watched City play their best games of recent seasons only at the end of the season because that's when they really come alive. Nobody would have believed a month or two ago that City would've already won the EFL Cup, in the FA Cup final and going band for band with Arsenal for the EPL title. Imo, as a team going for any of these tourneys especially EPL, it's best to optimize for the closing stages.

[GiftedMAN]

City's late season revival doesn't come as a surprise to me. As a Liverpool fan, I've watched City play their best games of recent seasons only at the end of the season because that's when they really come alive. Nobody would have believed a month or two ago that City would've already won the EFL Cup, in the FA Cup final and going band for band with Arsenal for the EPL title. Imo, as a team going for any of these tourneys especially EPL, it's best to optimize for the closing stages.

It makes me wonder if they wait till Arsenal's performance starts declining then they revive their form cause that's how it's been for the past seasons now. This is the best time to rediscover their form cause it's about making them to win a double if not triple trophies, if City meet either Chelsea or Leeds in the finals they'll still be the favourites moreover their chances of winning the EPL has increased after they shared points with Arsenal last week.

[Smartvirus]

City's late season revival doesn't come as a surprise to me. As a Liverpool fan, I've watched City play their best games of recent seasons only at the end of the season because that's when they really come alive. Nobody would have believed a month or two ago that City would've already won the EFL Cup, in the FA Cup final and going band for band with Arsenal for the EPL title. Imo, as a team going for any of these tourneys especially EPL, it's best to optimize for the closing stages.

Speaking of a team that ought to have gone without a trophy this season, it ought to have being Manchester City and the one team that we had hoped would take all the trophies this season was Arsenal but suddenly, everything seemed to have turned over rather too fast.

Started from when Manchester City took their first trophy, the Carabao from Arsenal. It wasn’t a huge blow really but, when Southampton did kick Arsenal out of the FA Cup, that was a huge one and here is Manchester City, gearing up for the finals haven’t beaten Southampton today.

What would become of Chelsea Vs Leeds, has Chelsea really got what it takes.

[igebotz]

Heartbreak for Southampton but you are never safe with a single goal lead against Man City. It just shows the fight and belief that City have under Guardiola. They feel like they are never beaten.

A real shame for Southampton, a final with them against Leeds would have been great but it wasn’t meant to be.

Sometimes football is very funny; you defended for 80 mins, scored a goal and yet can't defend that lead for only 10 mins? It's okay to let in a goal out of pressure but 2 in less than 9mins in the most important game of their lives this season. Damm it

We wanted something easy I guess we would have to win our game and stop Pep from winning another treple; it'd be an absolutely joke if we let that happen. Those bastards are cheat code.

[Zackz5000]

Heartbreak for Southampton but you are never safe with a single goal lead against Man City. It just shows the fight and belief that City have under Guardiola. They feel like they are never beaten.

A real shame for Southampton, a final with them against Leeds would have been great but it wasn’t meant to be.

Sometimes football is very funny; you defended for 80 mins, scored a goal and yet can't defend that lead for only 10 mins? It's okay to let in a goal out of pressure but 2 in less than 9mins in the most important game of their lives this season. Damm it

We wanted something easy I guess we would have to win our game and stop Pep from winning another treple; it'd be an absolutely joke if we let that happen. Those bastards are cheat code.

Are you a Chelsea fan or Leeds ? Honestly these two teams can't stop Manchester City from winning the FA Cup tittle, Manchester City may likely win the treble this season.

Southampton would have try everything possible to make sure they defended till full time but as we can see in football a minute can produce 2 goals talk more of 10 minutes the pressure was much on Southampton and they couldn't withstand it. The only team that can stop Manchester City from winning the treble is Arsenal and that is only if they can win all their games with a more higher goals.

[Barikui1]

Heartbreak for Southampton but you are never safe with a single goal lead against Man City. It just shows the fight and belief that City have under Guardiola. They feel like they are never beaten.

