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5 Things We Learned From This Weekend's FA Cup Fifth Round Action

The fifth round of the FA Cup took over the English football calendar this weekend, with seven of the eight ties played on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

Here's a look at five things we learned from the action.

Game of Two Halves

The old cliché was certainly apt in the case of Swansea's 4-1 comeback win over fellow Championship club Brentford on Saturday after initially being heavily outplayed.

"I thought Brentford were the better team in the first half. We had to respond at half-time because the environment was not so positive," manager Graham Potter told Match of the Day.