English FA Cup results on Saturday (aet denotes after extra time):
Third round:
Boreham Wood 0 Burton 5
Bristol City 5 Watford 1
Burnley 5 Millwall 1
Cambridge 2 Birmingham 3
Cheltenham 0 Leicester 2
Doncaster 2 Southampton 3
Everton 1 Sunderland 1 aet: Sunderland won 3-0 on penalties
Fulham 3 Middlesbrough 1
Grimsby 3 Weston-super-Mare 2
Ipswich 2 Blackpool 1
Macclesfield 2 Crystal Palace 1
Manchester City 10 Exeter 1
Newcastle 3 Bournemouth 3 aet: Newcastle won 7-6 on penalties
Sheffield Wednesday 0 Brentford 2
Stoke 1 Coventry 0
Tottenham 1 Aston Villa 2
Wolves 6 Shrewsbury 1
Charlton 1 Chelsea 5
AARON RAMSDALE WAS Newcastle’s hero as they edged past Bournemouth into the FA Cup fourth round in a penalty shoot-out.
The on-loan Southampton keeper saved from Evanilson, Alex Jimenez and Bafode Diakite to seal a 7-6 shoot-out win after a pulsating encounter had ended 3-3 after 120 minutes on a bitterly cold Tyneside afternoon.
Marcus Tavernier had taken the tie to penalties with an equaliser in the second minute of stoppage time at the end of extra time, seconds after Harvey Barnes thought he had won it for the much-changed Magpies.
The hosts led through a Barnes’ goal but trailed 2-1 after Alex Scott and David Brooks scored in quick succession before Anthony Gordon’s late spot-kick.
Andoni Iraola also shuffled his pack, but it was one of the five men he retained, Eli Junior Kroupi, who produced the first attempt on goal when he thumped a fifth-minute shot into Ramsdale’s midriff after running on to Enes Unal’s knockdown.
However, the hosts would have gone ahead two minutes later had keeper Djordje Petrovic not managed to claw away Yoane Wissa’s curled attempt after Nick Woltemade had turned Barnes’ clever flick into his path.
Ramsdale fielded Kroupi’s shot with 29 minutes gone after substitute Evanilson, on for the injured Unal, had played him in with his first touch, but the game slipped into a lull as the Cherries eased themselves back into it.
Sandro Tonali blasted wide from distance, and Scott saw his attempt from a narrow angle blocked as the half-time whistle approached with little real prospect of an opening goal.
That was remedied within five minutes of the restart when Barnes fed Woltemade before racing into the box to collect the Germany international’s return pass and slide the ball past the advancing Petrovic.
Bournemouth should have been level within two minutes when Tino Livramento tried to pick out Malick Thiaw with a ball across his own penalty area, but instead found Evanilson and was grateful to see Ramsdale come to his rescue.
Evanilson had the ball in the net with 55 minutes gone after Ramsdale could only parry Kroupi’s piledriver, but from an offside position, before Sven Botman was unlucky not to increase the Magpies’ lead when his header from substitute Lewis Hall’s corner came back off the underside of the bar.
Iraola’s men took full advantage within seconds when Evanilson and Brooks exchanged passes for the former to cross to the far post, where Scott tapped in, and there was more to come for the visitors when Brooks got in behind Kieran Trippier. Although Botman blocked his attempted pass, the midfielder curled a fine shot past Ramsdale from the rebound.
Petrovic twice denied Gordon, the second time brilliantly, as the clock ran down. But the former Everton man finally netted from the spot in added time after the keeper had brought down Tonali.
Barnes thought he had won it deep into the added 30 minutes when he headed home Gordon’s deep cross, but Tavernier ensured it went to penalties with the game’s sixth goal.
Morgan Rogers of Aston Villa celebrates. Alamy Stock Photo
Alamy Stock Photo
Elsewhere, Aston Villa pushed Tottenham boss Thomas Frank closer to the sack with a 2-1 win over the Dane’s troubled side.
