Arsenal 5-0 Lincoln City: Plucky Lincoln tire against Arsenal - as it happened

That's it from me, James Eagles. We must do this again.

It's all over for Danny Cowley's team - but what a journey it's been. It started on Bonfire Night, but the fire has been put out by Arsenal, who run out convincing 5-0 winners.

In the end, the gulf in class showed, Arsenal stepped it up in the second half, no doubt helped by Theo Walcott's late first half goal.

But, Arsenal end a troublesome week by booking their passage to Wembley.

90: Full-time, no additional time added on and Lincoln can have no shame.

89: Corner for Arsenal.

87: Walcott drives wide.

85: Raggett goes straight through Ozil and is booked. Sanchez cracks the free-kick against the bar.

83: Arsenal are back again. Sanchez does well to beat Wood before finding Ozil, but the German's first-time pass to Walcott has too much weight and Lincoln get back. Arsenal win a corner.

80: CHANCE! Power curls an effort on goal, but Cech makes a simple save.

79: Coquelin concedes a free-kick near the edge of the box, felling Marriott. Marriott takes the free-kick but whips it over the wall and the bar.

78: SUBSTITUTION: Hawkridge (OFF), Marriott (ON)

Oh no. It's a horror show at the back. The ball pinballs around the box and falls invitingly to Sanchez. He clips the ball to the back post where it finds Ramsey, who rounds Farman and quite literally, Arsenal walk it in.

75: GOAL FOR ARSENAL.

Lovely, lovely goal by Sanchez, who's flickered in the game thus far. Receives the ball from Ozil, skips past the frustrated lunge of Wood and caresses the ball into the far corner from 20 yards.

72: GOAL FOR ARSENAL!

70: Coquelin flies in on Hawkridge and concedes a free-kick near the Lincoln box.

67: Ozil nods over.

66: SUBSTITUTION: Rhead (OFF), Ward (ON)

Lincoln have one change remaining. One if game goes to extra-time.

65: SUBSTITUTION: Giroud (OFF), Lucas (ON)

Arsenal have one change remaining if the game goes to extra time.

63: Margetts sees yellow for a late challenge on Gibbs.

61: SUBSTITUTION: Xhaka (OFF), Coquelin (ON)

Arsenal have one change remaining.  ?Two if game goes to extra-time.

59: Farman is down.

It's three and the Cup dream looks to be all over for Lincoln. Fortuitous from Arsenal, but well worked. Sanchez waits and waits for Gibbs on the overlap, he pulls it back and Waterfall is helpless to get out the way, as if cannons off him and into his own net.

58: GOAL FOR ARSENAL!

57: CHANCE! Inches away from number three. Bellerin does well to nutmeg Power, and just bends his shot wide. Probably should've tucked it away.

57: As you'd expect, Arsenal are shining now.

54: SUBSTITUTION: Muldoon (OFF), Margetts (ON)

Lincoln have two changes remaining. Three if game goes to extra-time.

It had been coming, and it was a nice move. Intricate passing around the box between Walcott, Sanchez and Bellerin leads to the latter pulling it back to Giroud, who taps into a empty net.

53: GOAL FOR ARSENAL!

51: Giroud has a chance to atone, but his shot is tame.

50: CHANCE! Ozil slides a wonderful ball to Giroud, who shoots through the legs of Waterfall, forcing a fine save from Farman. It falls to Walcott who opts to clip it towards the back post towards the head of Gibbs - but he can't quite get high enough and heads over.

49: Lincoln have just tired a little, maybe dropped their heads conceding so late.

48: Patient build up by Arsenal. Ozil's shot is deflected by Power for a corner.

47: Woodyard is booked for a clumsy tackle on Gibbs.

46: We're back underway!

We're close to the restart at the Emirates here. Arsenal are out, Lincoln yet to emerge.

So, Arsenal go into the break ahead. Did they fully deserve it? Not really. Poor so far, they've threatened the disciplined Lincoln in bursts, but Theo Walcott's strike in added time separates the two teams.

HALF-TIME: ARSENAL 1-0 LINCOLN CITY

45+5: Corner for Lincoln, but Cech smothers the loose ball.

45+3: Ramsey hits the upper tier from Walcott's cutback.

It's Theo Walcott. The corner wasn't dealt with and it fell to Walcott eventually, who slipped it into the far corner. Took a slight deflection, but Arsenal look to be heading into the break ahead.

45+2: GOAL FOR ARSENAL!

45+1: Farman is almost caught out by a teasing Ozil cross that heads towards the far corner. He shovels it round the post.

45+1: Six added minutes.

45: Heading into added time in the first half, the scores are still level.

45: CHANCE! Ramsey pokes over after a poor defensive header from Waterfall falls to him.

42: Giroud is caught between Waterfall and Raggett and caught a whack on the head. He's back up now.

36: Muldoon is bundled over by Koscielny on halfway, and is booked. I'm not even sure if it's a foul, but okay.

34: CHANCE! Sanchez pings in a low cross that Walcott is first to. He takes a shot on his left foot, but can't get behind it and Farman gathers easily.

31: Rhead is up and walking off as them's the rules. Should be back on soon.

30: Rhead is down after being caught in the face by Koscielny.

29: CHANCE! Unbelievable! Rhead knocks a long ball down to Arnold, who skips by Koscielny and forces Cech into a save. Could it be?

27: SUBSTITUTION: Oxlade-Chamberlain (OFF), Ozil (ON)

Arsenal have two changes remaining. Three if game goes to extra-time.

