The remaining three ties took place on Wednesday with no real surprises again but some very good action, with two of the ties going into extra time. The first was between West Ham and Stoke, who met a last month in the Premiership which finished a 1-1 draw. The man who got Stoke's equaliser in that match opened the scoring in this one; Kenwyne Jones after just six minutes. This time the man who scored West Ham's opener in the other match got the equaliser in this one six minutes from time, Scott Parker forced extra time. Again six minutes into extra time the game got a third goal from Da Costa for West Ham before Victor Obinna sealed the victory two minutes before the end.
The other all Premier League affair didn't go into extra time. It was at St. James' Park between Newcastle, who knocked out Chelsea, and Arsenal, who knocked out Tottenham. It looked very close between the sides and was going to go in at half-time goalless until goalkeeper Krul scored an own goal for Arsenal. Arsenal then took the momentum in the second half and doubled their lead eight minutes into it via Theo Walcott. Substitute Nikolas Bendtner netted a third on his return to football after an injury spell seven minutes from the end. Walcott was then on hand to finish off a typical Arsenal move two minutes from time to make the final score 4-0.
The other game of the night saw Aston Villa host Championship side Burnley. Villa thought they had won it at the death when the rejuvenated Emile Heskey scored four minutes from the end. But they were mistaken as Clarke Carlisle forced extra time from a free-kick just before stoppage time. Stewart Downing put Villa back in the lead six minutes into extra time with a stunning strike but were down to ten men four minutes later when Marc Albrighton was given red for last man. Villa held on though and are the final name to be in the draw for the quarter finals on Saturday.
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