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LEYTON ORIENT 1 ARSENAL 1

18:35: Over and out from me, thanks for your company. I'll leave the final words to Henry Winter on Twitter: "With 10 mins remaining #afc fans were singing "we'll never play you again". Yes they will."

18:32: Raucous celebrations in the Orient dressing room. A light fitting has been torn down. The Brisbane Road facilities manager will be livid.

18:28: Jonathan Tahoue correctly wins ITV's novelty oversized bottle o'booze. He says "what's this?!" as it's presented to him. He also says: "This is the magic of football. Today we were the underdog, but we achieved this draw so we will look forward to the replay. We will do our best to get through."

18:25: Fantastic stuff from Orient. Arsenal pay for their complacency, and Tahoue, who arrived at Orient from the French fourth tier made all the difference. Hard not to feel pathetically touched by the scenes at Brisbane Road. Orient's grinning players mob one another and salute their crowd. Orient's long-suffering fans bellow the name of Russell Slade.

FULL TIME

90+4 min: Sagna's cross is headed clear by Chorley.

90+3 min: Awkward moment as Jones comes out of his box and looks set to collide with Forbes. Jones clears it emphatically. He's had a great game.

90+1 min: Four minutes of added time for Orient to hang on and secure a lucrative replay.

89 min: GOAL!!! Leyton Orient 1 Arsenal 1 (Tahoue)
WOW! Tahoue beats Gibbs and Miguel with some awkward-looking tricks and powers through the middle of them before unleashing a blast at goal. It went through Almunia somewhat, (surprise surprise) but what a moment!

88 min: Arsenal have made 658 passes this afternoon. Orient 169.

87 min: Arshavin gets down the right wing on his own and gets a great shot away which clips the bottom of the far post. Arsenal looking tremendously comfortable here, but we all know about that famous fictional "magic" which is associated with this competition...

86 min: Cox looks to break by Orient, but is halted under pressure by Song.

84 min: Revell is off for Paul-Jose M'Poku. Top name.

83 min: At the other end Tehoue bursts forward down the right and is pulled back superbly for Revell. It's hit first time directly into the face of Squillaci. "Ha'ballllll!" scream the Orient fans. Closeish, but no penalty. Squillaci looks to have copped that right in the eye, which is a worry.

82 min: Arshavin has a free kick out wide. It's crossed deep, but the impressive Jones claims it cleanly with outstretched arms. Ajay Kartik has me practically cheering on Arsenal with his seductive blend of reason and excitement: "We've done the double over Brum this year in the league, so at least one trophy, I'd think. Premier League is still a possibility for considering United have a much harder run in than us. A lot will depend on our results against United. And as for the Nou Camp, I'm pretty sure it will be a whole lot closer than last year. Mind we didn't have Cesc Fabregas, Gallas, Van Persie and Arshavin from our regular starters last time around, looking forward to a tasty match on the 8th!"

79 min: Tehoue is muscled off the ball by Rosicky and gives away a foul in his attempt to win it back. Richard Perkins offers the Arsenal view: "I am an Arsenal fan so we'll win all 4! Well, except the Champions League as I cannot see us getting past Barcelona. Oh, and maybe not the FA Cup as we drew Man U away. Not sure about the Premiership as I can't see Man U slipping up more often than us (despite 2 games against Chelsea). As I said ... Carling Cup glory here we come!"

77 min: Tehoue's made an impact for Orient since replacing McGleish. He chases down what looks a lost cause after Revell pings a ball towards the box, forcing a hurried clearance from Gibbs.

74 min: Yuck, Arsenal's fans sing "we'll never play you again" to Orient's. Admittedly Orient had been taunting them with a rather ruder version of my prediction that they won't win any trophies this year, but there's something so classless about fans of gigantic teams taunting supporters that follow a team that operate several leagues and universes below theirs. Like watching a burly twentysomething skinhead and his mates starting a fight with a 12 year old.

73 min: John Fischer has a reasoned response to the question of what Arsenal will have to show at the end of 2010/11: "2 trophies. Carling cup then either fa cup or premier league. Think both will come down to the game with man utd (sorry orient) not unreasonable to think they'll win one of the two."

