Saturday 25th February
FA GIRLS’ YOUTH CUP QUARTER-FINALS
Arsenal 4-1 Birmingham City
Liverpool 4-1 Aston Villa
Millwall Lionesses 2-1 Chelsea
Sunderland 0-1 Teesside Sport
Liverpool (pictured) struck twice in 3 minutes against Aston Villa, Courtney Willis finding Annabel Blanchard with a low cross to score, before the scorer returned the favour.
Goalie Evie Gordon denied Villa a reply and midway through the first half, Blanchard made it 3-0 when scoring at the second attempt.
With 20 minutes left, Blanchard completed her hat-trick, latching onto a pass from Willis to flick the ball up and fire across the keeper into the bottom corner.
Villa got a late consolation with one of their subs coming off the bench to slot the ball home.
Holders Arsenal matched that 4-1 scoreline at home to Birmingham City and will now host Liverpool in the semi-finals.
After a goalless first 45, Onyi Echegini and Lucy Fitzgerald scored to see Millwall eliminate Chelsea 2-1.
Chloe Ryan got the only goal in the all North East clash, with Teesside Sport triumphing over Sunderland.
Teesside will make the journey down to face Millwall for a place in rhe final, with the dates of the semis to be confirmed.
