Chelsea will issue stadium bans and support police action if it can identify the supporters who threw coins at Manchester City players at Stamford Bridge on Sunday, as the FA Cup was marred by such incidents for the second day in a row.

Coins were thrown when David Faupala celebrated with City teammates in the corner of the pitch, near Chelsea fans, after scoring on his debut.

"We condemn such idiotic and dangerous behavior," Chelsea's head of communications, Steve Atkins, said. "If we can identify those responsible, then we will ban them from Stamford Bridge.

"It is worth noting it is a criminal offense, too. We will support any police prosecution if we can identify, along with the police, the individuals responsible for their behavior today."

Chelsea's interim manager Guus Hiddink also voiced his disapproval.

"I was aware. I can easily say 'no, I am not aware' - but I was aware," Hiddink said. "I like to always face the facts.

"There were coins thrown to the Man City players in their celebration. We condemn it, I condemn it strongly and Chelsea, I think they will react. Those people, they must not come into stadiums."

City manager Manuel Pellegrini said he did not know about the incident in the 37th minute of a game which Chelsea eventually won 5-1.

On Saturday, West Bromwich Albion captain Chris Brunt was struck in the face by a coin which was thrown by a supporter of his team after a 3-1 defeat by second tier Reading.

Brunt had gone over to applaud the fans for their support at the end of the match.

"They thought it was OK to throw a coin at their own players. I'm disgusted," Brunt said to the BBC, with a cut clearly visible under his eye. "They paid a lot of money to come, but a small minority spoilt it."

The English Football Association is investigating the incident involving Brunt.

"We strongly condemn any such behavior and will work with both clubs and the authorities to identify those responsible," the FA said in a statement.

With third-placed Fiorentina hosting title hopefuls Napoli next week, Roma have a great chance to snatch the final Champions League spot with a win at Empoli. It couldn't have gone much better for Spalletti, who is moving an extremely talented squad in the right direction. Totti or no Totti.

Edin Dzeko, Mohamed Salah ensure Roma don't miss Francesco Totti

If Roma's players were affected by the row that exploded between coach Luciano Spalletti and club legend Francesco Totti, they certainly didn't show it on Sunday night. A 5-0 hammering of Sicilian travelling circus Palermo gave the Giallorossi their fifth straight win to keep them in fourth position, two points from the Champions League places, and let their captain know that they can get on just fine without him.

Spalletti dumped Totti out of the squad after he made his discontent both at not playing and a lack of contract extension public on the evening news, and with Totti looking on from the stands, Roma's other attackers went to town on poor old Palermo, with Edin Dzeko and Mohamed Salah both scoring twice and Seydou Keita bagging his first of the season.

The chanting of Totti's name that came at the start faded away and were replaced with cheers for man-of-the-match Dzeko and the return of Kevin Strootman, who ended his knee injury nightmare with a sedate 13 minutes in a match that had been long since won.

What Totti saw on Sunday was a team that doesn't revolve around him like it once did. Dzeko topped and tailed this routine win in the 30th and 89th minutes with a smart left-foot finish -- just seconds after possibly the miss of the season -- and a bullet header, while Salah's brace was possibly even better.

The Egyptian smashed home Dzeko's delicate flick from an acute angle to make it three on the hour and curled in an impossible-looking second from the byline just two minutes later. January signing Diego Perotti got in on the act with the cross for Dzeko's second, while Miralem Pjanic excelled in a more advanced role alongside Salah, setting up his compatriot's opener and offering the sort of creativity with which Totti made his career.

Mourinho should take the Manchester United job tomorrow- Wilkins

Chelsea FC easily defeated a weak Manchester City side 5-1 at Stamford Bridge. By looking at the team sheets before the match, it was clear what both clubs were doing. City were resting their big names for their midweek UEFA Champions League tie, while Chelsea were intent on putting everything that they had into the FA Cup.

Diego Costa continued his steady goal production by scoring the game’s opening goal. David Faupala pulled one back for the visitors, but that would be it, as Willian, Eden Hazard, Gary Cahill and Bertrand Traore turned the contest into a rout in favor of the hosts. Here are five talking points from today’s match.

But Pellegrini’s request was ignored and, concerned that injury-hit City were in danger of being stretched to breaking point, the Chilean boss prioritised European success and next weekend’s League Cup final against Liverpool, admitting that he didn’t consider the Stamford Bridge showdown “a real game”.

Pellegrini had warned fans they wouldn’t get value for money because he would rest stars like Sergio Aguero and Yaya Toure and he was true to his word as he fielded an unrecognisable starting line-up featuring six teenagers, five of whom were making their full debuts.

In contrast, Guus Hiddink, with the luxury of having played in the Champions League already this week, named his strongest available side and it was men against boys as they swept into the quarter-finals thanks to a pair of assists and a goal from Hazard.

Diego Costa put Chelsea ahead and, although David Faupala equalised for the visitors, second half goals from Willian, Gary Cahill, Hazard and Bertrand Traore handed City a third successive defeat.

West Ham also reached the quarter-finals on Sunday as Tottenham Hotspur were knocked out by fellow capital club Crystal Palace.

Martin Kelly was Palace’s unlikely hero at White Hart Lane as his first goal for the south London side — and first for anyone since he scored 1,545 days previously for Liverpool at Chelsea in November 2011 — on the stroke of half-time proved the difference.

Palace’s reward was a quarter-final away to second-tier Reading, a club once managed by Eagles boss Alan Pardew.

Chelsea are away to Everton in a repeat of the 2009 FA Cup final which the Blues won during current caretaker boss Guus Hiddink’s first spell as interim manager.

West Ham, who in Sunday’s opening fifth round tie saw off Championship Blackburn Rovers 5-1, will travel to the winners of Monday’s tie between third-tier Shrewsbury Town and struggling Manchester United.

Meanwhile holders Arsenal, bidding to become the first club to win the FA Cup three years in a row since the 19th Century, must see off Hull in a replay following Saturday’s goalless draw at the Emirates if they are to face Watford in next month’s quarter-finals.

Tottenham, second in the Premier League, had earlier seen Dele Alli twice hit the post with the same shot and this loss ended their hopes of emulating the celebrated League and Cup ‘double’ winning Spurs team of 1960/61.

Pardew, a member of the Eagles’ side that lost the 1990 final and West Ham manager when they lost to Liverpool in the 2006 showpiece match, was delighted by his team’s resilience.

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