Today saw a mixture of football with a FA Cup fourth round replay, two FA Cup fifth round matches and a Barclay's Premiership match. The untelevised fifth round match saw Fulham host Bolton who made it via a replay victory over Wigan in mid-week. The scorer of the only goal at the DW was Ivan Klasnic and it was he who scored the only goal at Craven Cottage. It came after nineteen minutes and it was enough to see Bolton through to the quarter finals.
The usual Sunday half one kick-off was at Eastlands where Manchester City were hosting Notts County in the FA Cup fourth round replay, the winner earned a home tie against Aston Villa. County looked strong for the first twenty minutes and an upset was plausible until Patrick Vieira gave City the lead after 37 minutes. Everyone knew the second goal would be the crucial one and it came again from the veteran Frenchman thirteen minutes into the second half. From there the flood gates opened and City started scoring for fun. Tevez made it three with six minutes to go with the already under pressure Dzeko benefiting from a Tevez cross to make it 4-0 five minutes later. Dzeko should have made it five when he went one on one with the keeper but he fluffed his shot. But Richards produced a bit of striking quality with a goal for the third time from a set piece in injury time.
The four o'clock kick-off saw the shock of the round as Leyton Orient hosted a not so weakened Arsenal. Mid-week it was Arsenal versus Barcelona and today the roles had reversed with Orient becoming David. With only new face, Miguel, in defence, Arsenal had a pretty strong side with the likes of Arshavin, Chamakh, Rosicky, Squillaci and Sagna included amongst the big names. But Orient did their very best hold Arsenal off and lasted eight minutes into the second half until Rosicky put Arsenal ahead. From there it looked ominous that Arsenal were going through but the shock came in the last minute before injury time when substitute Jonathan Tehoue equalised for Orient, making a date for a fifth round replay at the Emirates.
The Barclay's Premier League match saw two players scored their first goals as West Brom hosted Wolves. Jamie O'Hara scored his first goal for Wolves six minutes before half-time. Roy Hodgson's first game in charge looked for all the world that it was going to end in defeat, but on loan Carlos Vela scored an injury time equaliser on his debut to give West Brom the point.
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