FA Cup: Man Utd and Leicester City Progress, West Bromish Out

Manchester United began their defence of the FA Cup title with a 4-0 third round thrashing of Reading at Old Trafford yesterday. Just as the Premier League champions, Leicester City came from behind to win 2-1 against Everton at Goodison thanks to a quick-fire Ahmed Musa brace.

Jose Mourinho made nine changes to the side that beat West Ham United 2-0 last weekend, with Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Paul Pogba named on the bench and Wayne Rooney, Marcus Rashford and Anthony Martial named in attack.

And Rooney put United ahead in the seventh minute, with a strike that equalled Sir Bobby Charlton’s all-time goal scoring record for the club. Martial cut in on the left wing and passed to Juan Mata who found Rooney with a lofted pass that he knocked past Ali Al-Habsi with his knee.

United then doubled their advantage in the 15th minute through Martial, who played a smart one-two with Rooney before dispatching a low finish into the corner of the goal.

Rashford rounded off the victory with two late strikes to end a run of 18 games without a goal.

Leicester City came from behind to win 2-1 against Everton at Goodison thanks to a quickfire Ahmed Musa brace.

Romelu Lukaku tapped in from a Gerard Deulofeu’s cross to give Everton the lead shortly after the hour, but it was shortlived as Musa scored in the 66th and 71st minutes to complete a remarkable comeback win.

Meanwhile West Bromwich and AFC Bournemouth booted out of the competition after loss 2-1 and 3-0 to Derby County and Millwall respectively.

Derby County also produced a come-from-behind win to end West Bromwich Albion’s participation in the competition, while Bournemouth were made to pay the price for making 11 changes, losing 3-0 to League One side Millwall.

A late Steven Naismith goal earned Norwich City a 2-2 draw against Southampton and an FA Cup third round replay.

Van Dijk volleyed Southampton ahead in the 38th minute to give them the lead at half time, but Norwich equalised from the penalty spot through Steven Whittaker in the 52nd minute after goalkeeper Harry Lewis fouled Cameron Jerome.

Yoshida then headed Saints back in front on 67 minutes from Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg’s cross to earn a place in the next round before Naismith scored late on to ensure a draw.