Quarter-Final Highlights The FA Cup

After a quick costume change!

A chance for Dyer! That was pure

quality.

quality. Great scorer. I

A chance for Dyer! That was pure

quality. Great scorer. I do not

believe it! Tadic to wrap it up!

What a shot!

What a shot! Lukaku, right the way

through, devastating break. Lovely

centre forward's header.

Two FA Cup quarterfinals for you.

A trip to Wembley is up for grabs.

Extra time and penalties

if required.

After going out of Europe

in midweek, the FA Cup

is Manchester United's only

remaining chance of silverware.

Brighton were looking to make

the semis for the first time

since 1983, when they were beaten

by Manchester United in the final.

Steve Bower was watching this one.

After Jose Mourinho powers-macro 12

minutes of public defiance on

Friday, can his players produce 90

minutes of resilience? Can they

edged their manager close to his

21st trophy? He makes five changes

since Tuesday. Romero, McTominay and

Martial come end. Paul Pogba and

Alexis Sanchez are only substitutes

along with Marcus Rashford. Chris

Hughton makes five changes. The

record signing, Locadia starts.

Duncan Duffy plane in the

competition for the first time this

season. Andre Marriner is the man in

the middle.

the middle. VAR is the news tonight.

Manchester United look to end the

week on a positive note.

week on a positive note. McTominay.

Matic.

Matic. Sort Valencia in space. Four

in the penalty area here. Lukaku.

Slightly behind him as well.

Slightly behind him as well. Back to

Wembley today and back in business.

Gross.

Gross. Clever back header from

Ulloa. Locadia. Cleverly done by

Gross. March with the cross.

Brighton's first corner of the cup

tie. Not out of the textbook.

tie. Not out of the textbook. Can

Brighton use the set piece to their

advantage? Cleared by Lukaku. Wild

effort from March. An FA Cup tie in

sub zero temperatures.

sub zero temperatures. A solid

challenge from Bailly to win it

back. Martial. Clever linkup with

Mata. Did so successfully. Brighton

got a body in the way again,

Manchester United corner. In the

end, it was the outstretched leg of

Suttner that proved crucial. The

corner from Mata. Smalling! Could

not force it in. Inviting delivery

from Mata. Smalling at the near

post. As it dropped to him. Ended up

hitting the outside of the post.

Finds its way through to Locadia. He

is the right side of Bailly. Second

Brighton corner.

Brighton corner. Misreading the

situation from Smalling.

situation from Smalling. In from

Gross. Free header. Romero, had to

be alert. It was dreadful Manchester

United barking. Lewis Dunk had all

the time in the world. Just look at

the Manchester United defence,

McTominay lost. Decent connection,

good hide from Romero. Manchester

United,...

United,... Martial. The shape was

excellent again.

excellent again. Here is Matic

trying to sweep this towards Lukaku.

They have found a way through. And

in this season's FA Cup, it is a

familiar route, goal number five in

the competition so far this season

for Lukaku. Manchester United in

front. It was always going to have

to be pinpoint and it was, from

Matic. Lukaku read it and got on the

end of it. Great movement, 12 goals

in his last 11 cup ties now. Just

found a way to wriggle away from

Lewis Dunk and that was enough, that

was all he needed an Manchester

United needed that. Acknowledgement

to his manager that he got one back.

In the second half, Manchester

United have introduced Ashley Young

and look sure. No change from

Brighton. -- Shaw. In came Gross.

And Pascal Gross was not too far

away with that, just curling but not

quite enough in the end. His fifth

managerial visit to Old Trafford,

yet to win, but his team need to

score in this one order they are out

of the FA Cup. Floated in by March.

Locadia! Really good try by the

Brighton record buys. Romero was

equal to it. Soft header really by

Valencia, lovely contact by Locadia.

Gross.

Gross. Martial. March for Brighton.

