After suffering heartbreak at Wembley against Liverpool at the weekend, Chelsea are quickly back in cup action today, as they host Leeds at Stamford Bridge in this FA Cup fifth-round tie.
Chelsea crashed to a 1-0 defeat in extra time to an inexperienced Liverpool side in Sunday’s Carabao Cup. With the pressure now mounting on Blues boss Mauricio Pochettino, a defeat to lower league opposition in this game seems unthinkable for the hosts.
Championship side Leeds are on a run of six straight wins across all competitions, with Daniel Farke’s men looking on track for automatic promotion back to the English Premier League and will be determined to cause an upset here.
This tie reignites a bitter rivalry that has endured since the 1960s, in large part due to the 1970 FA Cup final replay between these two sides, which has been infamously branded “the most brutal game” in English football history.
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