Substitute Liam Feeney struck in stoppage time as Millwall knocked Championship promotion-chasers Southampton out of the FA Cup with a 3-2 fourth round replay victory on Tuesday. Feeney’s late winner proved the difference at the Saints’ St Mary’s ground and left visitors Millwall looking forward to a home tie with Premier League strugglers Bolton Wanderers.
Millwall made a fine start and opened the scoring in the 17th minute when Liam Trotter struck from close range. Adam Lallana drew Southampton level 10 minutes before half-time with a superb solo effort and in the 77th minute substitute Rickie Lambert gave the south coast club the lead.
But, two minutes later, Dany N’Guessan, once on loan at St Mary’s, fired Millwall back into the lead. Extra-time loomed until Feeney cut in from the left to curl in a superb winning goal. Tuesday’s other FA Cup replay saw Blackpool beat Sheffield Wednesday 3-0, a result that left the Championship side to make the short trip to Lancashire top-flight rivals Everton in the fifth round. The Seasiders, who’d needed a last minute penalty to earn a replay against third tier Wednesday, wasted little time at the Hillsborough home of their lower league rivals. Ian Holloway’s side effectively sealed victory inside the opening quarter of an hour with a Matt Phillips goal and a superb Lomana LuaLua curler putting Blackpool 2-0 in front. Early in the second half, Ludovic Sylvestre put the result beyond doubt with a shot he bent in from the edge of the area.
Rennes survive late Evian comeback: Rennes sealed their place in the quarter-finals of the French Cup with a 3-2 victory over Ligue 1 rivals Evian on Tuesday. Goals from Jires Kembo Ekoko, Julien Feret and Yacine Brahimi put the Brittany-based side firmly in the ascendancy, but the top-flight newcomers staged a spirited comeback to force a tense finish at the Stade de la Route de Lorient. Kembo put Rennes in front on 21 minutes when his free-kick on the right from just outside the penalty area took a wicked deflection off former France international Sidney Govou and sailed into the far corner, leaving goalkeeper Stephan Andersen wrongfooted.
The hosts doubled their lead less than 10 minutes after the interval as Feret curled a precise effort low into the bottom left corner from 25 yards following a neat backheel from Jonathan Pitroipa. Brahimi then made it 3-0 with a fiercely-struck shot from distance that clipped the inside of the post on its way in, seemingly putting the game out of reach. Pablo Correa’s side staged a furious fightback, however, with Kevin Berigaud pulling a goal back from the penalty spot on 70 minutes after Nicolas Farina was felled by Jean-Armel Kana-Biyik. And Govou ensured an uncomfortable last quarter of an hour for the hosts when he further reduced the deficit just four minutes later, slotting home from Cedric Barbosa’s cutback.