Up against Young. Unable to get it

across. Locadia. Decent chance.

across. Locadia. Decent chance. Real

credit here to March, could not

steer that on target. Locadia. The

next goal, if there is to be one,

extremely pivotal.

extremely pivotal. Here is Kayal.

Another important Manchester United

block. A good spell for the

visitors.

visitors. Locadia. Our conversation

ten minutes before the end between

the managers.

the managers. Lingard. Rashford.

Fouled by Duffy. Manchester United

free kick.

Ashley Young behind it. In tour

Matic! That should seal it. Matic

who scored in last season's FA Cup

semifinal should have helped

Manchester United into the semifinal

this season with his second goal in

the United red. Assisted the first

and he scored the second. Floated in

by Young and steered home by Matic.

Helped it on its way, cleverly done

by the Serbian international.

by the Serbian international. The

overriding emotion is that of relief

inside Old Trafford.

inside Old Trafford. Murray to

Gross. Gross. Straight at Romero.

Who has still not been beaten in

this competition this season. Had to

wriggle into the space but put it

straight at the goalkeeper. It will

not live in the FA Cup Classics DVD

but for Jose Mourinho it was all

about the result tonight. Hopes of

silverware still allied this season,

Manchester United safely through to

their 29 FA Cup semifinal.

Manchester United

their 29 FA Cup semifinal.

Manchester United two, Brighton nil.

We deserved to win, the match was

under control. But we did not play

well. We did not play the way I

wanted them to play. The attitude

was not bad. It is not the point of

a bad attitude but the point of lack

of personality. Matic was what I

call, and in Ireland personality, he

was the one that clearly wanted the

ball, wanted to bring the ball from

the back and had to play the ball

back because he did not have

solutions and no movement in front

of him. Surrounded by people that

need more, especially in moments

like this. When the sun is shining,

it is easy to play football. When

you win matches, and even myself, I

can play when the sun is shining,

but when it is dark and when you are

under pressure, only the top ones

can do it and today we did not have

many top ones.

It is similar to the

league game where I thought we

played well. They have great

quality. We always feel, if you can

pass the ball well enough, you might

be able to use the basis because

both of their wide players would

play off the shape but you need to

keep good enough possession and we

had good enough spells in this game

to really capitalise on it, but it

was probably our work in the final

third but let us down.

The result

was the most important thing. Of

course, especially after the defeat

in the Champions League, it was

important for us to come back, to

think positive, to react to that, so

I am happy for the team that we got

through and we are in a semifinal

which is important to us.

which is important to us.

Surrounded

by lack of personality, class and

design. They are harsh words from

Jose Mourinho.

They are and it

looked like Shaw was hoped at

half-time. One that he went for.

That is the environment now that he

is creating, he wants response for

his players and he is questioning

their mentality. He is scratching

the surface, he wants to see more.

He was added in the press

Conference, whether going after his

players like that could backfire and

he said it was a risk. You have been

in big dressing rooms, how will

players react?

You hope they will

respond in a positive way, but

players could feel it is very

negative, saying there is no desire,

some of what is said was Matic is

strong, but the players around him

are weak. Fans, the atmosphere,

everyone seems to be getting it from

Jose Mourinho and he does not seem

happy but he will be looking for a

response.

He has to look in the

mirror, because it was disappointing

midweek anti-change the system and

personnel into different positions

and did not get the best. He is

right, they more or less were in

control of this match and you expect

more from Manchester United. They

are into the semi-finals, there are

no complaints but it was not a

fantastic performance.

They wear superb moments of quality

and two superb goals.

They wear superb moments of quality

and two superb goals.

Matic, get it

into the far corner. Romelu Lukaku,

cashes in and cannot really miss. It

is such a good ball. Just about

onside. Once he shows is number, the

player, Romelu Lukaku just catches

him.

him.

He bullies him a little bit and

get stronger than Lewis Dunk, but

Matic is the player for Manchester

United who came up with a big

performance. We talked about bravery

on the ball and the atmosphere

wasn't so good today at Old

Trafford, but he carried the team.

