FA Cup third round: Around the grounds - in pictures
Mansfield Town 1-2 Liverpool: Luis Suarez handed himself a goal, quite literally, as Liverpool overcame their hosts. But Mansfield had three penalty shouts turned down in the space of two minutes before Suarez turned the ball into the net with his wrist to end their aspirations of a cup upset.Photograph: Clive Mason/Getty ImagesSwansea 2-2 Arsenal: Michu gave Swansea the lead in a game which appeared to be heading their way. The closing stages were lit up when Arsenal scored twice, but Danny Graham ensured a replay will be needed.Photograph: Matthew Childs/Action ImagesAston Villa 2-1 Ipswich Town Darren Bent receives an escort on his comeback after nearly a month out with a hamstring problem. He was back to his old self and equalised against Ipswich Town at the start of the second half before Andreas Weimann headed the winner seven minutes from timePhotograph: PA
Aldershot Town 3-1 Rotherham United Danny Hylton fired a hat-trick only to be sent off in the closing stages as Aldershot saw off Rotherham to enter the FA tombola for the fourth roundPhotograph: Charlie Crowhurst/Getty ImagesBlackburn Rovers 2-0 Bristol City Home fans scramble to catch the shirt thrown into the crowd by Colin Kazim-Richards after Rovers' victoryPhotograph: Paul Thomas/Getty ImagesFulham 1-1 Blackpool The Blackpool goalkeeper Matt Gilks can do nothing as Giorgos Karagounis's 80th minute half-volley flies in to earn Fulham a replay and deny Blackpool a famous FA Cup victory Photograph: Ian Walton/Getty ImagesBolton Wanderers 2-2 Sunderland Carlos Cuellar of Sunderland battles for the ball with David N'Gog of Bolton. Goals by Connor Wickham and Craig Gardner rescued Sunderland's FA Cup campaign after Bolton had taken a two-goal lead courtesy of Lee Chung-Yeng and Marvin SordellPhotograph: Mark Thompson/Getty ImagesCrystal Palace 0-0 Stoke City Robert Huth of Stoke gets to grips with Palace's Jermaine Easter in a tight matchPhotograph: Christopher Lee/Getty ImagesBrighton & Hove Albion 2-0 Newcastle United Just after the half hour mark, Brighton's Andrea Orlandi opened the scoring with an outstanding piece of improvisation, hooking a volley with the outside of his left foot past Rob Elliot and into the bottom-left corner. Will Hoskins notched three minutes from the end to cement victory for the Seagulls over the Magpies in a decidedly avian third round tiePhotograph: Bryn Lennon/Getty ImagesHull City 1-1 Leyton Orient The Hull City manager Steve Bruce hit out at his side's "awful" performance after Nick Proschwitz's last-gasp equaliser denied League One Leyton Orient a shock victory. David Mooney, above left, scored 12 minutes from time put the visitors on course for the FA Cup fourth round, but Proschwitz earned his side a replay by heading home in the fourth minute of stoppage timePhotograph: Clint Hughes/Getty ImagesSouthampton 1-5 Chelsea Demba Ba scored twice on his debut as Chelsea roared back from a goal down at Southampton. Goals by Victor Moses, Branislav Ivanovic and Frank Lampard completed the rout after Jay Rodriguez's openerPhotograph: Julian Finney/Getty ImagesDerby County 5-0 Tranmere Rovers Derby County manager Nigel Clough singled out Mason Bennett's club record-breaking strike as the magic moment in his team's five-goal demolition of Tranmere Rovers in the FA Cup third-round tie at Pride Park. Bennett became the club's youngest-ever scorer at 16 years and 174 days, beating the previous record set by Lee Holmes in 2003Photograph: Clive Mason/Getty ImagesLeeds United 1-1 Birmingham City Luciano Becchio was Leeds's saviour as his second-half goal against Birmingham kept them in the FA Cup. The in-form Argentinian scored his 19th goal of the season on the hour to keep his side in the competitionPhotograph: Ed Sykes/Action ImagesManchester City 3-0 Watford The home side neutralised Watford's challenge with two first-half goals, the first a free-kick by Carlos TevezPhotograph: Paul Ellis/AFP/Getty ImagesMillwall 1-0 Preston North End Karleigh Osborne of Millwall and Preston's Stuart Beavon battle for the ball in a tight match that was ultimately decided by a Liam Feeney goalPhotograph: Tom Dulat/Getty ImagesTottenham Hotspur 3-0 Coventry City Spurs won courtesy of three first half goals. Gareth Bale bagged the second with a volley from an acute anglePhotograph: Darren Staples/ReutersSouthend United 2-2 Brentford Brentford's Tom Adeyemi vies for possession with Mark Phillips. Adeyemi opened the scoring for the BeesPhotograph: Dan Istitene/Getty ImagesWigan Athletic 1-1 AFC Bournemouth Steve Cook rises highest as he battles for the ball with Wigan's Mauro Boselli. Jordi Gómez's second-half equaliser denied League One side Bournemouth a shock FA Cup win against Premier League opposition. Photograph: Martin Rickett/PAPeterborough United 0-3 Norwich City Shaun Brisley of Peterborough United heads the ball during an abject performance by the Posh. Goals from Elliott Bennett, Simeon Jackson and Robert Snodgrass earned Norwich an easy victoryPhotograph: Jan Kruger/Getty ImagesWest Ham United 2-2 Manchester United An exquisite piece of control followed by an unerring finish during enabled Robin van Persie to equalise for Manchester United against West Ham in injury time Photograph: Kirsty Wigglesworth/APMacclesfield Town 2-1 Cardiff City Macclesfield Town's 139-year quest to reach the fourth round of the FA Cup is over. Before a delirious crowd, Matthew Barnes-Homer wrote himself into local folklore by scoring in the 85th and 88th minutes to knock out Cardiff City, the Championship leaders who stand 81 places above the Blue Square Premier's 10th-placed sidePhotograph: Dave Thompson/PALuton Town 1-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers Alex Lawless scored the only goal to give the Blue Square Premier side a deserved victory over Championship side Wolves, who responded by sacking their manager, Stale Solbakken. Click on this link to see more of Tom Jenkins' pictures from the matchPhotograph: Tom Jenkins for the Observer
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