Chelsea goalkeeper Asmir Begovic hopes to keep his FA Cup place for the semifinal against Tottenham.

Begovic looks likely to start for Chelsea in their FA Cup semi-final against Tottenham due to Thibaut Courtois' ankle problem.

He was at Portsmouth when they lifted the trophy in 2008, the same year that the semi-finals were permanently moved there, but wasn't named in the squad.

Begovic told the London Evening Standard: “It would be nice to make it fourth time lucky this year.

“I had no complaints in 2008 because I was very young and was just happy to be in and around the squad. I'd left for Stoke the year Portsmouth got to a second final and then at Stoke it was a time of squad rotation.

“I was playing in the League games and Sorensen was playing the Cup games.

“Fair play to him, I had no arguments there. It's just the way it went.

“Thomas was a great keeper, did his bit for the team and the club. It's what the manager decided so hopefully this time around it will be my turn."