On Sunday, Chelsea secured their place in the draw with a hard-fought win over Premier League strugglers Sheffield United. A first-half own goal from Oliver Norwood was finally added to by Hakim Ziyech, although Thomas Tuchel's side missed a plethora of opportunities to add to their advantage.
Leicester and Manchester United were level at when the draw was made during half-time at King Power Stadium, but won through in the end. Chelsea have played Manchester City once previously this season. Thirty-two teams featured in the draw, with 16 ties to be played. Twenty Premier League teams and 24 Championship teams entered the competition at this point, joining the 20 winners from the second round. A total of 32 fixtures were played in the third round, including eighth-tier Merseyside club Marine taking on Premier League high-fliers Tottenham.
Southampton's clash with Shrewsbury Town was postponed after a number of positive Covid tests among the League One outfit's players and staff. The first round proper of FA Cup kicked off on November 6, with games also being played on November 7, 8 and 9.
A total of 48 clubs from League One and League Two enter at this phase of the competition as they join the 31 winners of the previous round along with the bye recipients - on this occasion, Chorley Town. Those clubs joined the 32 winners from the qualifying stages of the competition, which got underway at the end of August and concluded on November 4. It will be held at the traditional venue of Wembley in London. It was a painful collision, leaving Maguire with a bandage, Bailly forced off injured and over 11 minutes of injury time added to the half.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer sent Anthony Martial on in Bailly's place, shifting to a formation, and the French striker was immediately into the action, running onto a long ball before being taken down by Zouma as he cleared the ball on the edge of the box.
Ref Mike Dean didn't award a foul despite United's strong claims and just a couple of minutes later Chelsea were ahead. Giroud met Cesar Azpilicueta's cross and, from five yards out, squeezed the ball in off De Gea to give the Blues the advantage at the break. That lead was doubled less than a minute after the restart when Mount found some space, drove forwards and drilled a low shot at goal. It shouldn't have troubled a keeper of De Gea's calibre but the Spaniard parried the ball into his own net and the shocked reaction of Maguire and Brandon Williams in front of him underlined just how badly he had got it wrong.
Marcus Rashford fired a shot across goal narrowly wide and Maguire headed at Caballero as United sought a response but Chelsea remained dangerous on the counter with Mount shooting over from 15 yards. And it was Chelsea who crucially struck next, when Maguire prodded past De Gea as he tried to keep Antonio Rudiger from doing the same from Marcos Alonso's low cross.
United eventually got on the scoresheet themselves with five minutes to play - Fernandes stylishly tucking in after Callum Hudson-Odoi had clipped Martial but it came far too late for a dramatic turn around.
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