FA Cup Round-up
February 19th, 2007 . posted by admin
Manchester United were held to a 1-1 draw by Reading on Saturday as Chelsea cruised into the FA Cup quarter finals with a 4-0 win over Norwich. Elsewhere, two other Premiership sides will have to replay as Arsenal stumbled against Blackburn and Middlesbrough drew with Champioship side West Brom.
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Man Utd 1-1 Reading
Reading forced a replay against Manchester United on Saturday with a 1-1 draw after a Brynjar Bjorn Gunnarsson header cancelled out Michael Carrick's opener in a scrappy affair in front of over 70,000 supporters at Old Trafford.
Chelsea 4-0 Norwich
Chelsea cruised into the quarter-finals with a 4-0 victory over Norwich City at Stamford Bridge on Saturday. The result was a bit harsh on Norwich however, as they fought bravely and only conceded two of their goals in stoppage time.
WBA 2-2 Middlesbrough
Championship side West Bromwich Albion twice came from behind to earn a 2-2 draw with Premiership side Middlesbrough in the fifth round of the FA Cup on Saturday.
Arsenal 0-0 Blackburn
Brad Friedel pulled off a wonderful double save in the dying minutes to earn his side a replay as they held Arsenal to a 0-0 draw at the Emirates Stadium on Saturday
Watford 1-0 Ipswich
Damien Francis scored a late winner as Premiership Watford edged past 10-man Ipswich to book their place in the last eight of the FA Cup with a 1-0 win. Championship Ipswich - who had George O'Callaghan sent off just before half-time - will count themselves unlucky not to have forced a replay.
Plymouth 2-0 Derby
Plymouth boss Ian Holloway reached the quarter-finals of the FA Cup for the first time as a manager with Kevin Gallen's penalty and a late goal from Scott Sinclair seeing off 10-man Derby, who had Darren Mooore sent off.
Fulham 0-4 Spurs
Two superb Robbie Keane volleys and two late Dimitar Berbatov goals saw Tottenham beat Fulham 3-0 in a comfortable FA Cup fifth round London derby victory at Craven Cottage.
Preston 1 - 3 Man City
Manchester City moved into the sixth round of the FA Cup with a hard fought 3-1 win in the North West derby against Preston North End.
