After a weekend of FA Cup action we now know our semi finalists. Leicester City, Manchester City, Chelsea, and Southampton, the 4 teams left. We look at Leicester&apos;s impressive victory over United on Sunday night. Would a trophy be a just reward for Leicester under Brendan Rogers?Meanwhile what stage of the United cycle do they currently find themselves in under Ole, and is there a way out of the cycle any time soon?And of course there is the inevitable quadruple talk across Manchester in the blue camp, can they get finally get over their European problem, and do they need it to gain respect on the continent?

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MatchDayReview #140: Leicester Seal Place In The FA Cup Semi Final, The United Circle, And City's Quadruple Hopes

We are well and truly into the business end of European competition. With the quarter final draws taking place for both competitions we break down the draw, discuss the challenges facing each team, and pick our favourites of those left.

MatchDayReview #139: Reacting To The Champions League And Europa League Draws.

Tottenham missed the chance to extend the gap between themselves and their North London rivals, as Arsenal came from behind to win 2-1 at the Emirates. Is there a mental block at White Hart lane when it comes to the NLD, or does this team still just need time to adjust to Jose? Sheffield began life after Chris Wilder in pretty abysmal fashion with a 5-0 defeat away to top 4 chasing Leicester. After the news this week that Wilder was leaving, what does this mean for Sheffield going forward and their prospects of coming straight back up to the Premier League? In the top 4 race Chelsea, West Ham, and Everton all joined Tottenham in dropping points over the weekend. With United and Leicester winning are we now looking at a 5 horse race for 1 spot?Oh, and with the England U21s team being announced just before we hit record we discuss what the announcement could mean for the senior team, and the future tactics of England going forward. 

MatchDayReview #138: North London Is Red, No Manager Same Result For Sheffield, And Top 4 Battle (Again!)

We know 4 of the 8 teams into the quarter final of the Champions League.  There was to be no repeat of La Remontada in Paris, but Barça gave it a go, and if not for Keylor Navas could have been dreaming of history. As it was though was this the night PSG learnt to &apos;get over the line&apos;?In Turin, Porto and Juventus gave us a game for the ages as Porto go through on away goals with a terrific defensive display, Pepe in particular coming in for praise. What does it mean for Juve though. Their win now policy clearly hasn&apos;t worked so where do they go now at this cross road?Elsewhere Dortmund and Liverpool came through their ties, and there was even time to sneak a Premier League game in as well. 

MatchDayReview #137: Barça Give It A Go, Meanwhile Juventus Arrive At A Crossroads

Liverpool's struggles at Anfield continue as they go down 1-0 to Scott Parker's hard working Fulham side, who will now be believing that they can get out of the relegation zone. It has been quite some turn around for the side from Craven Cottage given that the bookies had paid out on them going down from as early as the third week of the season. Elsewhere Tottenham continued their good recent form and assault on the top 4 with victory over Palace. Would the top 4 and a trophy be enough for Mourinho to get a statue outside their new shiny stadium?  In the race for the top 4 there is a big game tonight as we look ahead to the Everton V Chelsea, and we go north of the boarder to congratulate Steven Gerrard and Rangers on their 55th Scottish League title. 

MatchDayReview #136: United Give City A Nosebleed, Fulham On A Path To Safety, And The Race For The Top 4 (again)

It's 21 and out for Manchester City as United roll up at the Etihad and walk away with all 3 points. Goals from Bruno Fernandes and Luke Shaw give the reds a 2-0 win and cut the gap at the top to 11 points. Listen to our instant reaction and analysis of the Red Devils victory as we talk tactics, attitude, and consistency. 

Instant Replay: Manchester City V Manchester United

The Premier League dished up some stinkers in the mid week. Least of all the foggy affair at Selhurst Park where Manchester United failed to capitalise on Leicester&apos;s dropped points earlier one, by putting in possibly their worst performance of the season. (There has been a few of them recently). But with the league dishing out an abnormal amount of drab games will it take the eventual return of fans to kick some of these games into life? Elsewhere City won again (shock), Sheffield are officially not the worst team in Premier League history, which I am sure is a relief to their fans, and Chelsea take on Liverpool in a top 4 clash. 

MatchDayReview #134: Apologies In Advance, It Was A Bad One.

It seems the standard of refereeing in the Premier League is getting worse by the week. This week is no different with Lee Mason making quite possibly the worst refereeing decision ever in English football. Despite their refereeing bad luck however, Brighton really didn't help themselves when it came to taking their chances, missing 2 penalties. Elsewhere in the refereeing world Luke Shaw relays what a ref says on the pitch and now faces a ban, not Stuart Atwell for actually saying it, but Luke Shaw for repeating it. I know right, I don't get it either. And finally is all not well at Burnley, it certainly wasn't against Tottenham, and could they be sucked into the relegation zone, which could then be the least of their troubles. (I hate that we have to talk about the refs so much, but if they will keep messing up. Anyway, enjoy!) 

