FA Cup 3rd Round Replays

Three of the four Fa Cup 3rd round replays took place on Tuesday with the final one taking place yesterday. Wales hosted a replay as Cardiff entertained Stoke after their 1-1 draw at the Britannia. The replay needed extra time as neither team could break the deadlock after ninety minutes. But it only two minutes of extra time before Jon Walters gave Stoke the lead, he then went onto seal the victory with a second five minutes before full-time.

Stoke will face a trip to Molineux after Wolves secured their fourth round by thrashing Doncaster. They initially drew 2-2 at Doncaster but Wolves showed their Premiership class in the replay. It took just five minutes for Wolves to take the lead after Steven Fletcher found the net. Geoffrey Mujangi Bia doubled Wolves lead just after the hour mark before Kevin Doyle made it 3-0 six minutes later. Matt Jarvis scored Wolves' fourth sixteen minutes from time and the rout was ended in injury time when David Jones added a fifth.

Manchester City face an away tie against Notts County after beating Leicester 4-2 in their replay. The Walkers Stadium was given a 2-2 draw and Leicester did put up a fight all the way. Carlos Tevez gave City the lead after quarter of an hour and went onto miss a penalty in the second half. Leicester were awarded a penalty themselves just four minutes after Tevez's opener and Paul Gallagher converted to equalise. Two goals in a minute took City 3-1 ahead before half-time; Patrick Vieira made it 2-1 on his fiftieth FA Cup appearance after 37 minutes. Adam Johnson made it 3-1 after City regained possession straight from the re-start. Lloyd Dyer set up a nervy final seven minutes when he made it 3-2 but City restored their two goal lead in injury time through Kolarov.

After a 1-1 draw at the Emirates, Arsenal managed to see off Leeds in Wednesday's only replay to ensure a home tie against Huddersfield. It took five minutes for Samir Nasri to give Arsenal the lead and went 2-0 ahead after 35 minutes with a goal from Sagna. Leeds came back into the game by pulling a goal back just two minutes later through Bradley Johnson. Arsenal won the game in the 76th minute when a Bendtner cross was met by Van Persie and the Dutchman made it 3-1.