70 min: Tehoue beats Sagna with a combination of pace and physicality and puts a hard pass along the ground for Revell. He takes on the shot first time but it's wide.

69 min: Arshavin gets to the byline and tees up Rosicky in the box. His quick shot is saved by Jones with his feet. The rebound gives Rosicky a chance with his head, Jones is up in a flash to catch the ball. Good goalkeeping.

68 min: Drury and Pleat are speculating about house prices for the flats that are at the corners of Brisbane Road. "Surely now's the time to buy!" implores famed capitalist Drury. "You pay today's price and get the benefit of the Olympics next year." He's on a one man mission to revitalise this economy through the medium of football commentary.

66 min: Slow pace to the game now, as Arsenal put their "passing it around like 11 men on sedatives" hats. James Ogilvy is the first (of many, I'm sure) to take offence to my negative Arsenal trophy haul prediction. "Zero? You're surely bear-bating! £50 says Birmingham get done!" I couldn't possibly accept that wager. It would be unprofessional (and more money than I'm willing to lose!). But I've got a feeling Brum will unsettle Arsenal in the final, and the occasion will get to Wenger's players, who haven't exactly made a habit of winning trophies in recent years.

63 min: One half time change I failed to tell you about - Tom Caroll came on for Jason Crowe. Bad liveblogging. My head is suitably hung in shame. As I type, Scott McGleish is being removed from the game, with Jonathan Tehoue coming on in his place.

61 min: Arsenal sitting deeper since the goal, impetus very much on Orient now. And here comes the onslaught of Arsenal trophy-winning arguments: "3," states the optimistic Hakan Skoglund. "Premier League, FA and Carling cups." I can't see it, especially not the first one. "At least two are three," says Randy Hakeem somewhat cryptically. I think he meant to type "or".

59 min: Daniel's corner is nodded out of the box by Arsenal.

58 min: Smith's long ball falls into the box. Miguel knocks it out for a corner under pressure from Dawson.

56 min: For what it's worth, I'm saying a big fat zero. I've got a feeling Birmingham will pull off a surprise at Wembley, I think Manchester United will take the league at a canter and probably dispose of Arsenal in this competition in the next round, and I think Wenger's side's narrow advantage will count for very little at the Nou Camp.

55 min: So Arsenal are, as it stands, still on course for a quadruple. I don't think there's any chance of that happening, but will open up this as my second half topic for discussion. How many trophies do you think Arsenal will win this season? Get your strident views to me here.

53 min: GOAL!!! Leyton Orient 0 Arsenal 1 (Rosicky)
Bendtner does well to hold off a challenge and heads wide with the ball. He swivels and chips it back into the box, Rosicky is on hand to nod precisely into the corner. No chance for Jones, and that's the Czech's first goal in over a year.

51 min: Here are Henry Winter's Twitter-hosted half time thoughts: "Orient doing well against Arsenal Lite. Dawson outstanding in c-mid. Ex-Tottenham Daniels good too. Orient may tire but they are good value for this. More hunger than certain Arsenal players."

49 min: Bendtner is crowded out of a shooting chance by a swarm of Orient defenders.

46 min: Arsenal win a corner seconds after kick off. Jones claims it well at his far post.

17:34: Tracy, a nice lady in a Leyton Orient scarf, has just interrupted Stubbs, Savage and McManamanananan on their pitchside table with an offer of some bread pudding in a Tupperware box. Instead of chiding her for interrupting live TV they seem to almost forget the cameras, and hand the tub to Savage to take care of. Lovely. Stuff.

HALF TIME
Great effort by Orient. Tiresome to watch, mind. An Orient goal would be a lovely kick in the pants. Arsenal don't look interested, especially not the front two.

45+1 min: Almunia is forced to come out of his area and head away a long ball forward.

45 min: Arshavin chips in a ball to the box for Gibbs, who brings it down well, but muscled off by Terrell Forbes. Goal kick to Orient.

43 min: I'm sorry to report that absolutely nothing is happening. Fair play to Orient, I suppose, for keeping this game so tight. Arsenal's tactic will surely be to pass their opponents into oblivion and deliver a killer blow when tiredness kicks in at around the 77 minute mark. I am from the Russell Slade school of precision. (see update at 16:20).

