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Arsenal beats Hull City 2-1 and go to the FA Cup semifinals on Tuesday.

Arsenal will meet Chelsea in a semifinal on 18.04.2009.

Hull scored first at Emirates Stadium in the 13th minute when defender Andy Dawson’s lofted pass found Nick Barmby in the area and his shot deflected off Arsenal defender Johan Djourou .

The equalizer arrive in the 75th, when Robin van Persie scored for an easy tap-in.

Then Gallas scored in the 84th minute, and help Arsenal to pass in the semifinals on FA Cup.

Arsene Wenger denied that Gallas was offside, he said: “The ball was deflected by the fist of the goalkeeper, consequently the ball comes from an opponent and it’s a normal goal,”, “Djourou first, the goalkeeper after, and then it was a foul on Gallas. Penalty. In fact, we should have got two goals.”

Dan Gosling scored with two minutes left in extra time to put Everton into the fifth round of the FA Cup at the expense of its bitter rival, Liverpool.

Liverpool was reduced to 10 men with 14 minutes remaining in regulation time when Lucas was shown a second yellow card.

Rafa Benitez, the Liverpool manager, said: “The turning point of the game was the second yellow card for Lucas, I was not happy, but I do not want to say anything about the referee.”

Liverpool’s plans were set back after 15 minutes when captain Steven Gerrard limped off with what was believed to be a hamstring injury.

Manchester United went down a goal early but came back to earn a 2-1 victory over Tottenham Hotspur at Old Trafford stadium Saturday in FA Cup action.

Dimitar Berbatov and Paul Scholes scored for Manchester United in the fourth round match, overcoming the goal by Roman Pavlyuchencko.

Roman Pavlyuchencko scored for Tottenham up a goal in the fifth minute.

Paul Scholes scored first for Manchest United in the 34th minute, then score Berbatov.

Other results of FA Cup 24.01.2009 are:

Chelsea 3-1 Ipswich
Derby County 1-1 Nottingham Forest
Doncaster 0-0 Aston Villa
Hartlepool 0-2 West Ham United
Hull City 2-0 Millwall
Kettering 2-4 Fulham
Portsmouth 0-2 Swansea
Sheff United 2-1 Charlton
Sunderland 0-0 Blackburn
Torquay 0-1 Coventry
Watford 4-3 Crystal Palace
West Brom 2-2 Burnley
Wolves 1-2 Middlesbrough
Manchester United 2-1 Tottenham Hotspur

Today Matchs 25.01.2009:

Cardiff City – Arsenal
Liverpool – Everton

Cardiff are a decent outfit and Ninian Park is certainly an atmospheric ground. Although this is the competition we’re most likely to get silverware from this season, there’ll be some rotation of the squad with Wednesday’s league game against Everton coming up, which will be a very difficult game for Arsenal.

It’s a game we’re certainly capable of winning.

Arsene  Wenger coach from Arsenal said:

“We are not there yet and I can understand that people doubt us,” “We are more consistent now than we were at the start of the season and we have beaten all the big teams. Why should we not believe that we can come back?

“We are now four points behind Chelsea and with two minutes to go last week we were one point behind them, Manchester United as well. So why would we give up now?

“I take a distance with what people say because I believed when we weren’t winning that we would come back.

“That is why this game for me is not only a cup game but it is an alignment with a very important quality for us; showing that we put it in, in every single game we play.

“I ignore that it is a cup game. I just want to see another game where we come out and do the job.”