FA CUP DRAW: Premier League leaders Manchester City face trip to top-flight rivals Everton

FA CUP DRAW: Premier League leaders Manchester City face trip to top-flight rivals Everton as Leicester draw Manchester United in mouthwatering tie for quarter-finals

Premier League leaders Manchester City will travel to Everton in the FA Cup quarter-finals.

The draw for the last eight of the competition also handed Manchester United a trip to Leicester in another mouth-watering tie.

Southampton’s reward for their victory over Wolves on Thursday was an away tie along the south coast at Championship side Bournemouth.

Manchester City’s bid to reclaim their FA Cup crown they lost last season sees them face Everton

Leicester face Manchester United at the King Power as second in the top flight plays third

Leicester face Manchester United at the King Power as second in the top flight plays third

Chelsea will face fellow top-flight side Sheffield United after they beat Barnsley

Chelsea will face fellow top-flight side Sheffield United after they beat Barnsley

The final tie saw last season’s finalists Chelsea – after recording a 1-0 win at Barnsley on Thursday – drawn at home to Sheffield United.

The ties are scheduled to take place over the weekend of March 20-21.

There will be new holders of the FA Cup this season after current champions Arsenal crashed out of the competition to Ralph Hassenhuttl’s side in the fourth round.

Southampton's reward for their victory over Wolves was an away tie at Bournemouth

Southampton’s reward for their victory over Wolves was an away tie at Bournemouth

Bournemouth are the only non-Premier League side to have qualified for the quarter-finals

 Bournemouth are the only non-Premier League side to have qualified for the quarter-finals

FA CUP QUARTER-FINAL DRAW 

Everton v Manchester City

Leicester v Manchester United

Chelsea v Sheffield United

Bournemouth v Southampton 


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