Frank is on the brink after Tottenham paid the price for conceding twice in a woeful first-half display in north London.
Emiliano Buendia put Villa ahead, and Morgan Rogers increased the visitors’ lead.
Tottenham improved after the break, but although Wilson Odobert reduced the deficit, they were unable to avoid a second successive defeat.
The loss ended in suitably ugly fashion for Tottenham as their frustrated players became embroiled in a clash with Villa after the final whistle, as boos cascaded from the stands.
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Tottenham have won just three of their past 14 games and sit 14th in the Premier League, only three places above where they ended last season under Ange Postecoglou.
If Frank can survive until next weekend, another loss at home to lowly West Ham would surely bring an end to his disastrous reign.
Frank added to his problems when he drank from a cup emblazoned with the branding of Spurs’ bitter rivals Arsenal before Tottenham’s 3-2 defeat at Bournemouth on Wednesday.
That embarrassing gaffe drew the ire of Tottenham supporters, who once again booed Frank and his players at the final whistle.
Now Frank is out of the Cup following the latest damp squib in the former Brentford manager’s wretched first season in charge.
Hired to replace the sacked Postecoglou, who ended the north Londoners’ 17-year trophy drought by winning the Europa League last season, Frank increasingly looks out of his depth at a club with Tottenham’s expectations.
Villa, who haven’t won the FA Cup since 1957, have now won twice at Tottenham this season after a 2-1 victory in the Premier League in October.
Unai Emery’s team also beat Tottenham in the FA Cup fourth round last season.
- Nowhere to hide -
Desperate to buy himself some breathing space, Frank ignored the trend of Premier League managers resting their key players in the FA Cup by naming a strong line-up.
To mark the 125th anniversary of becoming the first non-league side to lift the FA Cup, Tottenham wore a special commemorative kit with no player surnames on the back and the sponsors and club badge less visible than usual on the front.
Unfortunately for Frank, Tottenham’s first-half display was closer to a non-league effort than the standards expected of his expensively assembled team.
Villa took the lead from their first serious attack in the 22nd minute.
John McGinn and Donyell Malen carved through the creaky Tottenham defence with a rapid exchange of passes before Buendia lashed high into the roof of the net from 10 yards.
Villa fans taunted the Tottenham boss with chants of “Thomas Frank is an Arsenal fan”.
And Frank’s problems mounted when Brazil striker Richarlison limped off with an apparent hamstring injury.
Tottenham were rudderless, and it was no surprise when Rogers bagged Villa’s second goal on the stroke of half-time.
It was the kind of flowing move that Frank has so rarely been able to inspire from his players as Buendia’s deft back-heel teed up Rogers for a clinical close-range finish.
Tottenham were improved in the second half, and Odobert reduced the deficit in the 54th minute.
Randal Kolo Muani won possession in midfield and slipped a pass to Odobert, whose low drive arrowed into the far corner from 12 yards.
In a brief burst of pressure, Xavi Simons hit the post before Kolo Muani’s strike forced a save from Marco Bizot.
But their momentum fizzled out in the closing stages to leave Frank with nowhere to hide.
Marc Guiu of Chelsea celebrating his goal. Alamy Stock Photo
Alamy Stock Photo
Meanwhile, Chelsea’s new manager, Liam Rosenior, enjoyed the perfect start to his reign as the Blues thrashed Charlton 5-1 in the FA Cup third round on Saturday.
Jorrel Hato bagged his first goal for Chelsea late in the first half at The Valley, and Tosin Adarabioyo doubled the visitors’ lead soon after the interval.
Although Miles Leaburn got one back, Marc Guiu, Pedro Neto and Enzo Fernandez scored to ensure Rosenior coasted to a debut victory against a Charlton team sitting 19th in the Championship.
Hired from Strasbourg to replace Enzo Maresca after the Italian parted company with the Blues last week, Rosenior fulfilled his wish to “hit the ground running” by ending their five-match winless run.
