{"id":81433,"date":"2026-01-12T01:00:50","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T01:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=81433"},"modified":"2026-01-12T01:00:50","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T01:00:50","slug":"fa-cup-arsenal-advance-man-united-exit-as-newcastle-survive-thriller","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2026\/01\/12\/fa-cup-arsenal-advance-man-united-exit-as-newcastle-survive-thriller\/","title":{"rendered":"FA Cup: Arsenal Advance, Man United Exit as Newcastle Survive Thriller"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Samuel Adeola<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Arsenal cruised into the next round of the FA Cup with a dominant 4-1 away victory over Portsmouth, as Gabriel Martinelli netted a superb hat-trick.<\/p>\n<p>The Gunners recovered from an early setback to assert their class and keep their cup hopes alive.<\/p>\n<p>Manchester United, however, suffered an early exit after a 2-1 home defeat to Brighton &amp; Hove Albion. The visitors took control with two goals, and despite a late response from United, the Red Devils were unable to force a comeback, deepening concerns over their inconsistent form.<\/p>\n<p>At St James\u2019 Park, Newcastle United edged past Bournemouth after a pulsating contest that ended 3-3. The Magpies eventually triumphed 7-6 on penalties, with their goalkeeper proving decisive in the shootout.<\/p>\n<p>The FA Cup third round lived up to expectations, delivering goals, drama and surprise results as clubs battled for a place in the next stage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Samuel Adeola Arsenal cruised into the next round of the FA Cup with a dominant 4-1 away victory over Portsmouth, as Gabriel Martinelli netted a superb hat-trick. The Gunners recovered from an early setback to assert their class and keep their cup hopes alive. Manchester United, however, suffered an early exit after a 2-1 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":81434,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172,175],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-81433","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-sports"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81433","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81433"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81433\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81435,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81433\/revisions\/81435"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81434"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}