39 min: Arshavin dances (somewhere between a foxtrot and bogle) through the Orient defence to eke out space for a shot. His snapped shot is wide.

38 min: Chorley heads Smith's delivery back across goal but it's cleared by Song.

37 min: Smith plays it off Sagna's shins to win Orient a corner.

35 min: Gibbs' cross deflects off Whing right into the path of Chamakh who is waiting just outside the six yard box. His slid attempt to poke the ball in is dreadful, and ends up wide. That should have been a goal.

34 min: Jimmy Smith is doing an excellent job of being a midfield nuisance. He's nipping at the feet of Arsenal's players like an especially annoying terrier. It's yet to come to anything. I'm looking forward to seeing how exhausted he looks at the end of the game.

33 min: Terrell Forbes heads it well wide.

32 min: Corner to Orient, after Dawson, let's face it, fouls Sagna in his hassling for the ball.

30 min: Chamakh tees up Bendtner well, but the Dane with the extremely high opinion of himself can only offer a weak volley that screws away from goal.

27 min: Rosicky is fouled by Whing to give Arsenal a free kick close to the far side of the area. Jonathan Liew on Twitter provides a typically perceptive look at the draw for the quarter finals: "Not a great Cup draw for any team who fancies a Europa League slot for finishing seventh in the league. Either United or Arsenal going out". Bolton are through, incidentally, beating Fulham 1-0 at Craven Cottage.

26 min: Steve Davies, a Leyton Orient director, is shown watching. "Cue Steve Davies," says Pleat. That's the best joke I've ever heard David Pleat make.

24 min: Dean Cox's cross is overhit and out for a goal kick.

21 min: David Pleat opines that Orient "could get out-footballed" if they close down incorrectly in midfield. That's got to be a worry. No-one wants to see the tragedy of a team being out-footballed.

20 min: Squillaci and Song combine to clear a central Orient free kick from 40 yards that had been hopefully punted into the middle of the box. When did that ever work as a tactic?

18 min: Arshavin's corner comes to nothing. Crikey, this game is flat.

17 min: Henry Winter paints quite the picture on Twitter: "Up for the Cup: heaving balconies overlooking sold-out Brisbane Road...two blokes even sitting precariously on window ledges."

16 min: Sagna is released on the right wing with plenty of space to run into. His cross evades everyone in the middle.

14 min: Squillaci and Almunia have a communication breakdown and give away a corner. It's played back to Daniels around 25 yards out. He takes a mean first-time shot with his left foot, which fizzes just over.

13 min: Chamakh's low side-footed drive is easily saved by Jones down to his right.

12 min: Orient look to have three players offisde, running on to a long ball over the defense. Replays show it was only one, and it was marginal. Arsenal's high line is asking for trouble.

10 min: Arsenal out-singing their opponents, which is a rare thing to find yourself typing. Their tiresome desire to hang on to the ball has quietened Orient's support which was borderline noisy at the start of the game.

8 min: Miguel does well to edge out McGleish, and wins a foul following the Orient forward's over-exuberant attempts to win the ball.

7 min: The possession stats so far must be around 80:20 to Arsenal. Orient won't mind too much as the game is largely taking place in Arsenal's half.

4 min: Arsenal are playing like Arsenal. Lots of intricate but purpose-less passing. This isn't the Champions League, chaps.

2 min: Chamakh's header is well held by Jones. Graeme Walker is quick off the mark to get on the Barry-bashing bandwagon: "I always thought that managers had an easy life, but not now. Has Barry Hearn aged or has Barry Hearn aged? Prediction: Leyton Orient 0, Arsenal 6" I'll overlook the fact that Barry Hearn isn't a manager.

1 min: Arsenal, in their vibrant yellow and murky burgundy away kit, get us started. Wenger hands a debut to 18-year-old central defender Ignaci Miquel.

16:27: The teams are on the pitch and we're almost ready to start. Betting adverts seem to be taking the cue of car insurance ads, equating being annoying with being effective.

16:24: Jon Champion, ESPN's commentator this afternoon, addresses us standing up from a balcony on the odd structure that is Leyton Orient's West stand. We're told it doubles up as an NHS Poly-clinic. Is that like a sophisticated future hospital?

