michaelsmith Eight teams are left, seven Premier League sides and just one Championship team looking to lift the trophy in May. Arsenal will want to put their Champions League disappointment behind them when they travel to Old Trafford to take on Manchester United in the tie of the round.
We are down to the last 16 and anyone could lift the trophy in May – Liverpool, Manchester City and Rangers all face tricky away leg ties.
The game finished 3-1 when Dirk Kuyt scored a hat-trick of tap-ins,
Javier Hernandez did pull back a consolidation goal but it wasn’t enough. Kuyt is the first Liverpool player to score a treble in this fixture since Peter Beardsley in 1990.
QPR are flying high, despite a little wobble over Christmas they are still eight points clear of near rivals Swansea
Having suffered a Scudetto drought since the 2003/04 season when Andriy Shevchenko led the line and finished with 24 goals that could all change this season.
The final ties of the fifth round will be completed this week, the last two non-Premier League sides are expected to fall as they face tough opposition.