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Tuesday January 31, 2007
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Luton Town 0 Blackburn Rovers 4In the early game on Saturday Blackburn were the first team to book their place in the last 16, with an easy 4-0 win over Luton at Kenilworth Road. Matt Derbyshire, who got a new contract at Rovers last week, opened the scoring - and he set up a simple second for Benni McCarthy before half-time. Derbyshire then headed in his second, and the scoring was wrapped up by a great left-foot strike from Morten Gamst Pedersen. Manchester United 2 Portsmouth 1Wayne Rooney came off the bench to secure Utd's name in the 5th round draw as they beat Pompey 2-1 at Old Trafford. Rooney scored twice in the space of seven minutes to put United in the driving seat. Kanu pulled a goal back for the visitors with three minutes remaining, but they ran out of time in their bid to take the tie to a replay. Bristol City 2 Middlesbrough 2A second-half comeback saw City earn a 2-2 draw to set up an FA Cup 4th round replay at The Riverside. Boro grabbed an early lead at Ashton Gate when Adriano Basso didn't hold Stewart Downing's shot and Aiyegbeni Yakubu thumped in the rebound. Malcolm Christie added a second for the Teessiders after 22 minutes, from a James Morrison pass. Richard Keogh pulled one back for the hosts in the 53rd minute and a great strike from Scott Murray set up the replay. Fulham 3 Stoke City 0The Cottagers came through as comfortable 3-0 winners against Championship side Stoke. Vincenzo Montella scored from close range in the 11th minute after the Potters failed to clear a corner. Brian McBride volleyed in a second seven minutes before half-time and the Cottagers made sure of victory with a third from Tomasz Radzinski. Tottenham Hotspur 3 Southend United 1Spurs completed a comfortable 3-1 win at White Hart Lane. Robbie Keane's 12th-minute strike gave them an early lead and the second came when Jermaine Jenas turned in Aaron Lennon's cross from close range five minutes into the second half. Freddy Eastwood's penalty gave the Shrimpers hope but Mido added a third to kill them off. Birmingham City 2 Reading 3At St Andrews, the Royals went ahead in the third minute when Dave Kitson's shot beat Maik Taylor. Leroy Litas second after 40 minutes put Steve Coppell's men in control but a magic strike from Martin Taylor in the 47th minute brought the hosts back into it. However, Lita's second ensured the Berkshire side went through despite Sebastian Larsson's late free-kick. West Ham United 0 Watford 1Watford eliminated last season's FA Cup finalists West Ham, Anthony McNamee with the only goal at Upton Park. Blackpool 1 Norwich City 1Blackpool secured a replay at Norwich after holding the Championship side to a 1-1 draw at Bloomfield Road. Darren Huckerby's goal on the stroke of half-time gave the visitors the lead but Ian Evatt's header brought Blackpool level. Crystal Palace 0 Preston North End 2A solo effort from David Nugent and an 83rd-minute goal from Kelvin Wilson gave Preston a 2-0 win at Crystal Palace. Barnet 0 Plymouth Argyle 2Barnet's fairytale came to an end with a 2-0 defeat at home to Plymouth. Hasney Aljofree scored the first goal from the penalty spot before Scott Sinclair, on loan from Chelsea, made the result safe. Ipswich Town 0 Swansea City 1Alan Lee's 64th-minute penalty steered Ipswich past Swansea at Portman Road.Derby County 1 Bristol Rovers 0Substitute Paul Peschisolido's goal proved decisive for Derby at home to Rovers. Wolves 0 West Bromwich Albion 3In Sunday's early game at Molineux, Diomansy Kamara scored from close range after a flick-on by Kevin Phillips to put Albion ahead in the 44th minute. The Senegalese man then returned the favor four minutes into the second half by laying on a chance for Phillips to score his 12th of the season. Zoltan Gera killed off any prospect of a comeback when he added Albion's third in the 78th minute after good work by Jason Koumas. Chelsea 3 Nottingham Forest 0At Stamford Bridge, Chelsea eased into the fifth round. Forest fell behind after just nine minutes when Andriy Shevchenko's close-range shot was deflected past keeper Paul Jones by defender John Curtis. Didier Drogba made it 2-0 on 18 minutes when he lifted a curling 20-yard free-kick over the wall and past Jones. Forest conceded a third on the stroke of half-time, when Frank Lampard's corner ricocheted around in the box and John Obi Mikel stabbed home from close range. Arsenal 1 Bolton Wanderers 1At the Emirates Stadium, Arsenal and Bolton drew 1-1. Bolton scored first when Kevin Nolan rounded off an excellent move to score early in the second half. The leveler came with 12 minutes to go when the unmarked Kolo Toure dived to head home past Jaaskelainen following an Arsenal set-piece. Manchester City 3 Southampton 1Man City came from a goal down to beat Southampton 3-1 at Eastlands. Kenwyne Jones gave Saints the lead in the 23rd minute but Darius Vassell leveled three minutes later when he turned and fired a shot past Kelvin Davis. The Blues went ahead on the stroke of half-time when Joey Barton scored after good work down the left by Stephen Ireland. And DaMarcus Beasley bagged the third when he got on the end of a long ball forward by Richard Dunne. |
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