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Late Casemiro Winner Sets up Man Utd, Liverpool Q’final Clash

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Casemiro scored an 89th-minute winner as Manchester United beat Nottingham Forest to reach the FA Cup quarter-finals.

The Brazilian flicked Bruno Fernandes' bouncing free-kick in at the near post to break the deadlock in the closing moments.

Erik ten Hag's side will host Liverpool or Southampto­n, whose game is currently ongoing, at Old Trafford in the last eight.

Elsewhere, Conor Gallagher scored a last-minute winner as Chelsea snatched a dramatic 3-2 victory over Leeds United to move into the FA Cup quarter-finals.

A thrilling fifth-round tie at Stamford Bridge looked to be heading towards extra time before the England internatio­nal was free in the penalty area and lifted a finish past Illan Meslier.

The win keeps Chelsea's hopes of winning a trophy alive after they lost 1-0 to Liverpool in the Carabao Cup finalon Sunday.

Mauricio Pochettino's side will return to Wembley for the FA Cup semi-finals if they win at home against Championsh­ip leaders Leicester City in the last eight in March.

Chelsea fell behind early on when a defensive error led to Mateo Joseph scoring his first senior goal as Leeds went ahead after only nine minutes.

But the visitors, second in the second tier, were only leaders for six minutes.

Nicolas Jackson made it 1-1 with a low strike from Moises Caicedo's pass before Mykhailo Mudryk gave Chelsea a 37th-minute lead, sweeping Raheem Sterling's pull-back into the bottom corner.

At Anfield, teenager Lewis Koumas scored on his debut and fellow 18-yearold Jayden Danns netted twice off the bench as Liverpool beat Southampto­n 3-0 to set up an FA Cup quarter-final tie with Manchester United.

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