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Wigan vs Southampton as it happened: FA Cup quarter-final

Match report: Mark Hughes gets Southampton tenure off to winning start Five things we learned from Wigan 0-2 Southampton

Jack Watson
Sunday 18 March 2018 12:08 EDT
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Southampton ended Wigan's fairytale cup run at the DW Stadium
Southampton ended Wigan's fairytale cup run at the DW Stadium (Getty Images)

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Giant-killers Wigan Athletic of the third tier, who eliminated Manchester City in the fifth round, bid to continue their dream FA Cup run against a relegation-threatened Southampton side looking to find form under newly appointed manager Mark Hughes.

Following the sacking of Mauricio Pellegrino on Monday evening, Hughes was appointed this week and took charge of his first training session on Thursday ahead of this tie.

He has been tasked with keeping Southampton in the Premier League, so this could be seen as the perfect opening match for him to assess his players with the pressure off and the potential of a morale-boosting place in the FA Cup semi-finals at stake.

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On BBC Sport Petr Cech analyses Kasper Schmeichel's error.

"It was a wrong decision...he was too late. If you manage to get there everyone says, 'it's a great play', but he was too late."

Jack Watson18 March 2018 18:44

105: Diabate and Siva come on in place of Danny Simpson and Iborra as the second period of added time gets underway. 

Jack Watson18 March 2018 18:45

107: Leicester clip a free kick and the ball falls to Harry Maguire. He fires the ball across goal and Diabate is there at the back post. He can't shoot, nor can Jamie Vardy and then Riyhad Mahrez wins a corner which comes to nothing. 

Jack Watson18 March 2018 18:46

109: N'Golo Kante receives the ball in the box, has space to shoot and volleys at goal. OOut of nowhere, Marc Albrighton gets across and makes a goal-saving block.

Jack Watson18 March 2018 18:49

115: Marc Albrighton, who has been superb for Leicester, comes off for Demari Gray in the Foxes' last roll of the dice.

Jack Watson18 March 2018 18:54

117: Leicester are getting the ball in some promising areas but are not able to make anything of it. Chelsea look comfortable, and at the moment, they're heading to the FA Cup semi-final.

Jack Watson18 March 2018 18:56

119: Last minute, here we go.

Jack Watson18 March 2018 18:58

120: One minute of added time.

Jack Watson18 March 2018 18:59

Full time

Leicester 1-2 Chelsea

Antonio Conte is taking Chelsea to the semi-final of the FA Cup for a second year in a row.

Jack Watson18 March 2018 19:01

Stay tuned for the draw where we'll learn the fixtures of April's semi-finals. Here's a list of the confirmed last four:

Tottenham

Manchester United

Southampton

Chelsea

Jack Watson18 March 2018 19:04

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