Rosenior will face a sterner test in his first home game on Wednesday when Chelsea host Premier League leaders Arsenal in the League Cup semi-final first leg.
The 41-year-old has had to deal with claims that he has been selected to be a ‘yes-man’ for Chelsea’s hierarchy after the volatile Maresca’s turbulent reign.
The fact that Strasbourg are part of the same ownership group as Chelsea only increased suspicions that Rosenior might be more willing to accept advice from his superiors than Maresca.
Standing on the touchline wearing his bookish glasses and polo neck jumper while holding a notebook, Rosenior looked more like a young college lecturer than a Premier League manager.
But appearances can be deceiving, and Rosenior had earned a reputation as a bright young coach by leading unheralded Strasbourg to a seventh-place finish in the French league last season.
Rosenior had watched Chelsea’s 2-1 defeat at Fulham on Wednesday from the stands while caretaker boss Calum McFarlane called the shots.
- Chelsea in command -
Having appealed for time to prove he is “worthy” of managing Chelsea, Rosenior made eight changes for his debut and took a gamble by leaving England forward Cole Palmer out.
The former Hull boss stuck to his principles, sending Chelsea out with the same three-man defence he favoured at Strasbourg.
The early signs were encouraging for Rosenior.
Hato’s looping header was clutched by Charlton keeper Will Mannion, who was at full stretch again moments later to repel Jamie Gittens’ strike.
Josh Acheampong tested Mannion from long-range, but Blues supporters remained unconvinced by their club’s latest change of direction, chanting the name of former owner Roman Abramovich and urging Rosenior to “attack, attack, attack” after the dour Maresca era.
They got their wish as Hato put Chelsea ahead in first half stoppage-time.
Hato’s half-volley from just inside the area whistled into the top corner, earning the teenage defender a thumbs-up from Rosenior.
Chelsea were in complete command when Adarabioyo struck in the 50th minute, meeting Facundo Buonanotte’s inswinging free-kick with a thumping header that flashed past Mannion.
Leaburn, a former Chelsea youth academy graduate, reduced the deficit seven minutes later, firing home from close-range after Filip Jorgensen’s save fell at his feet.
But Guiu eased any Rosenior anxiety in the 62nd minute when he lashed home from 10 yards.
Rosenior will have been pleased with the way Chelsea kept their foot on the gas.
Neto made it four with a predatory finish in the 91st minute, and Fernandez stroked in a penalty with the last kick of the game after Estevao Willian was fouled by Mannion.
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English FA Cup results on Saturday (aet denotes after extra time):
Third round:
AARON RAMSDALE WAS Newcastle’s hero as they edged past Bournemouth into the FA Cup fourth round in a penalty shoot-out.
The on-loan Southampton keeper saved from Evanilson, Alex Jimenez and Bafode Diakite to seal a 7-6 shoot-out win after a pulsating encounter had ended 3-3 after 120 minutes on a bitterly cold Tyneside afternoon.
Marcus Tavernier had taken the tie to penalties with an equaliser in the second minute of stoppage time at the end of extra time, seconds after Harvey Barnes thought he had won it for the much-changed Magpies.
The hosts led through a Barnes’ goal but trailed 2-1 after Alex Scott and David Brooks scored in quick succession before Anthony Gordon’s late spot-kick.
Andoni Iraola also shuffled his pack, but it was one of the five men he retained, Eli Junior Kroupi, who produced the first attempt on goal when he thumped a fifth-minute shot into Ramsdale’s midriff after running on to Enes Unal’s knockdown.
However, the hosts would have gone ahead two minutes later had keeper Djordje Petrovic not managed to claw away Yoane Wissa’s curled attempt after Nick Woltemade had turned Barnes’ clever flick into his path.
Ramsdale fielded Kroupi’s shot with 29 minutes gone after substitute Evanilson, on for the injured Unal, had played him in with his first touch, but the game slipped into a lull as the Cherries eased themselves back into it.
