FA Cup, fifth round: Arsenal hold off Liverpool to earn quarterfinal spot

Oxlade-Chamberlain set up the eventual winning goal as well, putting Liverpool behind by two goals just two minutes into the second half. He found space with a run down the right flank and cut back to the center of the box for Podolski, who had an easy finish to double his team’s lead.

Liverpool looked dangerous throughout the game, but struggled to test Lukasz Fabianski. Their one goal came through a penalty, granted off a terrible forward’s challenge by Podolski on Luis Suarez. Steven Gerrard buried the penalty to get Liverpool back into the game, but they couldn’t find an equalizing goal, despite another good shout for a penalty in the dying minutes.

Craig Gardner’s 25-yard stunner off the underside of the crossbar was one of the only significant events in this poor contest. Rickie Lambert had an excellent chance to equalize late in the second half when he found himself with the ball at his foot and an empty net at his mercy from six yards, but he let the ball bounce up on him and put his shot over the bar.

This one was postponed due to bad weather. Here’s Mark Clattenburg explaining why he called off the game.