A real shame for Southampton, a final with them against Leeds would have been great but it wasn’t meant to be.

Manchester City is going to win two to three trophies this season out of nothing, they were almost written off by everyone and now on the verge of winning three trophies already.

Arsenal that was said to be on fire is even looking like they might go trophyless, the way things turned out for City was actually amazingly impressive despite their champions league fall out, they used all their energies to chase the local cups.

This alone is enough reason for you to understand that in football and even in life generally, so many things can go wrong or right very quickly, in a very short time, so am not surprised that arsenal are about going trophyless this season, after everyone was talking about them winning a quadruple.

Most people thinking Chelsea will win Leeds might be shocked by the outcome of that game. Leeds are also in a good form and Chelsea has been shit. Chelsea might see it as their only opportunity of silverware but I’m not sure they’ll make it.

You are only saying all this from the place of hatred for Chelsea, and I believe that you are definitely a Manchester United fan, because this are their character, but talking about the game tomorrow against Leeds, I don't think Chelsea will be knockout now that Liam Rosenior has been sacked, because I would have agreed with you if he was still their manager, not now that it's a different coach in charge of the group.

[Nahl]

Chelsea is not really on their best shape this season even they have to sack the coaches several times because Chelsea performance under previous coaches is not really satisfied the management and actually Chelsea owner didn't set high target to Calum McFarlane because they have realize that Chelsea probably will ended this season without trophies but McFarlane has his own target that he want to proof to himself that he can bring Chelsea to at least to the final game and today i am sure Chelsea will be the favourite over Leeds but it won't be easy because Leeds will playing without pressure however regardless who is the winner of the game between Chelsea vs Leeds i think the champion of FA cup this season can be guessed because none of those teams can beat Manchester city in the final game

[Cityhunter34]

Southampton have shown a lot of quality against Premier league teams this season. They knocked Arsenal out in the quarter-final, and they almost got a draw against Manchester City yesterday. It was indeed an incredible performance from Southampton. Even though they didn't make it through to the FA Cup final, they were able to make it difficult for the premier league teams. Honestly, I would love to see Southampton back in the premier league because there is a high possiblity that they are going to perform much matter in the premier league. I just hope they get promoted.

Anyways let's see if Chelsea can beat Leeds united today.

[DanWalker]

It makes me wonder if they wait till Arsenal's performance starts declining then they revive their form cause that's how it's been for the past seasons now. This is the best time to rediscover their form cause it's about making them to win a double if not triple trophies, if City meet either Chelsea or Leeds in the finals they'll still be the favourites moreover their chances of winning the EPL has increased after they shared points with Arsenal last week.

It will not be a difficult task for Manchester city to secure the FA cup title. The opponents are relatively weak. Also, if manchester city is able to continue its winning streak in the premier league, then they have a chance of winning this title as well. The opponent of city in the FA cup final is more likely to be chelsea. Today, chelsea and Leeds will face each  other. Chelsea are more  likely to win against leeds united. Anyway, chelsea is not in such good form either. So I will not bet on this match.

[leea-1334]

Heartbreak for Southampton but you are never safe with a single goal lead against Man City. It just shows the fight and belief that City have under Guardiola. They feel like they are never beaten.

A real shame for Southampton, a final with them against Leeds would have been great but it wasn’t meant to be.

Manchester City is going to win two to three trophies this season out of nothing, they were almost written off by everyone and now on the verge of winning three trophies already.

I would really like to see Leeds get something here,,, they are safe in Premier League almost for sure, and if they win FA Cup they have a nice chance to play in Europe after a long time,,, Manchester City wow they found everyone easy to play against, so weird to be fighting Championship team in semifinal but that is the quality of England.

Let us see how things go,,, I have a feeling Pep will get a nice high.

[bitcampaign]

Heartbreak for Southampton but you are never safe with a single goal lead against Man City. It just shows the fight and belief that City have under Guardiola. They feel like they are never beaten.