Sandro Tonali blasted wide from distance, and Scott saw his attempt from a narrow angle blocked as the half-time whistle approached with little real prospect of an opening goal.
That was remedied within five minutes of the restart when Barnes fed Woltemade before racing into the box to collect the Germany international’s return pass and slide the ball past the advancing Petrovic.
Bournemouth should have been level within two minutes when Tino Livramento tried to pick out Malick Thiaw with a ball across his own penalty area, but instead found Evanilson and was grateful to see Ramsdale come to his rescue.
Evanilson had the ball in the net with 55 minutes gone after Ramsdale could only parry Kroupi’s piledriver, but from an offside position, before Sven Botman was unlucky not to increase the Magpies’ lead when his header from substitute Lewis Hall’s corner came back off the underside of the bar.
Iraola’s men took full advantage within seconds when Evanilson and Brooks exchanged passes for the former to cross to the far post, where Scott tapped in, and there was more to come for the visitors when Brooks got in behind Kieran Trippier. Although Botman blocked his attempted pass, the midfielder curled a fine shot past Ramsdale from the rebound.
Petrovic twice denied Gordon, the second time brilliantly, as the clock ran down. But the former Everton man finally netted from the spot in added time after the keeper had brought down Tonali.
Barnes thought he had won it deep into the added 30 minutes when he headed home Gordon’s deep cross, but Tavernier ensured it went to penalties with the game’s sixth goal.
Elsewhere, Aston Villa pushed Tottenham boss Thomas Frank closer to the sack with a 2-1 win over the Dane’s troubled side.
Frank is on the brink after Tottenham paid the price for conceding twice in a woeful first-half display in north London.
Emiliano Buendia put Villa ahead, and Morgan Rogers increased the visitors’ lead.
Tottenham improved after the break, but although Wilson Odobert reduced the deficit, they were unable to avoid a second successive defeat.
The loss ended in suitably ugly fashion for Tottenham as their frustrated players became embroiled in a clash with Villa after the final whistle, as boos cascaded from the stands.
Tottenham have won just three of their past 14 games and sit 14th in the Premier League, only three places above where they ended last season under Ange Postecoglou.
If Frank can survive until next weekend, another loss at home to lowly West Ham would surely bring an end to his disastrous reign.
Frank added to his problems when he drank from a cup emblazoned with the branding of Spurs’ bitter rivals Arsenal before Tottenham’s 3-2 defeat at Bournemouth on Wednesday.
That embarrassing gaffe drew the ire of Tottenham supporters, who once again booed Frank and his players at the final whistle.
Now Frank is out of the Cup following the latest damp squib in the former Brentford manager’s wretched first season in charge.
Hired to replace the sacked Postecoglou, who ended the north Londoners’ 17-year trophy drought by winning the Europa League last season, Frank increasingly looks out of his depth at a club with Tottenham’s expectations.
Villa, who haven’t won the FA Cup since 1957, have now won twice at Tottenham this season after a 2-1 victory in the Premier League in October.
Unai Emery’s team also beat Tottenham in the FA Cup fourth round last season.
- Nowhere to hide -
Desperate to buy himself some breathing space, Frank ignored the trend of Premier League managers resting their key players in the FA Cup by naming a strong line-up.
To mark the 125th anniversary of becoming the first non-league side to lift the FA Cup, Tottenham wore a special commemorative kit with no player surnames on the back and the sponsors and club badge less visible than usual on the front.
Unfortunately for Frank, Tottenham’s first-half display was closer to a non-league effort than the standards expected of his expensively assembled team.
Villa took the lead from their first serious attack in the 22nd minute.
John McGinn and Donyell Malen carved through the creaky Tottenham defence with a rapid exchange of passes before Buendia lashed high into the roof of the net from 10 yards.
Villa fans taunted the Tottenham boss with chants of “Thomas Frank is an Arsenal fan”.
And Frank’s problems mounted when Brazil striker Richarlison limped off with an apparent hamstring injury.
