The oldest competition in the world continued on Sunday with 4 more matches played as Chelsea turned a woeful run of form into a glittering performance as they smashed 7 past a clueless Ipswich town while Manchester United spoiled Kenny Dalglish’s start
as the manager of Liverpool FC beating them 1-0 on the night. In the other matches of the night Sven http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Goran-c15135 Erikkson’s Leicester City held the super rich Manchester City to a 2-2 draw while Tottenham Hotspur progressed to the fourth round with a 3-0 win over
Charlton Athletic.
After the departure of Roy Hodgson from Liverpool just a couple of days ago, Kenny Dalglish was given the responsibility to resurrect a dismal season but his second stint at the helm stared with a defeat as bitter rivals piled on the misery on a gutless
Liverpool side.
The match could not have started on a worse note for Dalglish as only in the second minute Daniel Ager brought down http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Dimitar-Berbatov-c11254 in the box and the ref had no hesitation in pointing towards the spot.
The replays showed that the decision was a harsh one as Agger had minimal contact with the Bulgarian and if anything Berbatov should have been booked for diving.
But Manchester united could not care less and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ryan-Giggs-c31985 stepped up to slot hoe the resulting penalty to give the home side an early lead.
Liverpool responded well after going a goal down but missed the cutting edge in front of the goal as their forwards missed gilt edged chances to bring the game level.
Just before the half hour mark things went worse for Liverpool as their skipper was given his marching orders after a two footed lunge on http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Michael-Carrick-c25282 and referee had no choice but the show a straight red.
Liverpool had little chance of getting back in the game with a disadvantage but United failed to capitalize on the numerical mismatch as some inspired keeping by http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Pepe-Reina-c29672 kept the score line at 1-0 but it was enough to send United through to the next round.
In another match on the night Leicester City served the shock of the night when they held on City to a 2-2 draw at the Walkers Stadium in Leicester.
The Foxes went ahead in the game in the very first minute when http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/James-Milner-c17706 and Carlos Tevez restored the order and the game looked to be heading to a usual conclusion but Leicester City earned a replay
with a later equalizer from Andy King who equalized just minutes before the final whistle.
In another match on the night Tottenham beat Charlton Athletic 3-0 to make sure there was going to be no giant killing on the night.
Spurs cruised to a 3-0 win in the game at White Hart Lane with goals from http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Andros-Townsend-c6023 and Jermaine Defoe.
Townsend gave the lilywhites an early lad in the game when he broke the deadlock after 10 minutes, firing an unstoppable shot from 20 yards out.
Jermaine Defoe then made sure of his side’s progress into the next round with two goals of his own.
Charlton Athletic tried desperately to get back into the game but were not allowed any space and time on the ball as Spurs saw out the match with score at 2-0.
The biggest win of the night came at Stamford Bridge where 2 goals each from http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Nicolas-Anelka-c27786, Solomon Kalou and a Carlos Edwards' own goal saw Chelsea annihilate a manager-less Ipswich Town.
FA Cup 2011 Third Round Results – Sunday 9th January 2011
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Liverpool-c39809 Tottenham 3-0 Charlton
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