FA Cup: Frank Lampard oversees thumping debut win for Everton, Manchester City and Crystal Palace cruise through
It was a fascinating day in the FA Cup fourth round as the lower-league sides gave their superiors a real run for their money. Whilst we didn't see any real shocks, we got to see a Frank Lampard Everton for the first time, as they comfortably dispatched Brentford 4-1 with goals from Yerry Mina, Richarlison, Mason Holgate and Andros Townsend enough to overcome Brentford whose consolation came via an Ivan Toney penalty.
Ad/> Manchester City pulled no punches against a confident Fulham who scared them early through Fabio Carvalho, but Pep Guardiola overcame Marco Silva for a ninth time as City ran out 4-1 victors: a brace from Riyad Mahrez supplemented by John Stones and Ilkay Gundogan strikes. The Emirates FA CupChelsea left sweating over injury to Mount cup win41 MINUTES AGO Southampton were pushed to the limit by Championship Coventry: Viktor Goyekeres put the visitors ahead in some style after neat interplay with Ben Sheaf, but a Stuart Armstrong wonder strike pulled them back on level terms as Ralph Hassenhuttl abandoned his back three experiment.
Norwich stole a surprise win at Molineux as a Kenny McLean header looped beyond John Ruddy, as he and fellow Scot Billy Gilmour linked up to help the Canaries defeat the Wolves of the Black Country. QPR fell to a 2-0 loss at Peterborough, as the Championship strugglers overcame their high-flying opponents, whilst Stoke City beat Wigan Athletic in a clash of the cup specialists, as Tyrese Campbell took the spotlight after two sumptuous assists and a mesmerising performance.