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FA Cup Results: Liverpool new favourites after Stoke defeat

FA Cup RSS / / 18 March 2012 /

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Fernando Torres finally found the back of the net for Chelsea

Fernando Torres finally found the back of the net for Chelsea

"Roberto Di Matteo has overseen four straight wins since taking over from Andre Villas-Boas."

It was a good day for the Anfield club who got past Stoke and enjoyed a favourable draw

Liverpool are the new [3.35] FA Cup favourites with Betfair customers after getting the best of this afternoon's draw. The Reds, who beat Stoke 2-1 at Anfield today, will play either Everton or Sunderland at Wembley in their semi-final. The Toffees and the Black Cats will replay their last eight match-up at the Stadium of Light on March 27.

The other semi-final will see Chelsea taking on the winner of the re-arranged Tottenham v Bolton quarter-final, after the Blues cruised past Leicester.

The Foxes were routed 5-2 by the Blues to round out a good week for interim manager Roberto Di Matteo, who has overseen four straight wins since taking over from Andre Villas-Boas. And there was more encouragement for Chelsea fans after much maligned striker Fernando Torres made a rare appearance on the scoresheet with a double.

In an amazing finish to the match at Stamford Bridge, four goals were scored in the last quarter of an hour to see some massive prices matched on the Betfair markets - over 6.5 goals trading at [100.0] and the 5-2 scoreline at [130.0]. Chelsea trade at [3.7] to win the Cup.

The status of Spurs' abandoned quarter-final is still in the balance. Fabrice Muamba collapsed on the pitch at White Hart Lane with a cardiac arrest, and remains in a critical condition at the London Chest Hospital. Spurs are [4.2] to win the Cup, Bolton [44.0].

At Anfield, Luis Suarez opened the scoring only for former Kop favourite Peter Crouch to equalise. The match then witnessed something rarer than a Torres goal for Chelsea - Stewart Downing getting on the scoresheet in the Liverpool shirt.

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