Antonio Conte won’t change his style despite Jose Mourinho moan

“We want to go into the next round, in the same way Manchester United do, so I will try and make the best decision for the team”. The Spain global is likely to be too hot to handle for United’s defence, and he should fire Chelsea into the last four of the competition.

Henrikh Mkhitaryan gave United the lead in the first half at the Olymp-2 Stadium, on a pitch that confirmed pre-match fears by blowing dust into the players’ eyes.

The Portuguese probably expected this draw deep down in all honesty before the line-up was unveiled and will have immediately got the grey matter whirring on how to come up with a strategy to overcome the Premier League leaders.

“In October, before the game, I was sure we would face a great team. I feel I will be here for much more time because the connection is so good with everyone”, he added.

In October, table-toppers Chelsea enjoyed a 4-0 home win over United, with visiting manager Mourinho unhappy with the way Conte tried to gee up the crowd when his side had already scored four goals.

Midfielder Marouane Fellaini said that United will approach the quarter-final against Chelsea with confidence rather than apprehension.

Lingard could be forgiven for feeling hard done-by, after the 24 year-old has popped up with two crucial goals in United’s last two trips to Wembley – including a stunning strike against Crystal Palace to clinch the FA Cup in 2016. I said at Chelsea, I stay here as long as you want.

“Obviously, we lost there a few months ago, but now it is the FA Cup, and we will see what happens”. And, for me, he is very important because he is the captain.

One game on Thursday, another on Monday. all this cup chasing does odd things to the calendar.

Chelsea dominated the last time these two teams met, and given their defensive form and Ibrahimovic’s absence, they are once again favourites to win this contest.

“Of course, they are confident, so let’s go there and see what we can do”.

Conte has deployed Pedro at left wing-back instead of Marcos Alonso for Chelsea’s three FA Cup ties to date and the former Barcelona player has revelled in the role – scoring in every game.