Manchester City Hit Rotherham For Seven, Oldham Stun Fulham
6th January 2019
Barnet ensured there would be a non-league presence in the fourth round with a 1-0 win away to second-tier Championship club Sheffield United
- Premier League champions Manchester City began their FA Cup campaign with a 7-0 thrashing of Rotherham on Sunday but Fulham, battling to avoid relegation from the Premier League, were beaten 2-1 by fourth-tier Oldham
- De Bruyne played in Sterling for a 12th-minute opener and City then scored twice in the closing stages of the first half.
- Phil Foden, the England Under-21 international, got on the end of a cross from Ilkay Gundogan in the 43rd minute before Rotherham defender Semi Ajayi turned the ball into his own net
- Millwall came from a goal down to beat Championship rivals Hull 2-1, substitute Shane Ferguson scoring twice inside the closing eight minutes
LONDON, United
Kingdom- Premier League champions Manchester City began their FA Cup
campaign with a 7-0 thrashing of Rotherham on Sunday but Fulham, battling to
avoid relegation from the Premier League, were beaten 2-1 by fourth-tier
Oldham.
Barnet ensured there would be a non-league presence in the
fourth round with a 1-0 win away to second-tier Championship club Sheffield
United.
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola may have made eight
changes from the team that beat Premier League leaders Liverpool on Thursday
but still fielded a strong side for the visit of Championship club Rotherham,
with Raheem Sterling, Riyad Mahrez and Gabriel Jesus all starting as playmaker
Kevin De Bruyne returned from injury.
De Bruyne played in Sterling for a 12th-minute opener and
City then scored twice in the closing stages of the first half.
Phil Foden, the England Under-21 international, got on the
end of a cross from Ilkay Gundogan in the 43rd minute before Rotherham defender
Semi Ajayi turned the ball into his own net.
Jesus made it 4-0 early in the second half before Mahrez,
Nicolas Otamendi and Leroy Sane added further goals.
Denis Odoi put Fulham ahead in the 52nd minute at Craven
Cottage but Sam Sturridge drew Oldham level with a penalty before Callum Lang's
header two minutes from time sealed a comeback win.
Daniel Iversen compounded Fulham's misery by saving an
Aleksandar Mitrovic penalty just moments earlier.
Elsewhere, Barnet beat Championship high-flyers Sheffield
United thanks to Shaquile Coulthirst's 21st-minute penalty.
Watford manager Javi Gracia changed his entire starting side
from the team that drew 3-3 at Bournemouth, with Venezuela forward Adalberto
Penaranda making his Hornets debut against non-league Woking.
But hopes of Woking, 110 places adrift of the Hornets, enjoying
a shock win suffered a setback when Will Hughes curled in a 13th-minute shot
from the edge of the area.
Watford made it 2-0 16 minutes from time when Troy Deeney
scored from close range.
Final match
Millwall came from a goal down to beat Championship rivals Hull
2-1, substitute Shane Ferguson scoring twice inside the closing eight minutes.
QPR beat Championship leaders Leeds by the same scoreline,
Jake Bidwell scoring a 75th-minute winner for the west London club.
Fourth-tier Newport County are at home to Premier League
Leicester in Sunday's 1630 GMT kick-off.
On Saturday, FA Cup holders Chelsea cruised to a 2-0 win
over Nottingham Forest in what seems certain to have been Cesc Fabregas's final
match for the Blues.
It was the same scoreline as Manchester United beat Reading
to make it five wins out of five under caretaker boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.
Arsenal, the record 13-times FA Cup winners, won 3-0 at
Blackpool, West Ham beat Birmingham 2-0 but Everton had to work hard to see off
Lincoln 2-1.
Saturday also saw Championship club Bristol City beat
top-flight basement club Huddersfield 1-0.
Elsewhere, in an all-Premier League clash, Brighton won 3-1
away to south coast rivals Bournemouth.
Second division Derby, managed by former England midfielder
Frank Lampard, came from 2-0 down to draw 2-2 with Premier League strugglers
Southampton.
Newcastle were also held to a draw, 1-1 against second-tier
Blackburn.
Premier League leaders Liverpool will complete a third round
that started with Tottenham's 7-0 thrashing of Tranmere on Friday when they
travel to top-flight rivals Wolves on Monday.