26: Ozil is close to coming on. Oxlade-Chamberlain seemingly has a problem.

24: Xhaka goes in late on Rhead and gets his customary yellow card.

22: Lincoln sit deep - understandably - as Arsenal stroll the ball around.

19: Mustafi leans in on Rhead and concedes a free-kick in a promising position for Lincoln.

19: The possession stats are now in Arsenal favour 75:25. That's seems a little more likely.

17: Raggett does well to put Walcott's pacy cross out for a corner.

14: CHANCE! Walcott hits a volley on the edge of the box and Farman does well to tip it onto the post. Another corner for the hosts.

13: Arsenal starting to find a rhythm now, Gibbs' cross is deflected out for a corner by Wood.

10: CHANCE! Better from Arsenal. Oxlade-Chamberlain picked out Bellerin with a lovely cross-field pass. He laid the ball to Ramsey on the edge of the 18-yard-box, but the Welshman slid his shot just past Farman's post. The first shot in anger tonight.

7: Lincoln have had 62% possession at the Emirates Stadium. Did you think you'd hear those words last August?

7: Sloppy from Gibbs as his control spins away from him and goes out for a throw-in.

3: Giroud fouls Raggett 30 yards from the Lincoln goal.

2: Small delay as Mustafi has taken a whack on the nose, courtesy of Rhead.

2: The delivery comes to nothing, as a foul is given Arsenal's way.

1: Bright start for the visitors, Muldoon wins a foul out wide from Gibbs.

1: LINCOLN CITY GET US UNDERWAY!

Interesting to note that Arsene Wenger's programme notes start by acknowledging the pressure he and the 11 on the pitch are under.

Hello and welcome back to VAVEL's live coverage of Arsenal and Lincoln City in the FA Cup Quarter-Final. The teams are emerging from the dugout. Time for a proper cup tie methinks.

90 places separate the two sides in terms of league positions. In the Cup, that matters little; who will prevail over 90 or even 120 minutes to join Manchester City thus far in the FA Cup Semi-Final draw?

And here it is. No surprises, the strongest team available to manager Danny Cowley.

A strong side is named by Arsene Wenger, with the FA Cup being Arsenal's last real hope of a trophy in a disastrous season. Normal cup keeper David Ospina makes way, having shipped 10 goals in his last three games; Petr Cech returns in between the posts.

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain returns in the role behind Olivier Giroud, with Theo Walcott and Alexis Sanchez either side. Still no start for Lucas Perez, what must he do to earn one?

We await the Lincoln team news.

Predicted lineups:

Arsenal (4-2-3-1): Ospina; Bellerin, Mustafi, Koscielny, Gibbs; Ramsey, Xhaka; Walcott, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Sanchez; Giroud

Lincoln City (4-4-2): Farman, Habergham, Raggett, Waterfall, Wood; Hawkridge, Woodyard, Power, Arnold; Rhead, Muldoon

Lincoln have quite a few players cup-tied, including Lee Angol, Callum Howe and one-time Sunderland man Billy Knott. Lee Beevers (knee) is the only one to miss out through injury. Crucially, top scorer Matt Rhead is fit to start.

Team news, then. Only Mohamed Elneny (ankle) and Santi Cazorla (achilles) are definite absentees for Arsenal. Mesut Özil, Danny Welbeck and Alex Iwobi (illness) are all doubts.

Let's take a look at the last five meetings to educate ourselves. I doubt you'll remember watching them live...
 

This is the first meeting in 102 years between the two sides. Lincoln were the victors that March day in 1915, can they repeat the feat. In the 26 games between the two, Arsenal have won 13, Lincoln just six.

As for Lincoln, history was made last month when they squeezed past Premier League Burnley in the fifth round to become the first non-league side to reach the quarter-finals since QPR, 103 years ago. Quite the feat for the side sitting pretty at the top of the National League, edging closer to league football, six years after their last relegation.

Due to seeding rules, Lincoln have had a more strenuous job in getting to this stage; their journey starting in November, with a 2-1 win over Altrincham in Round One. They followed that up by beating Oldham, Championship sides Ipswich and then Brighton and finally Burnley at Turf Moor. Quite the journey and a big money visit to the Emirates is what they richly deserve.

There's a real sense of turmoil at the Emirates Stadium. With just one win in six, the ever under-fire Arsène Wenger's side capitulated on Tuesday night against Bayern Munich in spectacular fashion after Laurent Koscielny's dismissal. A 1-0 lead turned into yet another 1-5 loss; meaning the Germans strolled to double digits on aggregate.

Protests aplenty in the streets surrounding the Emirates in the hours before kick-off that night set the tone, the number of red seats without backsides parked near them or in them at the final whistle confirmed that this has been a winter of discontent for Arsenal.

The FA Cup has provided some respite. A narrow win over Preston in the third round started the campaign off, but a crushing win over Southampton at the following stage eased fears and nerves. Their passage into the quarter-finals was completed with a win over Lincoln's fellow non-league outfit, Sutton United. Need I remind you of the events surrounding that.

Good afternoon and welcome to VAVEL's live coverage of the FA Cup quarter-final tie between a battered and bruised Arsenal and the plucky, record-breaking Lincoln City, who may, just may fancy their chances of causing an upset. A place in the draw for the semi-finals and Wembley awaits the victors this evening. I'm James Eagles and I'll be taking you through all the action.