Arsene Wenger admitted the club may have a “little problem” with a sickness bug that has affected a number of first team players, including the Nigerian midfielder
Browsing: FA Cup
The Manchester United striker will miss Monday’s FA Cup quarter-final at Chelsea and Premier League games against Middlesbrough and West Brom
Middlesbrough lie in wait for City in the quarter-finals, with that fixture scheduled to take place on March 11
The improved figures come despite a record summer transfer spend of £86.6 million on the likes of Shkodran Mustafi, Granit Xhaka and Lucas Perez, although the club still has to fork out £42 million in deferred transfer payments over the next year
The Nigerian winger revealed his battle wound on Snapchat with the 20-year-old posting a picture of his foot along with a bandaged emoji
This was a fulfilment of the promise made by the Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, during the reception of the team following their successful campaign in the 2016 NPFL season
The 47-year-old has made a big impression at Stamford Bridge since joining last summer, keeping the Blues on course for a famous Premier League and FA Cup double
Arsenal went into the match as many as 104 places above their hosts in the English football pyramid, but it took Arsene Wenger’s side a while to get going at the home of the non-league side
The one-time winner of the competition, lifting the cup at Wembley with the Blues in 2007, must now overcome Antonio Conte at his old Stamford Bridge hunting ground
The win take Manchester United into the fifth round of the FA Cup
United are the holders of the FA Cup and their manager will be looking to progress further in the competition by registering a victory over Blackburn today
Fulham are blessed with a fully fit squad for today’s FA Cup tie, with only absentee Tomas Kalas scheduled to be available after recovering from a hip problem
The Lions were reduced to 10 men after the break when Jake Cooper committed a second bookable offence, but the third-tier outfit were quick to regroup and they held firm to punish the wasteful Foxes at the death
Iheanacho watched helplessly on for the entire 90 minutes
City will be without Gabriel Jesus, who has a broken metatarsal, allowing Iheanacho to stake his claim in the starting eleven for the first time in four matches
Ndidi, who was introduced in the second half of the tie, struck at extra time to book their place in the fifth round
The lowest-ranked side in the competition continued their dream run with a 1-0 victory over Leeds United on Sunday, a Jamie Collins penalty edging them into the last 16 of the competition
It wasn’t until midway through the half that United finally threatened a breakthrough when a lofted ball into the box was only cleared as far as Juan Mata, who volleyed his effort narrowly over from the edge of the box
Both teams showed 10 changes apiece from last time out, but it was the Gunners who eased their way to victory
The Blues were dominant from the off and duly took the lead in the 14th minute when Willian curled an unstoppable free kick over the Bees wall and into the top corner past goalkeeper Daniel Bentley