Leeds Set Up Gunners' Replay

Cesc Fabregas slotted home a 90th-minute penalty to prevent Arsenal from falling to a first FA Cup third-round defeat since 1996 as they drew 1-1 with Championship side Leeds United.

The Spain midfielder, called off the bench by manager Arsene Wenger after the home side had fallen behind to a Robert Snodgrass penalty after 54 minutes, spared his side's blushes after Ben Parker had pulled back Theo Walcott.

Despite defending for the majority of the match, Leeds had looked as though they would replicate last year's third-round win at Manchester United, until Fabregas intervened.

Birmingham City made light work of a potential upset by brushing aside Championship team Millwall with a 4-1 hammering at the New Den.

A brace from Matt Derbyshire and a superb free-kick from David Murphy put the Midlanders 3-0 up at half-time before Steve Morison missed a second-half penalty just after the break for the hosts.

Cameron Jerome then came off the bench to head home with his first touch to make it 4-0 before Millwall grabbed an injury-time consolation through substitute Danny Schofield.

Craig Westcarr and Lee Hughes teamed up to dump Sunderland out of the FA Cup as League One Notts County claimed a 2-1 Premier League scalp.

Goalkeeper Simon Mignolet dropped Westcarr's fifth-minute cross into his own net after colliding with team-mate Kieran Richardson to hand the visitors the perfect start.

A much-changed Sunderland's response was insipid and Hughes made sure 15 minutes from time when, after Mignolet had saved his initial effort, he fired home from the rebound to make Darren Bent's 81st-minute penalty irrelevant.

Junior Hoilett's first goal for Blackburn Rovers was enough to beat Championship leaders QPR 1-0 after Rovers had missed a host of chances in their FA Cup third-round tie at Ewood Park.

Mame Biram Diouf twice, Ryan Nelsen, Gael Givet and El Hadji Diouf could all have given their side a comfortable lead.

However, the 20-year-old Hoilett showed them all how it should be done 14 minutes from time with a shot from the edge of the penalty area.

Kevin Davies and Johan Elmander stepped off the bench to fire Bolton Wanderers through to the FA Cup fourth round with a 2-0 win and deny non-league York City the replay they would have deserved.

England striker Davies smashed the ball home from close range in the 83rd minute, after York, of the Blue Square Premier, had almost taken a shock lead at the other end.

The teams had looked to be heading for a Bootham Crescent replay before Davies, who manager Owen Coyle brought off the bench for the second half, intervened, and Elmander finished off York in the 89th minute with a sweet strike from 25 yards.

Cardiff City earned themselves a home replay after holding Stoke City 1-1 at the Britannia Stadium.

Michael Chopra put the Championship side in front in the eighth minute, the Potters defence allowing him time to head against the post and then slot home the loose ball home.

Tuncay made it 1-1 on 45 minutes after latching on to Ricardo Fuller's header, but although the hosts dominated the second period, the Bluebirds managed to keep their Premier League opponents at bay.

Everton stated their determination to win the FA Cup by powering into the fourth round with an emphatic 5-1 win over Championship strugglers Scunthorpe United.

Louis Saha and Jermaine Beckford got the Merseysiders off to a flying start at Glanford Park before Seamus Coleman, Marouane Fellaini and Leighton Baines made sure of victory.

Scunthorpe were completely outplayed aside from a brief spell at the start of the second half when Michael Collins threatened to spark a comeback with a superb strike.

Southampton came up with an FA Cup third-round shock of sorts as they sank a second-string Blackpool side 2-0 at St Mary's.

Second-half goals from Lee Barnard and Guly Do Prado secured a deserved win for the League One outfit, who also rattled the woodwork twice.

But Seasiders manager Ian Holloway, whose sole focus is surviving in the Premier League, made nine changes to his line-up and spared his established stars the long trip south.

Diomansy Kamara scored his first hat-trick in English football as Fulham proved they were serious about another crack at the FA Cup this season after sweeping past Peterborough United 6-2 and into the fourth round.

Quarter-finalists for the last two years, the Cottagers resisted the urge to rest players despite their Premier League relegation battle and duly demonstrated the true gulf in class between the top flight and League One.

Dickson Etuhu and substitutes Zoltan Gera and Jonathan Greening also found the net, while Lee Tomlin and a Grant McCann penalty salvaged some pride for the visitors, who survived an even heavier beating.

Reading striker Shane Long continued his marvellous recent form as West Bromwich Albion manager Roberto Di Matteo's love affair with the FA Cup took an unwanted turn.

The former Chelsea midfielder twice scored in FA Cup wins at Wembley for the Blues but could not find the inspiration to prevent his West Brom side from slipping to a sixth straight defeat with this 1-0 loss.

