High point: Stoke City's Ryan Shawcross climbs
above City defence to head the second goal
Stoke heaped more pressure on Roberto Mancini
after they beat ten-man
Manchester City 3-1 to book their place in
the quarter-finals of the FA Cup.
Ryan Shawcross and Tuncay struck in extra-time as Stoke
dramatically emerged victorious. Craig Bellamy had ensured the FA
Cup fifth-round replay at the Britannia Stadium finished 1-1 after
90 minutes by immediately cancelling out Dave Kitson's late
opener.
But Stoke made their numerical advantage count after Emmanuel
Adebayor's harsh sending-off, by reclaiming the lead through
Shawcross from a Rory Delap throw and Tuncay finished the job.
Tottenham thumped
hapless Bolton 4-0 at White Hart Lane to
seal a trip to Fulham in the last eight thanks to two goals from
Roman Pavlyuchenko.
The £13.8 million Russia international Pavlyuchenko, who was
starting only his third game of the season after bagging a double
off the bench against Wigan at the weekend, put Spurs ahead after
23 minutes with a tenacious turn and finish.
Tottenham's passage was sealed with own goals either side of
half-time from Bolton goalkeeper Jussi Jaaskelainen and defender
Andy O'Brien. Pavlyuchenko then rounded off the evening with the
fourth goal, which he slotted past Jussi Jaaskelainen after being
picked out in the box by substitute Danny Rose.
John Carew won and converted two late penalties to keep
Aston Villa on course for a second Wembley final
as they disposed of
Crystal Palace 3-1 at Villa Park.
Villa took the lead three minutes before half-time but, like in
the first leg, there was controversy, with the ball appearing to go
out of play off James Milner, but referee Martin Atkinson awarded a
corner.
Agbonlahor was first to react to Ashley Young's centre and sent
a back header into the corner of the net for his 14th goal of the
campaign. However, Palace drew level after 72 minutes when defender
Stephen Warnock was adjudged to have brought down Alan Lee in the
area and Darren Ambrose converted the penalty.
Carew had the final say for the Carling Cup finalists with his
double blast after both penalties were conceded by Matthew
Lawrence.
Villa will now play Reading after they
staged a remarkable comeback
to see off a West Brom side who were themselves
within a minute of a meeting their Midlands neighbours.
Gylfi Sigurdsson proved to be the matchwinner in the fifth
minute of extra time, just moments after Brian Howard's strike in
the third of four stoppage-time minutes at the end of normal time
had brought a dramatic end to the fifth-round replay.
The most relieved man in the Black Country must surely have been
Royals goalkeeper Adam Federici, whose calamitous 47th-minute gaff
in letting Robert Koren's shot squirm horribly through his body
looked to have proved the difference.
Koren had earlier handed the Baggies a sixth-minute lead in the
fifth-round replay before Jimmy Kebe levelled almost immediately -
both players also scored the first two goals in the initial 2-2
draw between the two sides at the Madejski Stadium.
