Iraola were eliminated and Newcastle were spared penalties

of Bournemouth Andoni Iraola are on the verge of reaching the quarter-finals of the FA Cup. In extra time, a great goal from Isahaku Fatawu, by Leicester City, knocking them out of the cup competition and ending the Cherries’ (0-1) run at the Vitality Stadium.

Leicester, 2020 FA Cup champions and leaders of The Championship after being relegated from the Premier League last season, withstood more than 25 shots from Bournemouth and won the tie in extra time, when Fatawu a shot was invented from outside the area into the squad which Mark Traves only touched with fingers.

If it passes, Bournemouth will have played in the third quarter-final in its history, after the 1956-1957 and 2020-2021 editions.

In the FA Cup, Leicester showed why they are the strongest team in the Championship, a category they have dominated since almost day one.

The ‘Foxes’ joined Manchester City in the quarterfinals, beating Luton Town 2-6, Coventry City, who beat Maidstone on Monday, and Newcastle, who beat Blackburn Rovers on penalties.

Newcastle, on penalties

Newcastle, another Premier League team, avoided a surprise visit to Blackburn, also in the Championship, thanks to penalties (3-4).

Anthony Gordon ‘magpies’ went ahead in the 71st minute, but Sammie Szmodics He forced extra time with his goal in the 79th minute. in batches Schär, Bruno Guimaraes, Anderson and Gordon scored for Newcastle and, though Harvey Barnes failed the second, the mistakes of Szmodics in the first and Hyam in the last frustrated Blackburn.

Now Manchester City also eliminated Luton with a hand from Erling Haaland (2-6) after Coventry (2nd) on Monday ended modest Maidstone’s dream with a resounding 5-0.

This Wednesday, the final four classified

This Wednesday the qualifiers for the quarterfinals will be completed with the matches Liverpool-Southampton (2nd), Chelsea-Leeds United (2nd), Nottingham Forest-Manchester United and Wolverhampton Wanderers-Brighton & Hove Albion.