Key events
The fourth-round draw in full
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Arsenal v Brighton & Hove Albion
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Grimsby Town v Brentford
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Swansea City v Manchester City
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Newcastle United v Tottenham Hotspur
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Wrexham v Cardiff
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Liverpool v Crystal Palace
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Wolverhampton Wanderers v Chelsea
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Wycombe Wanderers v Fulham
All fixtures to be played week commencing 27 October.
… and the final tie is Wycombe Wanderers v Fulham.
Wolverhampton Wanderers v Chelsea
Liverpool v Crystal Palace
Wrexham v Cardiff City
Newcastle United v Tottenham Hotspur
Swansea City v Manchester City
Grimsby Town v Brentford
The fourth-round draw
… begins now, and the first tie is Arsenal v Brighton & Hove Albion.
Match report: Tottenham Hotspur 3-0 Doncaster Rovers
David Hytner was at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium to witness a spectacular goal from João Palhinha.
Match report: Huddersfield Town 0-2 Manchester City
Jamie Jackson was in town as Phil Foden continued to play his way back into top form.
Match report: Port Vale 0-2 Arsenal
Will Unwin on a tight game in which Vale gave everything.
Tonight’s classified results. For the completists and purists.
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Huddersfield Town 0-2 Manchester City
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Newcastle United 4-1 Bradford City
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Port Vale 0-2 Arsenal
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Tottenham Hotspur 3-0 Doncaster Rovers
A reminder that the fourth-round draw will be made within the half-hour or so. No flipping!
FULL TIME: Port Vale 0-2 Arsenal
Arsenal join Grimsby Town, Brentford, Crystal Palace, Swansea City, Brighton & Hove Albion, Cardiff City, Fulham, Chelsea, Wycombe Wanderers, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Wrexham, Liverpool, Manchester City, Newcastle United and Tottenham Hotspur in the last 16.
Port Vale 0-2 Arsenal. Trossard might have been offside, as he chased after William Saliba’s pass, but there’s no VAR, so no magic rulers, and we’ll never know. And now here we are. Vale Park was all noise a couple of hours ago. Now you could hear a pin drop. Their lads have given it a good go this evening, with a couple of half-chances coming late on, but it’s all relative and Arsenal were never seriously in bother.
GOAL! Port Vale 0-2 Arsenal (Trossard 86)
Just as Port Vale were beginning to wonder, Arsenal strike the killer blow. First up, Viktor Gyökeres should score when put through, but takes too much time and his shot is blocked. But not long after, Leandro Trossard is found down the inside-left channel. He reaches the edge of the box, takes a touch infield, and fizzes a low drive into the bottom left. Game over!
FULL TIME: Newcastle United 4-1 Bradford City
The reigning League Cup champions are in the velvet bag as well.
FULL TIME: Tottenham Hotspur 3-0 Doncaster Rovers
… Spurs are into the fourth-round draw.
GOAL! Tottenham Hotspur 3-0 Doncaster Rovers (Johnson 90+4)
Brennan Johnson finally gets his reward for an impressive shift. He’s sent bombing down the middle by Lucas Bergvall. He draws the keeper and dinks home, and …
FULL TIME: Huddersfield Town 0-2 Manchester City
The Terriers gave it a good go, but it’s the eight-time champions who are into the hat for the fourth round.
Tottenham 2-0 Doncaster. A cross comes in from the left. Lucas Bergvall taps it home. But he’s not going onto the scoresheet, because Brennan Johnson had made a lunge for the ball as well, and he was clearly offside. There goes that opportunity to perform his dressing-room tap-dance atop the moral high ground.
Port Vale 0-1 Arsenal. The Gunners ship possession cheaply again, and this time Devante Cole manages to get a shot away for the hosts. A decent effort from distance that screams over the bar. Kepa probably had it covered, to be fair.
Port Vale 0-1 Arsenal. Cristhian Mosquera plays an appalling pass across the face of his own box. He’s fortunate that when Ben Garrity intercepts, he then dillies and dallies, before laying off to Rhys Walters, who does exactly the same. What a waste.
GOAL! Newcastle United 4-1 Bradford City (Osula 87)
Two for Joelinton, now two for William Osula, and any hope of an unlikely City comeback is put to bed.
Port Vale 0-1 Arsenal. Bukayo Saka is out of harm’s way, incidentally. He’s been replaced by Max Dowman.
GOAL! Newcastle United 3-1 Bradford City (Cook 79)
A stylish consolation for Bradford, as Andy Cook latches onto a poor clearance on the edge of the Toon D and launches a thriker towards the top-left corner, off the underside of the bar and in. Unstoppable! Cook a boyhood Newcastle fan as well. What a moment!
Tottenham 2-0 Doncaster. Brennan Johnson has been electric down the right wing tonight. Another speedy dribble, another tempting cross that a team-mate fails to bundle home from close range. Richarlison the guilty man this time. Johnson should have had a hat-trick of assists this evening. He’s got the right to clamber atop the moral high ground in the dressing room afterwards, finger-wagging furiously. A fine performance.