You can see what it means to him

when he scored the goal, he has the

drive and it is the example he is

setting the team.

Brighton seemed

pretty safe and the FA Cup is on

their priority got as a senior

player in the dressing room for

Manchester United, do you rally the

troops, do you start shouting, what

do you do?

Do your talking on the

pitch, put the performance in and he

cannot complain. Jose Mourinho has

two love you or hate you. Maybe he's

pushing the boundaries a bit, but he

lost the players at Chelsea. Maybe

at real Madrid, he doesn't want to

do it again.

He's taking a gamble.

As a player, a lot of the things

Jose Mourinho hearsay is coming he

should not say it in public. It

gives the fans, pundits and

everybody else a chance to have a go

at the players even more. Say it

behind closed doors on the back them

in public.

He spoke the 12 minutes

when I asked one question in the

press conference. He needs to limit

what he says because he can be

explosive.

To the first ever FA Cup meeting

between Swansea and Tottenham.

While Swansea were in

the quarterfinals for the first

time in over 50-years,

Spurs were looking to reach

the last four for the second

consecutive season.

Commentary comes

from Simon Brotherton.

Swansea's priority is Premier League

survival, but not for the next 90

minutes as they tried to topple

Tottenham. They were knocked out of

the Champions League by Japan this

and have lost Harry Kane for injury.

But since the league is wrapped up

by Manchester City, the FA Cup

provides the chance for some

silverware this season. Christopher

Nord felt continues as the FA Cup

goalkeeper. Nathan Dier is in

midfield. Spurs are without the

injured Harry Kane.

First time in the quarterfinals in

over 50 years for Swansea City. High

up towards Tammy Abraham. Sliding it

through... Nathan Dier chasing. Out

came the keeper to make a challenge.

It was Michel Vorm who went diving

in.

in. VAR had a look at this and said

there was nothing to answer for.

Martin Olsson has Tom Carroll in

support. It could open up a little

bit for Tottenham here. Erik Lamela.

Christian Eriksen may fancy this...

He certainly does. It is the opening

goal from Christian Eriksen. Erik

Lamela have the space, had the time.

Short pass into Christian Eriksen,

who had options but then decided he

didn't need any of them. Tottenham

strike first in this FA Cup

quarterfinal in the 11th minute of

the match. Swansea feel they should

have had a free kick at the other

end of the fields before Tottenham

broke away in their own half. Erik

Lamela, helping out.

Lamela, helping out. Nutmeg to Alfie

Mawson's legs. Tammy Abraham back

quickly to help out.

quickly to help out. Didn't quite

get past Christopher Nord felt.

The flag has gone up so it won't

count. In the form that he is and,

no surprise to see the ball in the

back of the net. Let's have a look

as it is played forward. Just given

offside. There goes the flag. Little

check from the officials, Kevin

Friend. Just waiting a definitive

decision on this one.

The crowd is getting impatient. The

offside decision is given as correct

and it stays at 1-0.

and it stays at 1-0. Kieran

Trippier, sidestepping Nathan Dier.

Christian Eriksen... He let fly.

Smacking against the crossbar.

Fingertip save from Nordfeldt.

Again, Swansea lose possession. Here

comes Erik Lamela now for Tottenham.

It is 2-0! Erik Lamela. And there is

a real sting in the first half tail

for Swansea. They haven't got into

this cup tie at all. For them, going

in just one goal down at the break,

wouldn't have been bad. But in added

time at the end of the first half,

Erik Lamela found the bottom corner

of the net. Tottenham will go in at

the break with a two goal lead.

Swansea get is under way in the

second half. It has been a one-sided

FA Cup quarterfinal so far in

Tottenham's favour. Scoring tries

and could easily have scored twice

more.

Davies with the throw. Trying to

find a little bit of space. Great

double save from Michel Vorm.

