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MANCHESTER, England -- Manchester City powered forward with ease into the FA Cup quarterfinals on Saturday, overcoming Premier League title rival Chelsea 2-0 to maintain its quadruple chase. Nike Shoes Australia Mens . Stevan Jovetic and Samir Nasri provided the goals to avenge a 1-0 league loss this month, with a formidable City in complete control and preventing Chelsea from hitting the target once. "We can beat everyone," Jovetic said. "We learnt something (from losing to Chelsea), you could see that on the pitch." Although Chelsea leads the league, City is only three points behind in third with a game in hand after its midweek game was postponed due to bad weather. City also remains in Champions League contention, facing Barcelona at the Etihad Stadium on Tuesday, and meets Sunderland in the League Cup final next month. Sunderland also advanced in the FA Cup, with Craig Gardner clinching a 1-0 victory over Southampton. Wigan maintained its cup defence by winning 2-1 at Cardiff, with Ben Watson, whose goal clinched the cup before the team was relegated from the topflight last May, netting the winner in south Wales. In Sundays headline fixture in the fifth round, Arsenal hosts Liverpool in another meeting of Premier League title rivals. With City hosting Barcelona in the Champions League on Tuesday, beating Chelsea showed the enviable depth of resources available at Manuel Pellegrinis disposal. Jovetic, who is only Citys fourth-choice striker despite being signed last year at a cost of 24 million pounds ($40 million), first came close when he struck the crossbar from the rebound after goalkeeper Petr Cech fumbled Yaya Toures strike. Jovetic hit the woodwork again in the 16th minute but this time the ball went over the line as City ripped through a Chelsea defence missing captain John Terry. David Silva played in Edin Dzeko, who sent the ball out for Jovetic to strike off the post into the bottom left. It was just Jovetics sixth goal of an injury-hit start to his City career. City was far more assertive and cohesive than the side that was beaten here by Chelsea less than two weeks ago, with Dzeko also testing Cech with a curling shot. "We wanted revenge today," City captain Vincent Kompany said. "Twelve days ago we had a really bad game, we gave them a lot of chances." How different this game was. After failing to get a sight of goal in the first half, Chelsea striker Samuel Etoo was replaced at halftime, with Mohamed Salah coming on. The January signing didnt help to transform Chelseas fortunes, and forward Fernando Torres was brought off the bench on the hour to replace Ramires, taking a central position as Salah shifted to the right. But it was a City substitution that made a bigger impact as Nasri, in his first appearance in a month, completed an incisive move to score six minutes after coming on. After receiving the ball from Nasri, Silva squared it back to the Frenchman, who continued his run to dart into space between defenders David Luiz and Gary Cahill, and slot the ball in from close range. It was Citys 117th goal of a season that should end with a trophy unlike last year under Roberto Mancini. "I had a lot of questions after Chelsea, if were going to change our way of playing," Pellegrini said, referring to the 1-0 loss. "But I repeat: We will not change the way we play. Today was important to show why we continue to play in the same way." Chelsea can only win on two fronts -- the Premier League and Champions League -- and Jose Mourinhos side has the edge over City domestically having won both league encounters. "We were never close to scoring or being dominant, or bringing a scare to the game," Mourinho said. "Today there was a different freshness between the teams ... and one team had a week without professional football," he added. Authentic Nike Shoes Wholesale . Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone dismissed Tuesdays massive anti-government protest in Manama as "a lot of kids having a go at the police." "I dont think its anything serious at all," Ecclestone was quoted as saying in The Guardian newspaper on Wednesday. Wholesale Nike Shoes Australia . Browns advice worked. Irving scored 20 points, including seven in the fourth quarter, and Cleveland defeated the Los Angeles Clippers 88-82 Saturday night. Irving made his first shot of the night on a layup a little over three minutes into the game. http://www.nikeshoesaustraliacheap.com/ .James scored 29 points, including 16 in the first quarter, and the Cleveland Cavaliers broke a four-game losing streak with a 106-74 win over the Orlando Magic on Monday night.England gave themselves a great chance of an historic series victory