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The FA Cup draw was this afternoon as the Fourth Round came to a close, and any hope for a little relief in Arsenal's fixture list evaporated as they were drawn against Liverpool in the cup's fifth round. The rest of the draw:
| Home | Away | Reaction |
|---|---|---|
| Arsenal | Liverpool | Just couldn't be easy, could it? |
| Manchester City | Chelsea | hahahahahahahahahaha |
| Sheffield United/Fulham | Nottingham Forest/Preston North End | If Arsenal get through, I want Preston. |
| Brighton | Hull City | I really don't have anything. |
| Cardiff City | Wigan | A Championship team against a team that's going to be in the Championship next year. |
| Sheffield Wednesday | Charlton | It's kind of weird that both Sheffields are still alive. |
| Sunderland | Southampton | Poor Soton, having to play Sunderland again. Wait,what? |
| Everton | Swansea | We'll probably get the winner of this if we beat Liverpool. |
If you've been on Twitter at all today, you'll probably already know that Arsenal's February and March are pretty rough. And this goes right in the middle of it. Arsenal's February fixture list, in part:
Just in case you forgot about Arsenal's schedule: Liverpool (a), Man U, Liverpool (FAC), Bayern Munich (CL)
— 7amkickoff (@7amkickoff) January 26, 2014
and Arsenal's games in March, in part:
Then Arsenal get this schedule in March: Bayern (a), Tottenham (a), Chelsea (a), Man City.
— 7amkickoff (@7amkickoff) January 26, 2014
But of course, the moaning over this is probably overstated. We'll win a couple of those games, probably lose one or two, and at the end of that run we might not top the table anymore. But that's not a disaster, and Arsenal will still have over a month to play. So either way, let's not get too freaky yet.
I think we'll probably be able to