GOAL! Newcastle United 3-0 Bradford City (Joelinton 75)
… and it’s certainly all over at SJP, Joelinton threading home his second for the holders.
GOAL! Huddersfield Town 0-2 Manchester City (Savinho 74)
Phil Foden adds an assist to his goal, by teeing up Savinho, who roofs home. All over.
Tottenham 2-0 Doncaster. Glenn Middleton takes the resulting free kick, and whips it inches wide of the right-hand stick. Antonín Kinský was rooted to the spot; had that been on target, it wasn’t getting stopped. Spurs got away with a couple of potential red cards against Villarreal last week, Micky van de Ven and Xavi Simons the fortunate men. Kevin Danso can join that lucky list.
Tottenham 2-0 Doncaster. Brandon Hanlan barrels after a long pass down the inside-right channel. Just before he enters the box, Kevin Danso hooks a leg around him and pokes the ball away … but also brings down his man. It’s a free kick, just to the right of the D, and you’ve seen red cards given for less. No VAR tonight.
Huddersfield 0-1 Man City. Leo Castledine, a young winger on loan from Chelsea, purchases a ticket to the raffle from the best part of 30 yards. The ticket floats a similar distance over the bar. But if you don’t buy one, etc.
Tottenham 2-0 Doncaster. Mathys Tel took a fresh-air swipe at a Brennan Johnson right-wing cross in the first half … and he’s just done exactly the same thing again in this second period. Another big chance spurned. Two decent connections – half-decent would probably have been enough – and Spurs would be out of sight.
Port Vale 0-1 Arsenal. A moment of worry for Arsenal as Bukayo Saka goes down, slapping the turf and grimacing, having come off second-best in a fair 50-50 midfield challenge. But fears dissipate as the pain of impact subsides, and Saka springs back up again. For a second, though … oh my.
Port Vale 0-1 Arsenal. Gabriel Martinelli is sent scampering clear down the middle, but Vale keeper Joe Gauci has spotted the danger, and races out of his box to block-tackle and clear. That needed to be timed perfectly, and it was.
Huddersfield 0-1 Man City. A poor clearance drops to Divine Mukasa on the penalty spot. Mukasa volleys straight at keeper Lee Nicholls. So close to the second goal that would put paid to Huddersfield’s resistance.
Port Vale 0-1 Arsenal. The second half begins in Burslem.
Huddersfield 0-1 Man City. Huddersfield nearly equalise with a goal made in Aston. The on-loan Villa duo of Josh Feeney and Zépiqueno Redmond combine, the former heading down for the latter to lash fiercely over the bar. That would have made things interesting.
Newcastle 2-0 Bradford. Bobby Pointon crosses from the left. Stephen Humphrys muscles himself into a little pocket of space at the far post, but his header is a weak slap. Big change to get the Bantams back into this.
Spurs 2-0 Doncaster. Some head tennis on the edge of the Spurs box. The ball drops to Owen Bailey, who swipes a volley goalwards. Accurate, but without power, and easy for Antonín Kinský.
Huddersfield 0-1 Man City. Some pinball in the Town box. Rico Lewis can’t prod towards the bottom-right corner, and the hosts eventually clear their lines. Close to a scrappy second for City. “Arsenal looked like a person sleepwalking around the house, picking things up and putting them down again, making random progress from room to room,” yawns Charles Antaki. “That’s all very well, but the sleepwalker risks stubbing their toe on something hard, falling over and discovering that things are not very much as they should be. Another two or three goals please.”
The second halves at the Kirklees Stadium, St James’ Park and Tottenham Hotspur Stadium are back under way. No early drama to report.
A reminder that the draw for the fourth round will take place after the full-time whistles tonight. It’s expected to start at 10.20pm, and we’ll be around for that, don’t you fret.
HALF TIME: Port Vale 0-1 Arsenal
Given the overall balance of play, this could have been worse for Port Vale. But currently it’s League One nil, Premier League four (or six, depending on whether you’re totting up winning positions or goals).
Port Vale 0-1 Arsenal. Connor Hall should have done better with that header, truth be told. Free on the penalty spot, he slapped his header straight down. Anything whistled with proper conviction towards the net would have given Kepa something to act upon.
Port Vale 0-1 Arsenal. … so having said that, Vale finally show some fight. A corner. Connor Hall can’t get a header on target; then his shot is blocked. Arsenal fail to clear their lines properly, and Connor’s namesake George sends a dangerous low cross in from the right. That’s blocked too, and cleared, but it’s also so much better from the hosts.
HALF TIME: Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 Doncaster Rovers
… stretches out ahead of us.
HALF TIME: Newcastle United 2-0 Bradford City
… that looks unlikely to deliver any drama, never mind a shock …
HALF TIME: Huddersfield Town 0-1 Manchester City
An evening of cup football …
Port Vale 0-1 Arsenal. Vale enjoy a little possession in the Arsenal half for the first time this evening. They do very little with it, Arsenal keeping them at arm’s length comfortably, but small acorns and all that, and the home fans seem to appreciate their team’s efforts.
