A bottle in the head, floodlight failure and defeats of the Premier League strugglers: FA Cup is still exciting

Not even an England international, a Spanish La Liga winner was not enough for Newcastle United to keep a clean sheet and score at least one goal against Cambridge United, a third tear team in England. The visiting side managed to win 1-0 at St James Park and knock out the home team, who played with its strongest 11, Kieran Trippier included. And again, a stupid defensive error was enough to seal the game, although it has to be said that the visiting keeper Mitov had a career game and saved two-three must-score chances. Newcastle should have won this 3-1 at least, but who cares, they didn’t!

Other relegation strugglers were defeated too, as Burnley suffered defeat at home to Huddersfield, who managed to score two quick goals in the 74th and 87th minute on their way to a victory. Watford seems hopeless at the moment, but to be fair, they had the toughest task of them all, as the Hornets were traveling to face Leicester, and surrendered a penalty after only 7 minutes. Tielemans, Maddison, Barnes, and Albrighton were the scorers in a game that was stopped at one point, due to floodlight failure.

Crystal Palace didn’t have to travel long for the third-round game, as they stayed in London, but had to face a difficult game at Millwall. It seemed tricky when Afobe scored for the home team, but Michael Olise scored an equalizer before assisting Mateta for the complete turnover and a win. At one point, Mateta was hit in the head by a bottle thrown by a Millwall fan while taking a corner, but he just kicked it away and gestured to the crowd, asking them to 'keep it coming'.

FA CUP - Third Round

Friday

Swindon Town - Manchester City 1-4 (0-2)

/McKidrey 78 - Silva 14, Jesus 28, Gundogan 59, Palmer 82/

Saturday

Mansfield - Middlesbrough 2-3 (0-2)

/Hawkins 67, Oates 85 – Ikpeazu 4, Munce 14, O’Toole 90+5 (og)/

Burnley- Huddersfield 1-2 (1-0)

/Rodriguez 28 – Koroma 74, Pearson 87/

Hartlepool - Blackpool 2-1 (0-1)

/Ferguson 48, Grey 61 – Anderson 8/

Coventry - Derby 1-0 (1-0)

/Hyam 42/

Bristol City - Fulham 0-1 (0-0)

/Wilson 105/

Millwall - Crystal Palace 1-2 (1-0)

/Afobe 17 – Olise 46, Mateta 58/

Boreham Wood - Wimbledon 2-0 (1-0)

/Marsh 10, Clifton 86/

Kidderminster - Reading 2-1 (0-1)

/Austin 66, Smith 82 – Puskas 45/

Leicester - Watford 4-1(2-1)

/Telemans (p) 7, Maddison 25, Barnes 54, Albrighton 85 – Pedro 27/

Newcastle - Cambridge 0-1 (0-0)

/Ironside 56/

WBA - Brighton 1-2 (0-0)

/Robinson 48 – Moder 81, Maupay 98/

Port Vale - Brentford 1-4 (0-1)

/Harratt 70 – Forss 26, Mbeumo 66, 76,87/

QPR - Rotherham 1-1 (0-0)

/Dykes 115 - Ihiekwe 98/

Wigan - Blackburn 3-2 (0-0)

/Power 61, Whatmough 75, Aasgaard 90+3 – Khadra 49, Ayala 89/

Peterborough - Bristol Rovers 2-1 (1-1)

/Szmodics 21, Mumba 63 – Coutts 30/

Barnsley - Barrow 5-4 (2-0)

/Andersen 23, William 42, Cole 83, Morris 88, 102 – Banks 61, Glennon 78, Jones 86, Kay 90/

20.30: (3.60) Hull (3.45) Everton (2.05)

20.30: (1.05) Chelsea (14.0) Chesterfield (35.0)

20.30: (2.00) Birmingham (3.45) Plymouth (3.80)

20.30: (3.35) Swansea (3.35) Southampton (2.20)

20.45: (8.50) Yeovil (4.50) Bournemouth (1.40)

Sunday

15.30: (1.40) Luton (4.50) Harrogate T. (8.50)

17.00: (2.35) Cardiff (3.25) Preston (3.10)

17.00: (4.20) Charlton (3.50) Norwich (1.90)

17.00: (1.37) Stoke (4.70) Leyton (9.00)

17.00: (1.08) Tottenham (12.0) Morecambe (23.0)

17.00: (1.23) Liverpool (7.00) Shrewsbury (10.5)

17.00: (1.70) Wolverhampton (3.70) Sheffield Utd (5.20)

17.00: (1.87) West Ham (3.50) Leeds (4.30)

20.10: (5.50) Nott.Forest (3.80) Arsenal (1.65)

Monday

22.55: (1.68) Man.Utd. (3.70) Aston Villa (5.30)

***odds are subject to change