Arsenal’s list of potential opponents range from the Premier League summit to the bottom of League One.
Mikel Arteta does not come across as a laid-back figure. So when he freely admitted that his team spent 10 minutes working on the new back-three formation deployed against Mansfield Town in Saturday’s FA Cup fifth round tie, one could be forgiven for thinking that Arsenal’s manager underestimated their League One hosts.
Nigel Clough’s spirited outfit almost punished Arteta. It took the second-half introduction of Eberechi Eze—a $90 million summer recruit who earns twice as much as the entire Mansfield squad combined—to Arteta may be forced to take Arsenal’s quarterfinal seriously if the balls for Monday’s FA Cup draw don’t prove to be so kind.Port Vale pulled off the shock of the fifth round. | James Gill-Danehouse/Getty Imagesstick out like a sore thumb. There are 67 places between the Premier League leaders and the club rooted to the foot of England’s third tier. The only other non-Premier League club in the draw for the quarterfinals are Championship sideagainst Portsmouth and Mansfield Town when forced to travel to teams below the Premier League. Another away tie in the quarterfinals may not be so straightforward.could prove to be serene. This Premier League season has been curiously short of thrashings yet Arsenal are responsible for two of the largest margins of victory this season; a 5–0 thumping of Leeds at the Emirates which was followed up with aErling Haaland or Dominik Szoboszlai would be unwelcome opponents. | Paul ELLIS/AFP/Getty Images Arsenal are one of four members of the current top six which still remain in the FA Cup. The Gunners’ direct Premier League rivalsremain in the hunt for four trophies this season and a clash with Pep Guardiola’s side would set up an intriguing spring run of fixtures. City and Arsenal are already scheduled to meet in the Carabao Cup final on March 22. Any FA Cup quarterfinal would take place on the weekend of April 4 before the pair clash at the Etihad in the standout fixture of the. The return leg at the Emirates was effectively a non-contest due to Liam Rosenior’s deliberately defensive tactics before set pieces reigned supreme in the Premier League battle on the same groundthat particular London derby caused. Should the Reds be drawn against Arsenal it will be intriguing to see if they resort to anything as crude as a set-play goal in their continued quest for the aesthetic ideal.The draw takes place on Monday evening, shortly before the final fifth round tie between West Ham United and Brentford kicks off at the London Stadium. The TNT Sports duo of Darren Fletcher and Ally McCoist will once again take up hosting duties while the act of actually plucking the balls out of the bowl falls upon the broad shoulders of Joe Hart. The event is set to start atGrey Whitebloom is a writer, reporter and editor for Sports Illustrated FC. Born and raised in London, he is an avid follower of German, Italian and Spanish top flight football.
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