Saturday, February 18, 2012

FA Cup: Late Goal Salvages Home Draw For Chelsea; Black Cats Knock Off Gunners; Toffees, Trotters Advance; Leicester City Knock Off Canaries On Road

Five games in the Round of 16 of England's FA Cup were played on Saturday.

At Norwich, England:

Sean St. Ledger (5') and David Nugent (71') each scored a goal as Leicester City (League Championship) defeated Norwich City 2-1 on the road.

At London:

Daniel Sturridge's equalizer in the 62nd minute endabled Chelsea to salvage a 1-1 home draw with Birmingham City.  David Murphy scored at 20 minutes for the visiting League Championship club, who will host a replay set for March 6.

At Liverpool, England:

Royston Drenthe (1') and Denis Stracqualursi (6') provided the early scoring that held up as Everton blanked visiting Blackpool (League Championship) 2-0.

At London:

Ryo Miyaichi (4') and David Ngog (59') provided the tallies that carried Bolton to a 2-0 road win over Millwall (League Championship).

At Sunderland, England:

Kieran Richardson scored in the 49th minute and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain added an own goal at 78 minutes as Sunderland knocked off visiting Arsenal (who were just coming off getting blown off in their UEFA Champions League Round of 16 series opener at AC Milan) 2-0.

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