over Australia after recovering from an ominous start to defeat the Wallabies 39-28 at Suncorp Stadium. Early tries by Michael Hooper and Israel Folau threatened to overrun the Grand Slam champions but they responded magnificently with Jonathan Joseph, Marland Yarde and Jack Nowell crossing.The boot of Owen Farrell, who had replaced George Ford at fly-half, did the majority of the scoreboard damage as he kicked 24 points to seal Englands first ever victory in Brisbane. Nowell plundered his try in the final minute of a pulsating showdown as Australia went in search of a match-winning try of their own. Michael Brown clashed with Australian coach Nathan Grey as he was obstructed trying to take a lineout England head to Melbourne for next Saturdays second Test knowing one more win would complete a series triumph over the World Cup finalists and identify them as a genuine force in the global game.Head coach Eddie Jones remains unbeaten since taking over at Twickenham and now has seven Test victories in the bank, but the most recent of these - against the side he once coached - is by far the most precious. Michael Hooper scores Australias first try James Haskell had clearly listened to Jones demand for England to play bodyline rugby as he smashed David Pocock backwards with a thunderous tackle, but it was Australia who made the stronger start and they crossed inside the opening 10 minutes.The warning signs were there as only a turnover on the whitewash by Maro Itoje prevented a Wallabies try, but they were more accurate shortly after when a fine break by Folau created the space for Hooper to score.Jones had predicted Australia would come out breathing fire and he was proved correct as they tore into the breakdown and repeatedly broke the gain line, creating space almost at will. Israel Folau dives over to score The Wallabies were irrepressible as they renewed their assault once more and this time it was Folau who touched down, skipping around a tackle from Farrell after Englands defence had been stretched to breaking point.A Farrell penalty got England off the mark but it was still one-way traffic as they struggled to cope with Australias pace and power, at least until a dose of good fortune fell their way. Dylan Hartley said England will keep their feet on the ground Two missed touch-finders resulted in the Wallabies being pinned back in their own 22 and the deficit was slashed further when they were penalised at the breakdown with Farrell punishing the error. Nike Shoes Australia Online. Bernard Foley appeared to have added a stunning solo try but obstruction by Rory Arnold on Luther Burrell that created the initial opening resulted in it being ruled out. Jonathan Joseph pounces on the loose ball after a mistake by Samu Kerevi to score Englands first try Farrell ran hard and straight and made ground and once Australia had been penalised once again - they now trailed 8-1 on the penalty count - the Saracens fly-half was on target with the three points.And just as the half-hour mark passed, England seized the lead when two hare-brained passes were pounced on by Joseph who hacked ahead, gathered and touched down.Honours were even at the scrum with each side winning penalties which were kicked by Farrell and Foley respectively, with the British and Irish Lion having the final say of the half. Owen Farrell scored 24 points in a masterful kicking performance England made the best possible start to the second period when a lineout drive ended with Haskell peeling off the back and striding 20 metres before being halted.The respite for Australia was only temporary, however, as two phases later Ford - who had replaced Burrell on the half-hour - used a brilliant long pass to give Yarde a simple run in. Eddie Jones praises his England side after they beat his native Australia Farrell continued to hit the mark from the kicking tee as England stormed 29-13 ahead, and things got even better when Scott Sio was sin-binned as Australias scrum began to buckle.However, the Wallabies hinted at their own fightback when Hooper produced a fine finish after good work from Folau.Farrell appeared to have given England some breathing space with his sixth penalty but when Tevita Kuridrani powered over the lead was reduced to 32-25 after Foley converted. James Haskell put in 18 tackles against Australia to help England to an impressive 39-28 victory A nail-biting climax awaited and the nerves only intensified when Foley kicked a long-range penalty with two minutes remaining to offer sight of victory.Instead, it was England who had the final say when Nowell collected Fords superb kick and touched down to start the victory celebrations. ' ' '

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