Arsenal out of Women's FA Cup after shock Liverpool defeat

A Daphne van Domselaar own goal was the difference between the two sides, the ball rebounding off the post and back onto the goalkeeper with 12 minutes to play.

The Reds dominated large parts of the game, Sophie Roman Haug going close on the stroke of half-time when she pinched the ball from Van Domselaar, who had a difficult afternoon.

It is the first time Liverpool have progressed to the last four since being knocked out at that stage by Manchester City in 2016-17, and marks their second consecutive win under interim boss Amber Whiteley, who replaced Matt Beard at the end of last month.

For 14-time winners Arsenal, the Champions League remains their last realistic chance of winning silverware this season, with Chelsea holding an 11-point lead over them at the top of the Women's Super League.

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Elsewhere on Sunday, Chelsea reached the final four by seeing off Crystal Palace 1-0 at Kingsmeadow.

Lauren James scored the only goal of the game in the 64th minute to keep the Blues' quadruple hopes alive ahead of next week's League Cup final against Man City.

James and Aggie Beever-Jones missed other opportunities to score in a game Palace defended doggedly in, though the result was never in doubt.

Meanwhile, Bunny Shaw and Jess Park did the damage for the Citizens, as they sealed their spot in the semi-finals with a 2-0 victory over Aston Villa.

Villa had threatened in the early stages, missing opportunities on the counter-attack, before City came to life after half-time.

Shaw finished off Mary Fowler's through ball before Park dispatched Vivianne Miedema's pass to double the lead.

City remain alive in the FA Cup, League Cup and Champions League but a 12-point gap to Chelsea in the WSL means a quadruple of their own is highly improbable.

On Saturday, Manchester United were comfortable 3-1 winners against Sunderland.

Leah Galton, Maya Le Tissier and Ella Tone were on target for United, who are defending champions after beating Tottenham 4-0 in last season's final.

Sunderland, the only remaining side from outside the top tier, did pull a goal back through Louise Griffiths in the second half but were largely outplayed by Marc Skinner's side.