Second-tier Southampton stuns Arsenal 2-1 in FA Cup quarterfinals

Second-tier Southampton caused a huge shock by beating Premier League leaders Arsenal 2-1 in the FA Cup quarterfinals on Saturday.

So much for the Gunners' hopes of a quadruple of major trophies this season.

It's now just the Premier League and the UEFA Champions League up for grabs with manager Mikel Arteta's decision to field a weakened lineup backfiring at St. Mary's stadium.

Trailing to a 35th-minute strike by Ross Stewart, Arsenal sent on Viktor Gyokeres – fresh off scoring the goal that lifted Sweden into the 2026 FIFA World Cup on Tuesday – and the striker equalized in the 68th.

Still, Southampton continued to look dangerous on the counter attack and Shea Charles, a former academy player at Manchester City, fired home from inside the area to secure the win.

"To go and beat arguably the best team in Europe at the minute is an incredible feeling," Stewart said.

In an added blow to Arsenal ahead of their upcoming Champions League quarterfinal against Sporting CP, Brazil center back Gabriel Magalhaes was forced off with a left knee injury midway through the second half. He was seen later with ice on the knee.

"This is the first moment that we have (this season) with a certain level of difficulty," said Arteta, whose team has a nine-point lead in the Premier League.

Erling Haaland's 12th hat-trick sends City into FA Cup semifinals

Haaland's 18th-minute hat trick started with a penalty in the 39th minute after Virgil van Dijk tripped Nico O'Reilly. Then he headed home a cross from Antoine Semenyo in first-half stoppage time, before sweeping in a finish off the crossbar in the 57th.

The Norway striker's first hat-trick of the season for City was his 12th for the club since he joined in 2022.

Semenyo scored the other goal in the 50th minute for City, which sealed a return to Wembley Stadium two weeks after beating Arsenal there in the League Cup final.

"This club has to win trophies," said Haaland, who was described after the game as a "machine" by City assistant manager Pep Lijnders – the former Liverpool No. 2 who was deputizing in the dugout while Pep Guardiola served a touchline suspension.

Salah, who announced during the international break he's leaving Liverpool after nine trophy-filled seasons, was beginning his long goodbye to the Reds but couldn't mark it with a goal. The best of the many chances he spurned came from a penalty, which City goalkeeper James Trafford palmed away in the 64th.

Like City, Chelsea romped to a big win – though this one was expected.

Playing without Argentina midfielder Enzo Fernandez for disciplinary reasons, Chelsea still had more than enough to dispatch Port Vale at Stamford Bridge thanks to goals by Jorrel Hato, Joao Pedro, Tosin Adarabioyo, Andrey Santos, Estevao and Alejandro Garnacho. 

The Blues have won the FA Cup eight times, most recently in 2018.