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Leicester can strike blow against ‘big six’, will Allardyce halt Liverpool’s top-four charge and what now for Ndombele?
The cold, dead-behind-the-eyes pragmatist might assert that Leicester’s most important match against Chelsea comes on Tuesday, in a meeting that may prove decisive to their top-four hopes. But that would be to ignore the sheer euphoria of winning the FA Cup in front of 6,250 of their fans at Wembley, and to miss the fundamental point that if football does not come down to winning magical old competitions like this then everyone may as well pack up. For Leicester, a first-ever cup final win would reassert the sense, five years after their league title win, that they are here to stay as a club capable of winning major honours. Their continued presence around the top end since 2016 has, in many ways, been just as impressive as that Claudio Ranieri-inspired triumph. Leicester continue to make a mockery of the idea that a “big six” exists in anything bar inflated egos, and they can prove that once again on Saturday. Nick Ames
FA Cup final: Chelsea v Leicester City, Saturday 5.15pm, all times BST
West Bromwich Albion v Liverpool, Sunday 4.30pm
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Tottenham Hotspur v Wolverhampton Wanderers, Sunday 4.05pm
Brighton & Hove Albion v West Ham United, Saturday 8pm
Everton v Sheffield United, Sunday 7pm
Newcastle United v Manchester City, Friday 8pm
Related: Drink, dance and 15 pizzas: Guardiola on Manchester City’s title party
Burnley v Leeds United, Saturday 12.30pm
Southampton v Fulham, Saturday 3pm
Crystal Palace v Aston Villa, Sunday 12pm
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The cold, dead-behind-the-eyes pragmatist might assert that Leicester’s most important match against Chelsea comes on Tuesday, in a meeting that may prove decisive to their top-four hopes. But that would be to ignore the sheer euphoria of winning the FA Cup in front of 6,250 of their fans at Wembley, and to miss the fundamental point that if football does not come down to winning magical old competitions like this then everyone may as well pack up. For Leicester, a first-ever cup final win would reassert the sense, five years after their league title win, that they are here to stay as a club capable of winning major honours. Their continued presence around the top end since 2016 has, in many ways, been just as impressive as that Claudio Ranieri-inspired triumph. Leicester continue to make a mockery of the idea that a “big six” exists in anything bar inflated egos, and they can prove that once again on Saturday. Nick Ames
FA Cup final: Chelsea v Leicester City, Saturday 5.15pm, all times BST
West Bromwich Albion v Liverpool, Sunday 4.30pm
Related: Alexander-Arnold reminds us why we love football amid outside drama
Tottenham Hotspur v Wolverhampton Wanderers, Sunday 4.05pm
Brighton & Hove Albion v West Ham United, Saturday 8pm
Everton v Sheffield United, Sunday 7pm
Newcastle United v Manchester City, Friday 8pm
Related: Drink, dance and 15 pizzas: Guardiola on Manchester City’s title party
Burnley v Leeds United, Saturday 12.30pm
Southampton v Fulham, Saturday 3pm
Crystal Palace v Aston Villa, Sunday 12pm
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