FA Cup fourth round draw took place on January 7 following Liverpool's shock defeat at newly-promoted Premier League side Wolves.
Arsenal hosted Manchester United at the Emirates in the biggest match-up of the draw, with the Red Devils knocking out the North Londoners in an emphatic 3-1 away victory.
CHELSEA 3-0 SHEFFIELD
Willian scores twice in easy victory for Premier League side after early VAR intervention.
Callum Hudson-Odoi scored in what could be his last game for Chelsea as they beat Sheffield Wednesday 3-0 in the FA Cup fourth round.
Wednesday had a penalty award overturned by VAR in the first half at Stamford Bridge after Ethan Ampadu was adjudged to have won the ball ahead of Joey Pelupessy (23), before Chelsea scored from a penalty of their own moments later through Willian (26).
Chelsea doubled their lead through Hudson-Odoi (64), who has handed in a transfer request amid interest from Bayern Munich. The 18-year-old producing a fine turn and finish inside the box for only his second Chelsea goal.
Willian added a third late on (83) with a fine curling finish to give Chelsea safe passage into the fifth round, for which the draw will be held on Monday evening after 7pm.
Gonzalo Higuain made his Chelsea debut following a loan move from Juventus, while Hudson-Odoi and Ampadu also earned starts.
Controversy followed a slow start as Andre Marriner awarded the visitors a penalty for Ampadu's apparent foul on Pelupessy, but the VAR Graham Scott replayed the incident, showing Ampadu got the ball and the Wednesday man had kicked his heel.
As per VAR overturn rules, the game restarted with a drop ball rather than a corner for Wednesday, and Chelsea went up the other end to earn a penalty of their own as former Blues midfielder Sam Hutchinson kicked Cesar Azpilicueta.
It went to VAR again, but the foul was clear, and though Willian had offered the ball to Higuain to take the spot-kick, the debutant unselfishly allowed the Brazilian to slot home for 1-0.
Adam Reach hit the outside of the post with a miscued cross in the second half, but that was as close as Wednesday got to getting on the scoresheet, with Hudson-Odoi then doubling Chelsea's lead.
Picking the ball up from Andreas Christensen inside the box, Hudson-Odoi expertly turned Morgan Fox, and though Keiren Westwood got a hand to his left-footed effort he could not keep it out.
Higuain was given an ovation for a decent, if unspectacular, debut on 80 minutes, and his replacement Olivier Giroud had a part to play in the third. Willian played a one-two with the Frenchman inside the box, before curling a fine effort past Westwood into the far corner.
CRYSTAL PALACE 2-0 SPURS
Crystal Palace compounded a miserable week for Tottenham by knocking them out of the FA Cup with a 2-0 fourth-round victory at Selhurst Park.
Connor Wickham (9) set Palace on their way with his first goal in 799 days, before Andros Townsend (34) haunted his former club by doubling the hosts' lead from the penalty spot after Kyle Walker-Peters' inexcusable handball.
Spurs were architects of their own downfall; Mauricio Pochettino left Christian Eriksen out of the squad and they lacked creativity, while Kieran Trippier's woeful missed penalty (44) left them with a mountain to climb without Harry Kane, Dele Alli and Heung-Min Son.
The victory sees Palace secure their place in Monday's fifth-round draw at the expense of Spurs, whose trophy hopes took another significant dent after Thursday's Carabao
Arsenal 1-3 Manchester United
Sanchez helps down old club as Solskjaer streak continues
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has won all eight games in charge of Manchester United after a 3-1 FA Cup win at Arsenal on Friday.
Alexis Sanchez scored on his return to Arsenal in a 3-1 victory for Manchester United in the fourth round of the FA Cup.
United were not at their best but quickfire goals in the first half from Sanchez and Jesse Lingard, both of which were set up by Romelu Lukaku, gave them a 2-0 lead at the Emirates Stadium on Friday.
Manchester City 5 Burnley 0
De Bruyne shines in FA Cup triumph
Kevin De Bruyne's goal was the pick of the bunch in a dominant FA Cup win for Manchester City.
Manchester City swept Burnley aside to maintain their fight for silverware on four fronts with a 5-0 FA Cup fourth-round triumph.
Pep Guardiola described talk of City winning the quadruple as "fantasy", but it remains an attainable achievement for his side at the end of a week in which they reached the EFL Cup final.
Millwall 3 Everton 2
Controversial equaliser spurs Lions on to last-gasp upset
Millwall scored twice in the last 15 minutes to beat Everton 3-2 in a dramatic match at The Den, securing passage in the FA Cup.
Murray Wallace's last-gasp winner sealed a dramatic 3-2 victory for Millwall over Premier League side Everton, securing a place in the fifth round of the FA Cup for Neil Harris' men.
Everton looked to be on course to leave The Den with a win after Cenk Tosun put them ahead for the second time in the contest, but Jake Cooper's controversial equaliser – the defender diverted the ball into the net with his arm – gave Millwall hope and Wallace clinched the unlikely win deep into stoppage time.
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