Leeds edge West Ham in FA Cup shootout thriller
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“Leeds United goalkeeper Lucas Perri saved two penalties as they edged past West Ham United 4-2 in a shootout”
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— The 2002–03 season saw West Ham United relegated from the FA Premier League (known as the FA Barclaycard Premiership for sponsorship reasons) after a 10-year run in the top flight. West Ham were releg…
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— The 2025–26 season is the 131st season in the history of West Ham United Football Club, and the club's fourteenth consecutive season in the Premier League. In addition to the domestic league, the club…
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— West Ham United Football Club is a professional football club based in Stratford, East London, England. The club competes in the Premier League, the top tier of the English football league system. The…
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“the FA Cup quarterfinal tie ended 2-2 after extra time”
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— The 1971–72 FA Cup was the 91st season of the world's oldest football cup competition, the Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup. Leeds United won the competition for the fi…
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— The 1972 FA Cup final took place on 6 May 1972 at Wembley Stadium. It was the centenary final (although only the 91st final due to the world wars) and the 44th to be played at Wembley.
It was conteste…
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— Leeds United Football Club is a professional football club based in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. The club competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football.
Leeds United have won the…
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“Ao Tanaka put Leeds ahead in the first half”
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Wikipedia confirms Ao Tanaka's role at Leeds United but provides no information about his goal-scoring activity in the FA Cup quarterfinal against West Ham.
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— The 2024–25 season saw Leeds United competing in the Championship (known as the Sky Bet Championship for sponsorship reasons) for a second successive season.
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— Ao Tanaka (田中 碧, Tanaka Ao; born 10 September 1998) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Premier League club Leeds United and the Japan national team.
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— Leeds United Football Club is a professional football club based in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. The club competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football.
Leeds United have won the…
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“Dominic Calvert-Lewin doubled the visitors’ lead from the penalty spot in the 75th minute”
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No evidence was found in cross-references, web search, or Wikipedia to confirm or refute the claim about Dominic Calvert-Lewin scoring a penalty for Leeds.
“West Ham fought back in added time as Mateus Fernandes netted from the rebound after Jarrod Bowen rattled the crossbar”
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“Axel Disasi equalised four minutes later”
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“West Ham keeper Alphonse Areola appeared to pull a muscle and could not continue”
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No evidence was found in cross-references, web search, or Wikipedia to confirm or refute the claim about Alvaro Morata's injury or substitution.
“20-year-old Finlay Herrick made his first-team debut”
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No evidence was found in cross-references, web search, or Wikipedia to confirm or refute the claim about Ao Tanaka's goal for Leeds.
“Herrick saved the first penalty, denying Joel Piroe”
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No evidence was found in cross-references, web search, or Wikipedia to confirm or refute the claim about West Ham's equalizer.
“Perri stopped Bowen’s shot and went on to deny Pablo as well”
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“Leeds joined Manchester City, Chelsea and Southampton in the semifinals”
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