A real shame for Southampton, a final with them against Leeds would have been great but it wasn’t meant to be.

Sometimes football is very funny; you defended for 80 mins, scored a goal and yet can't defend that lead for only 10 mins? It's okay to let in a goal out of pressure but 2 in less than 9mins in the most important game of their lives this season. Damm it

We wanted something easy I guess we would have to win our game and stop Pep from winning another treple; it'd be an absolutely joke if we let that happen. Those bastards are cheat code.

It may seem funny, but if the situation for Southampton to defend in the last 10 minutes is normal in an important match, because it is a semi-final match that is a common thing to do in all matches whatever Southampton does in the last 10 minutes is the right decision, they are very aware of who they are up against that the tactics played by Pep are really good in the last few matches of Man City, it's just that the goddess of luck is not on Southampton's side with their failure in the FA Cup this season.

[Oluwa-btc]

Chelsea is not really on their best shape this season even they have to sack the coaches several times because Chelsea performance under previous coaches is not really satisfied the management and actually Chelsea owner didn't set high target to Calum McFarlane because they have realize that Chelsea probably will ended this season without trophies but McFarlane has his own target that he want to proof to himself that he can bring Chelsea to at least to the final game and today i am sure Chelsea will be the favourite over Leeds but it won't be easy because Leeds will playing without pressure however regardless who is the winner of the game between Chelsea vs Leeds i think the champion of FA cup this season can be guessed because none of those teams can beat Manchester city in the final game

The management of Chelsea first and foremost should be tagged a huge joke. They're obviously the cause of their current situation and appointment of yet another subpar manager will not help them further.
I don't underestimate the new guy but he is not proven in anyway. But the Chelsea players I know will put up a good fight in this game. They will do everything possible to win a trophy by tue end of the season. I think they will beat Leeds United and the scoreline should be two goals to one eventually.

[SFR10]

I don't think Chelsea will be knockout now that Liam Rosenior has been sacked, because I would have agreed with you if he was still their manager, not now that it's a different coach in charge of the group.

I agree... IIRC, the last time that McFarlane acted as an interim coach, he managed to get good results ^{[including a draw against Man City in Etihad Stadium]}, so I'm expecting to see a different Chelsea side for this game ^{[my prediction is a high-scoring draw in normal time (over 2.5) and the winner will be determined after either the extra time or penalties]}.

[knowngunman]

Think about this...

When we thought that Guardiola is going to have a bad season and probably retire without his heads high;

• He pocketed EFL
• He'll win the FA cup
• And he's likely to win the EPL

What a big name!
What a brand!
What a legend of the game.

As much as I agree with you on this, I would like to ask what you mean by "he'll win the FA Cup" 

Is it that you don't rate either Chelsea or Leeds United in this competition? That should be an insult to both clubs tbh. How Manchester City survived to advanced to the final yesterday was a miracle and that performance was not convincing enough to assume they'll easily win against either Chelsea or Leeds United.

It would probably be a walkover for city if Chelsea somehow beat Leeds today based on their head to head and of course based on recent performance too. However, if Leeds secured victory against Chelsea which is very likely, Manchester City will have a lot of work to do in the final.

[Derekfunds]

One thing about Pep I always love is that he always tend to find out the problem and provide solutions before the whole situation becomes unsalvageable. Those substitutions was divine and it feels like he is on a fast track to win  another domestic trophy, but I will say Southampton really did put up an excellent fight. There only problem was they where playing Pep.

In light of the FA Cup weekend matches, who do you guys think will come out victorious in the matchup between Leeds and Chelsea, bearing in mind that Chelsea had been real unstable

That's the ability of a coach with extensive experience. Pep made truly brilliant changes in this match, as Man City efforts to turn things around after going a goal down paid off, after Jeremi Doku equalized, it didn't take long for them to score the winning goal, they can almost certainly add another trophy to their trophy cabinet.
Regarding Chelsea vs Leeds, I'm leaning towards Leeds, I believe Leeds will be able to capitalize on Chelsea inconsistent form.