16:20: "I put my pen and paper away after about 11 minutes," says Russell Slade on his night out at the Emirates watching Arsenal in the week. That's very exacting, Russell. The winner of this match faces the not-so-daunting (at least after yesterday) trip to Old Trafford to face Manchester United in the quarter finals. Here's the full draw:

Stoke v West Ham or Burnley
Man City or Aston Villa v Everton or Reading
Birmingham v Fulham or Bolton
Manchester United v Leyton Orient or Arsenal.

16:14: ESPN's coverage is a baffling, shouty, intense maelstrom of earnestly-stated rote opinions. A jittery camera pans relentlessly as Savage and McManaman egg eachother towards full-on mania. I expect them to be stood on the pitchside desk by the end of the match, pointing and screaming "THIS IS WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT!" and "FOOTBALL!" into the other's face until one of them collapses.

16:10: Here are the teams:

Referee: Kevin Friend (Leicestershire)

Certainly a slightly under-strength side from Arsenal, but my, Mr Wenger, what an impressive bench you have.

16:08: Steve McManaman, Robbie Savage and Ray Stubbs are working themselves into a lather about West Ham's Olympic stadium future. Savage calls playing games in stadia with a running track "the worst thing in the world." I think that's a bit of an exaggeration, to be honest. I think famine is slightly worse.

16:00: Poor old Leyton Orient. Very much London's forgotten club at the best of times, they're in danger of being obliterated when West Ham move on their doorstep to the Olympic stadium.

Barry Hearn has been vocal of his criticisms of West Ham being awarded the stadium, and Orient's manager Russel Slade has also chipped in with his own futile anger over the move.

Today they have the minor business of seeing off Arsenal in the FA Cup fifth round. Given that Arsenal beat Barcelona in the week, this could be the footballing equivalent of an especially gory massacre. Exciting!

Stay tuned for the teams.

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PREVIEW

Sunday, February 20

FA Cup, fifth round
Leyton Orient v Arsenal
Brisbane Road
Kick-off: 16.30 GMT
TV: Live ESPN, highlights ITV1

Tale of the game

In 25 FA Cup ties against lower division opposition under Arsene Wenger, Arsenal have never lost.

And Robin van Persie has scored five goals in his last seven FA Cup appearances.

And Orient will be aware that Arsenal have gone seven FA Cup matches without a clean sheet.

They last kept a clean sheet against Burnley in the fifth round two years ago.

Scott McGleish, the Orient striker, has scored six goals in his last five FA Cup matches this season.

But, like Arsenal, Orient struggle to keep clean sheets in the FA Cup: they have kept just one in their last 10 FA Cup matches.

The East London club started their FA Cup campaign with a 1-1 draw at neighbours Dagenham & Redbridge, winning 3-2 in the replay with a McGleish winner.

They drew in the second round as well, at non-league Droylesden.

But in the replay there were remarkable scenes with both sides reduced to nine men and Orient recovering from a two-goal deficit before forcing extra time with an 89th minute equaliser from Jonathan Tehoue.

Tehoue went on to complete a hat-trick in extra-time - and McGleish also netted a hat-trick to earn an 8-2 victory.

Arsenal's passage to the fifth round has not been comfortable; in round three they needed a last minute Cesc Fabregas penalty to force a replay which they won 3-1.

And in the fourth round another penalty was required from Fabregas, with four minutes left against 10-man Huddersfield to reach the next stage.

Past FA Cup meetings: Arsenal 4 wins.

Stat of the game: In four FA Cup meetings, Arsenal have won all four, scoring nine goals and conceding one - in 1911.

Betting tip: Arsenal have two other cups and the small matter of the league on their minds and could steal a draw. Try 1-1 at a healthy 10-1.

Team details

Leyton Orient (probable, 4-4-2): Jones; Wiing, Chorley, Forbes, Daniels; Cox, Dawson, Spring, Smith; McGleish, Revell.
Arsenal (probable, 4-2-3-1): Almunia; Eboue, Koscielny, Squillaci, Gibbs; Denilson, Song; Bendtner, Nasri, Arshavin; Chamakh.
Referee: Kevin Friend. Matches: 23. R4 Y69.

Labels: Arsenal, Leyton, Orient, Telegraphcouk