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Yara El-Shaboury

“There is a specific, restless energy to Neil Warnock that defies the traditional laws of ageing and the modern conventions of football management. At 77, he still wakes up in the dead of night to obsess over the overlapping runs of a National League South full-back…”

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Don’t forget, you can join the conversation this morning by sending in any thoughts, feelings or predictions at matchday.live@theguardian.com – or leave a comment below the line.

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Can Port Vale pull off an FA Cup shock today? We’re yet to see an underdog progress to the quarter-finals this weekend…

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Reo Hatate scored a late equaliser as Celtic held Rangers to a 2-2 draw last weekend. You can recap the action here ahead of this afternoon’s game:

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The final two Scottish Cup quarter-finals take place today as Rangers take on old rivals Celtic and St. Mirren host Partick Thistle.

Who will join Falkirk and Dunfermline Athletic in the semi-finals?

Rangers v Celtic – 1pm GMT

St. Mirren v Partick Thistle – 7:30pm GMT

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Updated at 05.33 EDT

Which game will you be watching this afternoon?

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Dominic Booth

There is no shortage of FA Cup pedigree at Port Vale. Emblazoned on plaques and walls around Vale Park are memories of their 1996 victory against Everton under the legendary manager John Rudge. That 2-1 victory, in a fourth-round replay having held the Cup holders at Goodison Park, was the last time Vale had reached the fifth round until Tuesday’s extra-time win over Bristol City. Now Sunderland await at Vale Park on Sunday – another chance to make history…

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Guardiola joked he will go on holiday when serving his touchline ban. He said: “I will tell you something - we have all the records in this country, all of them, despite everything. We have the record of the manager with the most yellow cards. I want all records and now I have it, two-game ban now and I will go on holidays the next two games.”

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Pep Guardiola was booked for a sixth time this season during Manchester City’s match against Newcastle yesterday. It means he is now facing a two-game touchline ban. The ban applies to Premier League and FA Cup matches but not domestic finals, meaning he will be in the dugout when City face Arsenal in the Carabao Cup final later this month.

The ban is also not valid for European games, so Guardiola will also be on the touchline when his team face Real Madrid in the Champions League round-of-16 next week.

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And at St James’ Park, Omar Marmoush scored twice in a 3-1 win over Newcastle to send Manchester City through to the next round.

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Hollywood superstar and Wrexham co-owner Ryan Reynolds took to social media last night to reflect on his team’s performance against Chelsea. He wrote: “Three years ago this week, we battled Maidenhead United to a draw. Today we pushed Chelsea to extra time. So incredibly proud of Wrexham’s performance today.

The Red Dragons are now targeting a fourth successive promotion, which would see them reach the Premier League. They are currently sixth in the Championship table.

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Over at the Stōk Cae Ras, Chelsea came from behind twice to beat Wrexham 4-2 in added time. Sam Smith’s early goal was cancelled out by an own-goal from keeper Arthur Okonkwo before the break. With the score level for the majority of the second half, Callum Doyle got the Welsh side dreaming with a goal in the 78th minute, but Josh Acheampong levelled things up again just moments later.

Alejandro Garnacho and João Pedro then both struck in added time to secure the win for the Blues.

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Speaking after the 2-1 loss to Arsenal, Mansfield Town manager Nigel Clough said: I thought the effort the players gave was absolutely incredible. We wanted to make it a proper cup tie and make it uncomfortable for Arsenal. I thought we did that.

“We’re very proud. We said to the lads, if we do concede - don’t concede a second one. Then it becomes a bit too easy. That didn’t happen today. We could have done it. But I think everyone else enjoyed it.”

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Arsenal survived a scare from Mansfield Town at the One Call Stadium to progress to the quarter-finals. Noni Madueke broke the deadlock for the Premier League leaders in the 41st minute, but Will Evans levelled things up after capitalising on a defensive error. Mikel Arteta responded by making a series of changes, one of which saw Eberechi Eze come on to score the winner.

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Before we preview today’s games, let’s take a look back at yesterday’s FA Cup results…

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FA Cup fixtures

Fulham v Southampton

Port Vale v Sunderland

Leeds United v Norwich City

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Hello, good morning and welcome to another Matchday live! We have three more FA Cup games to look forward to later as Fulham host Southampton, Port Vale face Sunderland and Leeds United take on Norwich City.

Elsewhere, Rangers take on Celtic AGAIN at Ibrox, this time in the Scottish Cup. And in Italy, the two Milan sides go head-to-head in a huge derby.

We’ll be looking ahead to all of those fixtures and recapping yesterday’s action.

Join us!

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