Initially I was pissed with Manchester city playing against Southampton I mean how will they play 70 minutes without a goal it was really crazy but Manchester city shocked me yesterday after Southampton scored 79-82 minutes and immediately Manchester city bounced back and equalized the goal and all of sudden again they scored another goal and that moment I was like God!! This team is good and they are ready to face whosever that will qualify to the finals but I think Leeds will be much easier for them In my opinion.

[Rashlyowl]

Southampton have shown a lot of quality against Premier league teams this season. They knocked Arsenal out in the quarter-final, and they almost got a draw against Manchester City yesterday. It was indeed an incredible performance from Southampton. Even though they didn't make it through to the FA Cup final, they were able to make it difficult for the premier league teams. Honestly, I would love to see Southampton back in the premier league because there is a high possiblity that they are going to perform much matter in the premier league. I just hope they get promoted.

They still have the quality to play in the Premier League, which is why they are still playing well even though they are competing with Premier League teams in the FA Cup. Match against Manchester City was their unlucky one, even though they could have won that match, they failed to hold their lead until the end of the match.

They can no longer qualify directly from the Championship, as that's limited to the first & second place. However, they have a chance in the play-off, where they could face Millwall, Middlesbrough & Wrexham.

Anyways let's see if Chelsea can beat Leeds united today.

Did anyone think Leeds would win? that's ridiculous.

[buwaytress]

Heartbreak for Southampton but you are never safe with a single goal lead against Man City. It just shows the fight and belief that City have under Guardiola. They feel like they are never beaten.

A real shame for Southampton, a final with them against Leeds would have been great but it wasn’t meant to be.

Sometimes football is very funny; you defended for 80 mins, scored a goal and yet can't defend that lead for only 10 mins? It's okay to let in a goal out of pressure but 2 in less than 9mins in the most important game of their lives this season. Damm it

We wanted something easy I guess we would have to win our game and stop Pep from winning another treple; it'd be an absolutely joke if we let that happen. Those bastards are cheat code.

Yeah, I think the bookies and us were all rooting for Saints, couldn't believe it myself when they scored against the run of play. But that's psychology for you, it's one thing to stay as a team and defend like a wall of concrete, quite another to deal with the disbelief of taking the lead and keeping your head.

Of course Chelsea want to snatch this one from City, they better. Brings Europa too, hey hey.

[Humblevirus]

Chelsea is not really on their best shape this season even they have to sack the coaches several times because Chelsea performance under previous coaches is not really satisfied the management and actually Chelsea owner didn't set high target to Calum McFarlane because they have realize that Chelsea probably will ended this season without trophies but McFarlane has his own target that he want to proof to himself that he can bring Chelsea to at least to the final game and today i am sure Chelsea will be the favourite over Leeds but it won't be easy because Leeds will playing without pressure however regardless who is the winner of the game between Chelsea vs Leeds i think the champion of FA cup this season can be guessed because none of those teams can beat Manchester city in the final game

Chelsea will continue to be in great form if they stop changing coaches so easily. Sometimes, even when a team is experiencing challenges, they need to give the coach enough time to see whether they can overcome them or not. Simply sacking a coach after minor difficulties will hardly solve problems, and even if it does, it may only be for a short period.So, if Chelsea want to solve their problems with poor performances in the long term, they need to remain calm before choosing a coach. That way, they will be able to select a well-experienced one.

For now, I am not sure whether the team will reach the final, but any team that gets there has the same chance of winning the FA Cup as Manchester City. Final matches are always different from other matches. Look at what happened last season between Manchester City and Crystal Palace everyone expected Manchester City to win the FA Cup, but it ended up going to Crystal Palace.This shows that any team can win a final. We have seen many finals won by teams that were given little chance. In fact, if Chelsea reach the final, I will be happy, because the match will not be easy Chelsea often play differently in finals.