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Evening all, and welcome to Barnsley v Chelsea in the fifth round of the FA Cup!

The Emirates FA Cup / 5th Round
Oakwell / 11.02.2021
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Marcus Foley

Updated 11/02/2021 at 21:54 GMT


19:49
Barnsley/Chelsea v Sheffield United
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Leicester v Man United
19:48
AFC Bournemouth v Southampton
19:48
Everton v Man City
19:46
Right, quarter-final draw time...
19:43
Styles - the Bury Baggio - and Woodrow are meant to be Barnsley's dangermen. Styles is a kid who plays in midfield, while Woodrow is 29 and plays centre-forward.
19:42
Ha ha, now BBC show us him playing for Palace and showing his arse to a Shearer free-kick that went in.
19:40
Valérien Ismaël, the Barnsley manager, knows Tuchel because he's French, so has watched him in Ligue 1. He knows that he tries to dominate the ball, but thinks his team can "keep their intensity high", "discover a new level of performance" and "create a surprise".
19:39
And this is the soundtrack. Remember MGMT? Gosh.
19:37
We're just watching tape of Barnsley winning at Anfield in 2008, on their way to the cup semis. Ridiculous.
19:34
"Did you mind playing when it was like this," Gary Lineker asks Alan Shearer. What do you think he answered?
19:30
Match of the Day is just starting; we'll have the quarter-final draw coming up shortly. I wonder which poor side Manchester City will draw.
19:26
Elsewhere, Daniel Ings and Stuart Armstrong have given Wolves a 2-0 win at Molineux, which just goes to prove the old adage, the best thing for any team is to lose a game 9-0.
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Elsewhere, Bayern Munich look poised to become world champions - Benjamin Pavard has just put them ahead against Tigres. Follow along with that one here:
19:17
Chelsea, on the other hand, make 10 changes - only Andreas Christensen remains from the team who beat Sheffield United. Part of this is pandemic-related - managers with scope to change are changing, and the ability to is a reason the two Manchester clubs are at the top of the league; part of it is FA Cup-related - the big teams tend to alter things for the knockout competitions; and part of it is new manager-related - Tuchel is giving players a chance, seeking his best team and formation even if he'll never stop tinkering.
I'm looking forward to seeing Ziyech through the middle and seeing more of Hudson-Odoi, but I'm really looking forward to seeing Billy Gilmour, who was so good when Chelsea beat Liverpool at this stage of last season's competition.
19:15
Barnsley make one change from the weekend, a goalless draw at Forest: Adeboyejo is back from injury and replaces Frieser, on the right-wing of their 3-4-3.
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Let's have some teams!