Nottingham Forest stunned one of the world's wealthiest clubs by knocking Manchester City out of the FA Cup with a 3-0 third round win in front of the Premier League club's own fans on Saturday.
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Liverpool's Steven Gerrard during his match against Preston on Saturday. At the time of going to press, Liverpool were 1-0 up in the FA Cup third round tie. pic/afp |
Nottingham Forest stunned one of the world's wealthiest clubs by knocking Manchester City out of the FA Cup with a 3-0 third round win in front of the Premier League club's own fans on Saturday.
Southend too shocked one of football's cash-rich teams in Chelsea by grabbing an injury-time equaliser in a 1-1 draw away to the Premier League's second-placed side.
Second-tier strugglers Forest, who only appointed Billy Davies as their new manager on Friday, struck twice before half-time to pile the pressure on City boss Mark Hughes, who did the Midlands side the honour of playing a near full-strength side, even though Brazil midfielder Robinho was rested.
Nathan Tyson struck from outside the box in the 38th minute to put Forest ahead. And they were 2-0 up when Wales striker Robert Earnshaw scored from inside the six-yard box.
Forest's victory was completed 15 minutes from time when Joe Garner seized on a poor City throw-in to lash the ball past Joe Hart.
Earlier, City announced the signing of Wayne Bridge from Chelsea for an undisclosed sum.
Meanwhile, Southend held out for over half an hour at Stamford Bridge, before falling behind when Salomon Kalou headed in a Frank Lampard corner.
However, the third-tier side levelled in the 90th minute through Peter Clarke.
Other important Results:
Arsenal 3 - 1 Plymouth
Hartlepool 2 - 0 Stoke
Hull 0-0 Newcastle
Ipswich 3-0 Chesterfield Macclesfield 0 - 1 Everton
Middlesbrough 2 - 1 Barrow
Sheffield 1 - 2 Fulham
Sunderland 2 - 1 Bolton
West Ham 3 - 0 Barnsley
