ITV to broadcast Man City v Chelsea in FA Cup Fifth Round

Tuesday 28 Jan 2014
Manchester City will host Chelsea in the Fifth Round of The FA Cup

ITV have confirmed they will broadcast The FA Cup with Budweiser Fifth Round tie between Manchester City and Chelsea at Etihad Stadium on Saturday 15 February.

The game kicks off at 5.15pm and is a replay of last season's Semi-Final tie at Wembley which City won by 2-1 thanks to goals from Samir Nasri and Sergio Aguero.

But you have to go all the way back to January 1971 when Man City chalked up a 3-0 victory in the Third Round at Stamford Bridge to find the two clubs' last FA Cup tie before that.

 

Manchester City v Chelsea

The FA Cup with Budweiser
Fifth Round Proper
5.15pm, Saturday 15 February 2014
Etihad Stadium
Winning clubs to receive £180,000

 

 

Colin Bell scored twice that day with Ian Bowyer also netting for Joe Mercer’s side.

Manuel Pellegrini is now in the hot seat at City and his team left it late in booking their Fifth Round place on Saturday against Watford.

Fernando Forestieri and Troy Deeney put the Hornets 2-0 up inside the opening half-an-hour but City bounced back in the second half.

Highlight's of City's Third Round win over Watford.

 

Sergio Aguero’s brace put the home side back on level terms and Aleksandar Kolarov’s long range effort put City in front with just three minutes left on the clock.

And Aguero completed his hat-trick in added time to make it 4-2 in front of a bumper 46,514 crowd at the Etihad.

Jose Mourinho also had a nail-biting few minutes in Chelsea’s 1-0 victory over Stoke City in the Fourth Round.

Oscar’s first-half free-kick was all that separated the sides on Sunday although Stoke made it a nervous finish for the Blues.

Highlights from Stamford Bridge of Chelsea's win over Stoke.

 

Chelsea have won The FA Cup four times in the last seven years with Mourinho becoming the first manager to lift the trophy at new Wembley in 2007.

Every club live on TV in the Fifth Round will receive £247,500 in broadcast fees from The FA while the winners of each Fifth Round tie get an extra £180,000 from The FA Cup prize fund.

 

By FA Staff