FA Cup fifth round: talking points from the weekend’s action

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“When the ball is bouncing all over the place [on an uneven pitch] and you have people in your back, the way he handles time and space and the touches that he takes … it’s just incredible.” David Hytner Match report: Mansfield Town 1-2 Arsenal 3Woltemade wasted in midfield roleNewcastle spent £69m on Germany’s first-choice striker last summer, but Eddie Howe has since decided Nick Woltemade is not good enough to fill the No 9 role at Newcastle. The problem is he remains an uneasy fit in Newcastle’s default 4-3-3 formation.

When Howe made Woltemade a club-record signing, he told him he would build the team around his unique skills. The teenager made a splash when scoring a late winner at Newcastle in August but his involvement has been rationed by Arne Slot; he is yet to make a Premier League start.

It was Ngumoha’s counterattack that began the move from which Robertson scored and he ran himself into the ground, his fatigue when subbed off understandable after such a buzzy performance. Photograph: Javier García/Shutterstock7Leeds show strength of depthPlenty has been made of Premier League managers resting players in the FA Cup this season, though Daniel Farke was well within his rights to make nine changes for the fifth round visit of Norwich given Leeds’ precarious league standing, and especially when the excellent left-back Gabriel Gudmundsson was one of the two players retained.