Tottenham were rudderless, and it was no surprise when Rogers bagged Villa’s second goal on the stroke of half-time.
It was the kind of flowing move that Frank has so rarely been able to inspire from his players as Buendia’s deft back-heel teed up Rogers for a clinical close-range finish.
Tottenham were improved in the second half, and Odobert reduced the deficit in the 54th minute.
Randal Kolo Muani won possession in midfield and slipped a pass to Odobert, whose low drive arrowed into the far corner from 12 yards.
In a brief burst of pressure, Xavi Simons hit the post before Kolo Muani’s strike forced a save from Marco Bizot.
But their momentum fizzled out in the closing stages to leave Frank with nowhere to hide.
Meanwhile, Chelsea’s new manager, Liam Rosenior, enjoyed the perfect start to his reign as the Blues thrashed Charlton 5-1 in the FA Cup third round on Saturday.
Jorrel Hato bagged his first goal for Chelsea late in the first half at The Valley, and Tosin Adarabioyo doubled the visitors’ lead soon after the interval.
Although Miles Leaburn got one back, Marc Guiu, Pedro Neto and Enzo Fernandez scored to ensure Rosenior coasted to a debut victory against a Charlton team sitting 19th in the Championship.
Hired from Strasbourg to replace Enzo Maresca after the Italian parted company with the Blues last week, Rosenior fulfilled his wish to “hit the ground running” by ending their five-match winless run.
Rosenior will face a sterner test in his first home game on Wednesday when Chelsea host Premier League leaders Arsenal in the League Cup semi-final first leg.
The 41-year-old has had to deal with claims that he has been selected to be a ‘yes-man’ for Chelsea’s hierarchy after the volatile Maresca’s turbulent reign.
The fact that Strasbourg are part of the same ownership group as Chelsea only increased suspicions that Rosenior might be more willing to accept advice from his superiors than Maresca.
Standing on the touchline wearing his bookish glasses and polo neck jumper while holding a notebook, Rosenior looked more like a young college lecturer than a Premier League manager.
But appearances can be deceiving, and Rosenior had earned a reputation as a bright young coach by leading unheralded Strasbourg to a seventh-place finish in the French league last season.
Rosenior had watched Chelsea’s 2-1 defeat at Fulham on Wednesday from the stands while caretaker boss Calum McFarlane called the shots.
- Chelsea in command -
Having appealed for time to prove he is “worthy” of managing Chelsea, Rosenior made eight changes for his debut and took a gamble by leaving England forward Cole Palmer out.
The former Hull boss stuck to his principles, sending Chelsea out with the same three-man defence he favoured at Strasbourg.
The early signs were encouraging for Rosenior.
Hato’s looping header was clutched by Charlton keeper Will Mannion, who was at full stretch again moments later to repel Jamie Gittens’ strike.
Josh Acheampong tested Mannion from long-range, but Blues supporters remained unconvinced by their club’s latest change of direction, chanting the name of former owner Roman Abramovich and urging Rosenior to “attack, attack, attack” after the dour Maresca era.
They got their wish as Hato put Chelsea ahead in first half stoppage-time.
Hato’s half-volley from just inside the area whistled into the top corner, earning the teenage defender a thumbs-up from Rosenior.
Chelsea were in complete command when Adarabioyo struck in the 50th minute, meeting Facundo Buonanotte’s inswinging free-kick with a thumping header that flashed past Mannion.
Leaburn, a former Chelsea youth academy graduate, reduced the deficit seven minutes later, firing home from close-range after Filip Jorgensen’s save fell at his feet.
But Guiu eased any Rosenior anxiety in the 62nd minute when he lashed home from 10 yards.
Rosenior will have been pleased with the way Chelsea kept their foot on the gas.
Neto made it four with a predatory finish in the 91st minute, and Fernandez stroked in a penalty with the last kick of the game after Estevao Willian was fouled by Mannion.
Additional reporting by AFP
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