Arsenal, Chelsea and Liverpool all looking to avoid FA Cup fifth-round slip-ups

[p][i][b]AFP Sport [/b][/i]looks at three talking points ahead of this weekend's fifth round action:[/p][h2]Wrexham get taste of big time[/h2][p]Owned by Hollywood actors Ryan Reynolds and Rob Mac, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/wrexham/IgO7K1ZA/"]Wrexham[/a] are no strangers to star power these days, but the Championship club will get a taste of what they hope their future looks like when [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/chelsea-4fGZN2oK/wrexham-IgO7K1ZA/?mid=fJMRtkrC"]Chelsea visit the Racecourse Ground on Saturday.[/a][/p][p]Wrexham are fighting to win promotion to the Premier League to cap an incredible rise since Reynolds and Mac bought the team in 2020.[/p][p]Currently sixth in the second tier, Wrexham are aiming to make it four successive promotions this term, which would ensure the likes of [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/chelsea/4fGZN2oK/"]Chelsea[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/arsenal/hA1Zm19f/"]Arsenal[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/manchester-city/Wtn9Stg0/"]Manchester City[/a] are among the glamorous visitors to the modest north Wales town next season.[/p][p]With that lofty goal in mind, Phil Parkinson's side can measure themselves against elite opposition in the shape of eight-time FA Cup winners Chelsea.[/p][embed guid="1c27db35-8433-41c5-b9d4-6b9b3fff93be" url="https://x.com/Wrexham_AFC/status/2029596608036294672" social-type="twitter" /][p]Wrexham have already beaten [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/nottingham/UsushcZr/"]Nottingham Forest[/a] in the third round this season.[/p][p]And Parkinson hopes they can rekindle the spirit that inspired the club, then in the fourth tier, to a famous FA Cup win over Arsenal in 1992.[/p][p][b]"I think you've got to go into every game believing, and if not you may as well not turn up,"[/b] Parkinson said.[/p][p][b]"We've got to go in with belief but also an understanding of the underdog mentality and what boxes we've got to tick to make it as difficult as possible for Chelsea."[/b][/p][h2]Mansfield hunting Arsenal upset[/h2][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/mansfield/t6G9wMZN/"]Mansfield[/a] boss Nigel Clough has a rich heritage as the son of one of football's most iconic managers, but FA Cup success has been elusive for his family.[/p][p]Clough's father, Brian, led [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/derby/Iug0YO0Q/"]Derby[/a] and Nottingham Forest to one English title each and won the European Cup twice with the latter, but was never able to get his hands on the FA Cup.[/p][p]The closest he came was a 1991 final defeat against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/tottenham/UDg08Ohm/"]Tottenham[/a] when his son Nigel was in the Forest attack.[/p][p]Clough senior died in 2004, but Nigel has kept searching for FA Cup glory, and the 59-year-old has a chance to spring a stunning upset [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/arsenal-hA1Zm19f/mansfield-t6G9wMZN/?mid=nRvZvTCO"]when Premier League leaders Arsenal visit Field Mill on Saturday.[/a][/p][embed guid="34c9d422-c38c-44fd-bffb-e7387a17ce5c" url="https://x.com/mansfieldtownfc/status/2029617950941139418" social-type="twitter" /][p]Clough has guided Mansfield to the FA Cup last 16 for the first time in 51 years after beating [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/burnley/z3dmTMMO/"]Burnley[/a] in the fourth round.[/p][p]Currently 16th in the third tier, it would be an even more remarkable achievement to knock out Arsenal.[/p][p][b]"We actually drew them in the Youth Cup here earlier on this season, and they won 4-0. There were two or three players playing that night that would cause us problems in our first team, such is the quality that they have,"[/b] Clough said.[/p][h2]Liverpool must bite back at Wolves[/h2][p]Branded "slow and predictable" by furious captain [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/van-dijk-virgil/U59RNqOr/"]Virgil van Dijk[/a] after their shock 2-1 loss at [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/wolves/j3Azpf5d/"]Wolves[/a] in the Premier League on Tuesday, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/liverpool-lId4TMwf/wolves-j3Azpf5d/?mid=EuLBpXrm"]Liverpool return to Molineux on Friday[/a] looking to set the record straight.[/p][p]Arne Slot's side produced one of their worst performances in a dismal campaign as bottom-of-the-table Wolves snatched only their third league win this season thanks to Andre's late strike.[/p][embed guid="4bc6fc26-890b-4505-9438-db788eef49ee" url="https://x.com/LFC/status/2029814239649775939" social-type="twitter" /][p]Despite spending £450 million on new signings in the close-season, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/liverpool/lId4TMwf/"]Liverpool[/a] have mounted a woeful title defence, leaving the FA Cup and the Champions League as their last chances for silverware.[/p][p]Languishing in sixth place, the Reds have been hampered by injuries, and the under-fire Slot said: [b]"It's the model that we don't have 25 players over here.[/b][/p][p][b]"Then it hurts even more if you have three or four long-term injuries at the moment."[/b][/p][h2][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/soccer/england/fa-cup/fixtures/"]Follow the FA Cup here with Flashscore![/a][/h2]