Long made it seven goals in six matches with a cool finish before half-time while Albion substitute Jonas Olsson was booked twice within 15 minutes of coming on at the break to add to the Premier League side's woes.

Stephen Hunt's second-half spot-kick salvaged a replay for 10-man Wolverhampton Wanderers at Doncaster Rovers after a pulsating third-round tie ended 2-2.

George Elokobi's 75th-minute sending-off for a tough challenge on James Coppinger left the Premier League visitors clinging on for their second chance.

Hunt's penalty had cancelled out Rovers' half-time lead with Billy Sharp and James Coppinger scoring twice in as many minutes to cancel out Nenad Milijas' stunning long-range opener.

Kyle Walker enjoyed the perfect start to his Aston Villa career to help ease the pressure on manager Gerard Houllier with a 3-1 win.

The 20-year-old defender, signed on loan from Tottenham Hotspur, could hardly have written the script better himself as he scored a brilliant goal nine minutes into his debut against Sheffield United, the club he supported as a boy and where he began his career.

Marc Albrighton made it 2-0 before the break and Villa were able to withstand a second-half fightback by the Blades, for whom Jamie Ward scored from the spot, before Stiliyan Petrov - after Ashley Young's dismissal - secured their place in the hat for the fourth round of the FA Cup.

Mohamed Diame netted twice as Wigan Athletic booked their place in the fourth round of the FA Cup with a 3-2 victory over Hull City for the second successive season.

The midfielder scored the only goal of a low key first half in the 21st minute before teenage striker Callum McManaman grabbed his first for the Latics 11 minutes after the break.

The match really came to life in the final quarter of an hour as substitute Nick Barmby netted either side of Diame's second but there was not to be a final twist as the visitors held on.

West Ham United's cup king Jonathan Spector was on target again but Avram Grant's struggling side made hard work of beating Barnsley 2-0 at Upton Park.

Spector's first goals in three years had sent West Ham storming into the Carling Cup semi-finals with a 4-0 victory over Manchester United.

The American, playing in the same central midfield role, put the Hammers ahead again today before substitute Frederic Piquionne rifled home a late second.

Stevenage Borough produced one of the greatest FA Cup shocks when they knocked Newcastle United out of the competition 3-1 at Broadhall Lane with goals from Stacy Long, Michael Bostwick and Peter Winn.

Joey Barton pulled a goal back in injury time with Newcastle trailing 2-0 and down to 10 men following Cheik Tiote's dismissal. But Winn immediately responded with a tie-clinching third for Stevenage.

On Sunday morning Ryan Giggs' second-minute penalty condemned Kenny Dalglish to a losing start as Liverpool manager as Manchester United recorded an FA Cup triumph over the 10-man Merseysiders, who also had Steven Gerrard sent off.

Almost two decades after ending his first stint as Anfield chief, Dalglish has been charged with reviving their fortunes.

But there will be no Wembley appearance for the Reds this season thanks to Giggs' cool finish after Daniel Agger had tripped Dimitar Berbatov.

Tottenham Hotspur booked their place in the fourth round thanks to an impressive second-half performance against Charlton Athletic, capped by a brilliant brace from former Addicks man Jermain Defoe.

Spurs put a sluggish first half behind them to take the lead through pacy youngster Andros Townsend, who fired past Rob Elliot to mark his debut with a goal at White Hart Lane.

Defoe, who started his career with the Addicks, made it 2-0 with a low drive before rounding off the victory by stabbing home from 18 yards for his fifth of the season.

Meanwhile, Chelsea went some way to lifting the gloom at Stamford Bridge as they began their defence of the FA Cup with a crushing win over Ipswich Town.

The managerless visitors proved ideal cannon fodder for Carlo Ancelotti's faltering double winners, who went into the match on their worst Premier League run for almost 15 years.

Ancelotti's decision to continue last season's policy of fielding some youngsters in the early rounds of the cup did not backfire, with Daniel Sturridge and Frank Lampard scoring twice, Salomon Kalou also finding the net and Nicolas Anelka ending the goal drought which has coincided with Chelsea's two months of misery. Carlos Edwards' own goal made up the tally.

In Sunday's late kick-off, an error from goalkeeper Joe Hart enabled skipper Andy King to earn Leicester City a deserved FA Cup third round replay with Manchester City. Hart could not hold onto a cross from Paul Gallagher - and King converted the rebound midway through the second half.

Sol Bamba gave the Foxes a first minute lead but James Milner and Carlos Tevez put the visitors in the ascendancy before half-time at the Walkers Stadium.