Arsenal may face 'Pool in FA Cup

FA Cup holders Arsenal could face six-times cup winners Liverpool in this season’s quarter-finals.

Arsene Wenger’s side face a trip to either Liverpool or Portsmouth depending on the outcome of their replay this weekend.

Manchester United were drawn at home to face the winner of the replay between First Division West Ham and Fulham, who beat the Red Devils 3-1 in the Premiership earlier this season.

Birmingham or Sunderland will be at home to last season’s semi-finalists Sheffield United while the Nationwide League is guaranteed representation in the last four as Millwall were drawn at home to Tranmere.

Sheffield United boss Neil Warnock revealed he felt fate would hand his side a potential tie with Birmingham.

Blades striker Paul Peschisolido was desperate to avoid the Blues, where his wife Karren Brady is managing director.

“I had a feeling that it might be Birmingham. I thought it might be ironic because of the close ties,” reflected Warnock.

“It would be a great tie – there is a very good atmosphere at St Andrews.”

Warnock hopes Birmingham do get through their fifth-round replay with Sunderland.

He said: “No disrespect to [Sunderland manager] Mick [McCarthy], but you do not want to play people from your own division.

“You want a Premier League club or one from a lower division. We will all be wanting Birmingham to win.”

The Blades reached the semi-final of last year’s competition, where they were narrowly beaten by eventual winners Arsenal.

And Warnock believes his side, again chasing promotion from Division One, will provide a stern test for whomever they meet in the last eight.

“I think we can go anywhere and give a good account of ourselves,” he declared.

“When we are the underdog, we are better as a team. Whichever one we go too, we will be the underdogs. It will be a very good tie.”

Warnock is determined not to let the possibility of a tie with Birmingham to affect Peschisolido, whose goal beat Colchester in the fifth round on Sunday.

“He will be doing no interviews because every Tom, Dick and Harry will be wanting to speak to him,” maintained the Blades manager. “I will be banning him from doing them.

“We will do the regular interviews the week before, but there are bigger ties than ours.”

Liverpool were the last team to beat Arsenal in an FA Cup match - the 2001 final.

Tranmere manager Brian Little believes the draw gives his team a hope of matching Chesterfield and Wycombe and reaching the semi-finals as a Second Division side.

“To see a First or Second Division side in the semi-final is a great thing to aim at,” he said.

“It is a tough game [against Millwall]. A home draw would have given the tie a little bit more of an edge from our point of view. All the other teams would have wanted us but we just take it as it comes.

“We can beat Millwall if we play exceptionally well we’ve got a chance. The preparation will be spot-on and the prize for both sides evens the tie up a little bit.”