Premier League leaders Arsenal visit title rivals Manchester City in the FA Cup fourth round on Friday night.
It is the first of three meetings between the two clubs that are due to take place between now and the end of the season.
Here, Football Mad looks back at five FA Cup matches between teams competing for the Premier League title.
Man City 2 Liverpool 3, 2021-22 semi-final
Liverpool remained on course for an unprecedented quadruple by beating Manchester City 3-2 in last season’s classic FA Cup semi-final.
The Reds came into the game trailing City by a point at the top of the Premier League, having twice come from behind in an entertaining 2-2 draw at the Etihad Stadium only six days earlier.
At Wembley, Jurgen Klopp’s men raced into a 3-0 first-half lead thanks to a brace from Sadio Mane, before Pep Guardiola’s side fought back with two goals in the second period.
Guardiola’s decision to select back-up goalkeeper Zack Steffen ahead of Ederson backfired, as Steffen miscontrolled a ball in his own six-yard box to gift Mane his first goal.
Liverpool went on to complete a domestic cup double by beating Chelsea in the final, but they were unable to overhaul City in the Premier League and ended the campaign by losing to Real Madrid in the Champions League final.
Chelsea 4 Tottenham 2, 2016-17 semi-final
Antonio Conte’s Chelsea were four points clear of his future employers Tottenham going into their semi-final in 2016-17.
The Blues twice took the lead through Willian but were pegged back by goals from Harry Kane and Dele Alli for Mauricio Pochettino’s side.
The game changed on the hour mark when Conte introduced a rested Eden Hazard, with the Belgian grabbing a goal and an assist to end Tottenham’s hopes.
Chelsea carried the momentum from their victory into the Premier League, winning all of their remaining games to hold off Pochettino’s Spurs.
However, they missed out on the double by losing 2-1 to Arsenal in the FA Cup final.
Man City 2 Chelsea 0, 2013-14 fifth round
Goals from Stevan Jovetic and Samir Nasri gave Manchester City a comfortable victory over Chelsea in 2013-14.
Jose Mourinho’s side went into the fifth-round tie with a three-point cushion over City at the top of the Premier League, having beaten their rivals at the Etihad just 12 days before.
However, the cup defeat to Manuel Pellegrini’s team proved a sign of things to come as the Blues eventually finished third.
City – in contrast – won the league by two points from Liverpool, but not without a bit of help from Mourinho’s men who famously won 2-0 at Anfield when the Reds were threatening to end their title drought.
Man City 2 Man Utd 3, 2011-12 third round
The two Manchester clubs went head-to-head in the FA Cup third round in the middle of one of the most memorable title races in history.
United gained a measure of revenge for a 6-1 mauling at the hands of City earlier in the same season, as Wayne Rooney scored a first-half brace and Vincent Kompany was sent off.
After the match, Sir Alex Ferguson’s team set about overturning City’s three-point advantage in the Premier League and were ahead in the table when the sides met again with just three games to go.
Roberto Mancini’s men reclaimed their advantage, however, as Kompany made amends for his dismissal by scoring the only goal in a 1-0 victory.
City eventually won the title on goal difference, thanks to Sergio Aguero’s stoppage-time winner on the final day against QPR.
Man Utd 2 Arsenal 0, 2010-11 quarter-final
Arsenal crashed out of three competitions in the space of two weeks in 2010-11.
Having already lost in the League Cup final to Birmingham City and the Champions League last 16 to Barcelona, the Gunners’ misery was compounded by a 2-0 FA Cup defeat against their title rivals.
Arsene Wenger’s side trailed Ferguson’s United by just three points heading into the tie, but failed to make the most of their possession and chances at Old Trafford.
United – buoyed by the victory – went on to win the Premier League by nine points, while Arsenal won just two of their remaining 10 matches to finish fourth.
