Chelsea win west London derby courtesy of Juan Mata's second-half penalty.
Chelsea’s name will be in the hat for The FA Cup Fifth Round draw on Sunday, after they got Saturday’s action underway with a win against west London rivals Queens Park Rangers at Loftus Road.
With 30 minutes gone, there was still little between the teams and both goalkeepers had remained relatively under-used with Raul Meireles’ dipping volley just over the bar being one of the few noteworthy efforts.
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| Mata's penalty help Chelsea through to Fifth Round |
Mata didn’t have to wait much longer to beat Kenny though, as he put his side in the lead just after the hour mark from the penalty spot. It looked a harsh decision on Rangers, as referee Mike Dean pointed to the spot after Sturridge tumbled under Clint Hill’s challenge whilst trying to meet Malouda’s cross from the left. The Spaniard didn’t let that distract him though, sending Kenny the wrong way and clipping a shot into the corner.
Dirk Kuyt emerged from the bench to fire Liverpool into The FA Cup with Budweiser Fifth Round at the expense of their fierce rivals Manchester United.
Liverpool took the lead through Agger. The Danish defender took advantage of some hesitancy from visiting goalkeeper De Gea to nod Kenny Dalglish’s side ahead. There were suggestions that the Spanish keeper was struggling with a side injury and the manager sent Anders Lindegaard to warm up on the sidelines.
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| Kuyt's goal trash The Red Devils. |
But it was his opposite number Pepe Reina who was next to pick the ball out of his net. It was Park who finished well, but he owed a lot to Rafael who had outmuscled Jose Enrique and then cut the ball back for him to finish with a crisp, low effort.
Kuyt, who had replaced Jamie Carragher after 63 minutes, to make it 2-1 in front of the Kop.
Carroll climbed highest to flick on Reina's long goal kick and Kuyt, who has struggled in front of goal all season, took the chance like a striker brimming with confidence, hammering fiercely past De Gea.
Spurs won 1-0 at Watford thanks to Van der Vaart's goal three minutes before half-time.Meanwhile, Everton deservedly came from behind to beat Fulham 2-1.
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| Tottenham and Everton both won through to the fifth round of the FA Cup on Friday. |
Danny Murphy’s early penalty gave the visitors a perfect start, but David Moyes' men fought back through goals from rare-starter Denis Stracqualursi and Marouane Fellaini.
Kevin Phillips's penalty goal gives Blackpool's hope to through to 5th Round after draw 1-1 with Sheffield Wednesday.Clinton Morrison opens the deadlock in the 52nd minute before Kevin Phillips scored the penalty.
Stoke City wins 2-0 away at Derby County.C. Jerome scored 5 minutes after kick-off.Robert Huth doubled Stoke lead in the 81st minute.
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Bolton Wanderers beat Welsh side, Swansea City after a fightback.Swansea opens the score first after Luke Moore scored in the 43rd minute.Darren Pratley equalize for Bolton before the break.Chris Eagles scored the winning goal for Bolton in the 56th minute.
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Jermaine Beckford scored twice to help Leicester City through to 5th Round against League Two's Swindon Town.He scored in the 5th & 53rd minutes.
Birmingham City trash Sheffield United 4-0 at Bramall Lane.Birmingham's goals scored by N. Redmond (18'), A. Rooney (38'), W. Elliott (58'), A. Rooney(78').
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Hull City beaten by League Two's Crawley Town after Matthew Tubbs goal in the 57th minute.
West Bromwich Albion lost to Norwich City at home.Norwich City leading by Grant Holt's goal in the 35th minute.Marc Fortune equalize for West Brom in the 54th minute.Simeon Jackson scored five minutes before full time to gave Norwich a win.
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Millwall earns a replay against Southampton after they drew against The Saints.Rickie Lambert scored for Southampton in the 31st minute before Darius Henderson equalize in the 86th minute.The two Championship sides will do battle again in the replay a week on Tuesday.
Stevenage wins 1-0 over Notts County after Damion Stewart own goal in the 12th minute.
Deflected Will Buckley strike knocks Newcastle out of FA Cup.Alan Pardew’s men were made to pay for Leon Best not taking two good first-half chances and a third in the second half as Brighton’s Will Buckley took centre stage for the Seagulls and scored on 76 minutes via a deflection off Newcastle defender Mike Williamson.
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