Sensational goalkeeping. He has had

nothing to do until that point, but

was very much on his toes.

Eric Dier... That was a good

attempt. He brought the best out of

Nordfeldt. Nordfeldt, tipped the

shot from Christian Eriksen onto the

bar in the first half. Very

confident by the way Tottenham are

moving the ball around at times.

Eric Dier digs it out. Lucas Moura.

Eric Dier... Lucas Moura, on the

turn and Christian Eriksen...

Deflection. His second of the match,

Tottenham's third of the afternoon.

Lucas Moura looked to see if there

was room to shoot. Christian Eriksen

bid. Tottenham have a 3-goal lead.

Davies.

Davies. Fouled. That was the

frustration of the day I think, from

Swansea. He has scored twice

already. Ericsson's delivery whipped

in. Stopped on the line and Swansea

scramble clear.

Tottenham safely through to their

second consecutive FA Cup semifinal.

It was never in doubt.

In football, sometimes you score

early and then it is difficult to

have control of the game.

But we

played much better. We deserved it.

We are in the semifinal because we

deserved it.

It was David against

Goliath. We know the difference

between the teams. To go to the

semifinals, we must be at our best

level and Tottenham must be having a

bad afternoon. They were better and

the way they played, they deserve to

win. After this, we move to the

Premiership.

Two goals in the first

half, might have been more?

I don't

want to talk any more about the new

system because it is so difficult to

manage for everyone and for the

referee.

It confuses more the

situation.

He has such an

extraordinary record against

Swansea?

They give the space I need

and luckily they did it again today.

In general we played a strong game

and kept them away from any chances.

We didn't have that many chances,

but we did need it because we were

shopping.

He has made it clear, he has had

plenty of chances against Swansea

because they give him plenty of

space.

I don't know what the manager

is doing with them on the training

ground because

is doing with them on the training

ground because every player is

getting better. He just rests into

the area. Nobody comes out. He has

the ability to bend that in and it

is top-level ability of the left

foot. He can pick the past whenever

he wants to. Runs into an area,

waiting for the angle to Erik

Lamela. He has everything in his

game. That is a thunderbolt, sweet

strike off his left foot. I just

enjoy watching him play. He wants to

work, that is part of the ethic.

This is Erik Lamela's goal when he

won the ball back. He loves rolling

the ball over his foot, nobody gets

tight to him. They just get better

and better. He's got the vision and

the execution to deliver long balls.

He can beat the man, he has drive

and pays. Couldn't take anybody out

on this occasion but he just keeps

providing, waiting. He is becoming

the brains of the team, he is

sitting out, more sensible. Lucas

Moura feeds it to him. Keeps it down

in the corner. They paid 2.5 million

and it was a snip.

We had a bit more

VAR action. It took nearly two

minutes to get it right?

It was very

confusing. Christian Eriksen is on

the ball again. You see the flag go

up at the death. What the people at

home have seen after the decision.

It is very marginal and I thought it

was meant to be a clear and obvious

decision that the VAR get involved.

This was very tight. The flag goes

up now and the referee now goes to

VAR. My argument is, what if he is

on side and the defenders stop and

he scores the goal. What happens

then? VAR is very confusing.

We will

find out at the World Cup.

It takes

too long to make the decision, is it

right or is it wrong.

I hope they

get it better than this in the World

Cup.

More FA Cup quarterfinal action

for you this weekend.

Wigan against Southampton

is live on BBC One from

1.15pm with Mark Chapman.

Then, from 4.05pm,

Leicester v Chelsea.

Gary Lineker is joined by Alan

Shearer, Ian Wright and Petr Cech.

Gianfranco Zola is also

part of the team.

That is followed by

the semifinal draw.

That's it from us.

Thanks to Martin and Shay.

So we'll see Tottenham

and Manchester United at Wembley,

for the FA Cup semi-finals.

Who will join them?

Goodbye.