Cats Kill Off Gunners As Sturridge Saves Chelsea

• Arsene Wenger has urged his Arsenal side to show some fight.
Arsenal's last chance of silverware this season went up in smoke as a 2-0 victory put Sunderland in the last eight of the FA Cup.
Kieran Richardson's deflected strike (40) and an Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain own goal (77) on windswept Wearside ensured the Gunners' wait for a trophy will stretch to seven years.
And on another dark day for under-fire Arsene Wenger the Londoners lost two more players to injury as Aaron Ramsey and makeshift full-back Francis Coquelin both hobbled off.
Wenger had demanded a response after Arsenal's midweek mauling in Milan, but aside from one Gervinho strike Simon Mignolet was never threatened and Robin van Persie saw penalty appeals fall on deaf ears either side of the break.
Sunderland were sharper to the challenge all over a ploughed furrow of a pitch even if their opener owed plenty to fortune, Richardson's sweet strike taking a decisive nick off blameless substitute Sebastien Squillaci.
The home side were forced deep after the break but revelled in the opportunity to break at speed, and when Seb Larsson hit a post after one lightning counter the ball rebounded in off Oxlade-Chamberlain to seal Arsenal's fate.

•Daniel Sturridge's second-half equaliser rescued lacklustre Chelsea in the FA Cup fifth round in a 1-1 draw against Birmingham.
Despite improving after the break, one win in six games and another spluttering show will do little to quieten the critics calling for the head of Andre Villas-Boas.
The under-fire boss looked bewildered with his team being outplayed by the on-song Championship side and Birmingham were ahead on 20 minutes.
As Chelsea's sleepy defenders switched off, Jordon Mutch's inswinging corner was flicked on for defender David Murphy to fire in from eight yards.
The Premier League outfit had the perfect chance to level within two minutes from the spot after Wade Elliott's clumsy tackle on Ramires.
But keeper Colin Doyle dived brilliantly to palm Juan Mata's low blast on to the post.
Apart from a David Luiz free-kick and a high Sturridge volley, the hosts offered little until Didier Drogba's replacement of the mis-firing Fernando Torres at the break.
On the hour, parity was restored. Defender Branislav Ivanovic had too much time on the right and he picked out Sturridge to nod in.
Chelsea poured forward, but they will be grateful for a replay after Nathan Redmond was wasteful when through on goal in injury time.