Striker Kyle Lafferty is certain that Northern Ireland can beat any team at Euro 2016 if he can continue his scintillating form at the international stage.
Despite their battling display bottom-placed Sunderland were relegated to the second division after promotion to the Premiership as champions.
Arsenal cranked up the pressure for the Champions League spot with a stylish 3-0 win to Charlton Athletic
71-year-old Sven-Goran Eriksson won 18 trophies with various clubs in Sweden, Portugal and Italy, between 1979 and 2000, and became the first manager to win league-and-cup doubles in three countries.
A summary of Saturday's matches in the FA Cup.
Liverpool will seek a 10th successive EPL win when they conclude a memorable year at home to West Bromwich Albion
Chelsea almost stole the points at the death but Argentine Hernan Crespo wasted two good chances while defender Ricardo Carvalho headed over.
The veteran striker will no doubt relish a final chance to dazzle a global audience with some of his silky skills in front of goal.
The defending champions notched up their fifth Premier League victory of the season with a 2-0 win over Sunderland as their main title rivals both dropped points.
The England striker scored his first goal for Manchester City as his new club went top of the Premier League with a 2-1 win at Sunderland.
England striker Peter Crouch netted twice as the six-times winners won the FA Cup quarter-final 7-0.
Chelsea extended their lead at the top of the Premier League after beating Newcastle United 4-0.
It was United fifth draw in nine games and leaves them in fourth place in the Premiership.
The Arsenal striker was ruled out of the FA Cup final against Manchester United after a recurrence of a long-standing Achilles problem.
After a week of public arguments about Premier League players, who earn an average salary of 240,000 a month, refusing to take a pay cut while top clubs use public money to pay their furloughed non-playing staff, there is little doubt that the game -- and its players -- have suffered a serious blow to their image. There is no question that many footballers do help out good causes generously, just as most clubs are engaged with effective community programmes all-year round.
The former England manager has been linked with the north-east English club, along with Birmingham City manager Steve Bruce.
Substitute Didier Drogba's late goal earned the runaway Premier League leaders a 1-1 draw with Birmingham City.
A review of the weekend action in the leading European leagues.
Real Madrid beat Barcelona 4-2 to cut their arch-rivals' lead at the top of the Spanish League to six points with seven matches to play.
Didier Drogba equalised eight minutes from time to give Chelsea a 1-1 draw at home against Birmingham City
Patrick Vieira, Ray Parlour, Lauren and Martin Keown are all unavailable to the manager for a game against Birmingham City.
Michael Owen scored a Liverpool beat Leeds United 3-1 to end their three-match losing streak in the Premier league.\n\n
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The England striker joined Birmingham City from premier league rivals Liverpool for a club record 6.25 million pounds.
Flirting with relegation less than three weeks ago, Leeds United now look destined for Premier League survival.
But the Gunners failed to open up a bigger lead over their title rivals.
Striker Ruud van Nistelrooy's opportunistic goal gave them a 1-0 victory over Birmingham City in the English premiership.
Chelsea edged past Arsenal to go top of the English premier league despite being held 0-0 at Birmingham City.
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