MatchDayReview #133: Burnley's Takeover Trouble, Luke Shaw Vs Referees, and Just Referees in General

After an impressive return to European football last week, this week it felt a little bit like the 'B' team had been sent out. City continued their winning run against Borussia Monchengladbach, with Joao Cancelo now playing in all the positions on the pitch. The Spanish teams have struggled in the Champions League and the Europa League, but what exactly is going on over in La Liga. And to cap it all off, just how badly wrong can you predict a Lazio V Bayern Munich game?

MatchDayReview #132: The Champions League Send Out The 'B' Team.

For the first time since 1999, Everton came away from Anfield with 3 points.  This time around we look at what Everton got right, because by this time we all know what Liverpool got wrong. Elsewhere in the race for the top 4 West Ham laid down a marker by beating Tottenham and leaving them chasing Europa League dreams. But one positive for Spurs fans would be the performance of Gareth Bale. Is it now time to give him a run in the team? And down the bottom of the table Fulham crank up the heat on Newcastle, could their final day showdown be a relegation play off, or will it not even get that far?

MatchDayReview #131: Everton Party Like It's 1999, Moyes For Manager Of The Season, And Newcastle's Relegation Woes

Listen to our (not so) instant analysis and reaction as Inter Milan go 4 points clear of their city rivals in the race for the Serie A title. Two goals from Lautaro Martinez and one from Lukaku giving Inter a 3-0 win in what was an exciting game. 

Instant Replay: AC Milan V Inter Milan

The Champions League made a triumphant return this week with 4 exciting games. Mbappe stood up at the Nou Camp as Barcelona crumbled in Europe again. Liverpool expose RB Leipzig's high line as Sabitzer shows his playmaking prowess at the wrong end of the pitch.Last night Sevilla and Dortmund played out a cracker as Erling Haaland continues his quite frankly ridiculous Champions League goalscoring record. Meanwhile it's work to do for Juventus to overcome a well organised and fire-y Porto team. They could possibly start by not giving them a goal every time a half kicks off. Oh and in the Premier League could Fulham catch Newcastle, and Man City won, but whats new with that? 

MatchDayReview #129: The Champions League Returns, When Playing Out From The Back Goes Wrong, And The Next Great Generational Battle

Alisson was at it again in goal for Liverpool at the weekend, but their problems go far beyond their blundering keeper. Is their a mentality issue at Anfield, or is it just really difficult to retain the Premier League. Runaway leaders Manchester City eased passed Tottenham on the Saturday, with Ilkay Gundogan continuing his fine form, but before you sharpen you pitchforks for Jose Mourniho at Spurs does he need time? I saw Julien Nargelsmen trending on Twitter this morning, but I am here to tell you to hold fire just for now. And finally, Fulham have a goalscorer prepared to score a &apos;strikers goal&apos;. Could this be the start of them reeling Newcastle in as they prepare for a period without their all important number 9? Maybe it&apos;s not as cut and dry as we thought a few weeks ago.

MatchDayReview #128: Alisson and Liverpool's Problems, Impressive Leicester, Jose's Need for Time, and a Fighter in the Relegation Fight?

On this episode of the MatchDay Review Podcast Instant Replay, we give our instant reactions and analysis to the 1-1 draw at the Hawthorns between West Brom and Manchester United. Plus, we talk about the causes of Man Utd&apos;s poor form and whether a lack of belief has cost them in the title race, and does this season risk becoming a disaster for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer?All this and more on the latest episode of the MDR Podcast.Check out our Super 6 predictions podcast. Listen for free on Patreon @ patreon.com/matchdayreview.

Instant Replay: West Bromwich Albion v Manchester United

The mid week 5th round of the FA Cup failed to deliver unfortunately. Drab game after drab game, where all involved looked cold and as if they just wanted to be anywhere else. That was of course until Everton and Tottenham took to the field. In a game that Jose Mourinho would have hated every single minute of they put on the show of the round in what was, dare I say it, a proper cup tie. Elsewhere, West Ham should take some of the blame for the atrocious game at Old Trafford, Brighton felt the cold more than most as they literally freeze in the last minute, and is the gap to the so called &apos;top 6&apos; too big for us to have a go a mid table sides for not giving it a go any more? 

MatchDayReview #126: The FA Cup Fails To Deliver. Except Everton V Tottenham

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