FA Cup third round: Newport stun Leicester as Manchester City put seven past Rotherham
Re-live the action from the FA Cup third round
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Your support makes all the difference.Newport delivered a huge FA Cup shock at a rocking Rodney Parade to beat Leicester 2-1 and pile the pressure on Foxes manager Claude Puel.
County bridged a gap of 74 places on the league ladder after Jamille Matt's early header was cancelled out eight minutes from time, Rachid Ghezzal's thunderous leveller having seemingly spared the Premier League visitors.
But three minutes later Marc Albrighton handled Vashon Neufville's cross on the corner of the box and Padraig Amond stroked home the resulting penalty.
It was no less than Newport, 12th in Sky Bet League Two and with only one win in all competitions since the end of November, deserved and rekindled memories of their cup heroics from last season.
Elsewhere, Manchester City put seven past Rotherham, Fulham and Sheffield United were stunned by lower-league opposition, and there were dramatic wins for QPR and Millwall. Re-live it all in the live blog below:
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The lowest ranked side left in the competition, Woking, see Premier League side Watford visit the Laithwaite Community Stadium today.
Can they cause a major upset?
The fans believe they can.
Let's go then, 7 games in the FA Cup are about to get underway... What do we have in store for us?
Fulham 0 - 0 Oldham
Man City 0 - 0 Rotherham
Millwall 0- 0 Hull
Preston 0 - 0 Doncaster
QPR 0 - 0 Leeds
Sheffield United 0 - 0 Barnet
Woking 0 - 0 Watford
QPR 0 - 0 Leeds
It was almost disaster for QPR as Tyler Roberts takes a shot from the edge of the box for Leeds and ball pounds into the left-hand post before rolling across goal hitting the right post and bouncing out.
What a start for the visitors!
Man City 0 - 0 Rotherham
They're not a team to be outdone as Man City find the woodwork as well. Kevin De Bruyne finding Gabriel Jesus on the far post before Jesus' header ricochets off the crossbar.
Preston 0 - 1 Doncaster - Marquis
Doncaster Rovers take the lead at Deepdale!
John Marquis with the header from the left side of the six yard box after Matty Blair got the ball into the area.
Sheffield Utd 0 - 0 Barnet
Barnet have scored at Sheffield United but Shaquile Coulthirst's header is ruled out for offside.
It looked to be the right decision but it's an impressive start from the non league side.
Woking 0 - 1 Watford - Hughes
Short corner from Watford. Masina plays it to Hughes in the box and he clinically finishes with a left footed strike.
Man City 1 - 0 Rotherham - Sterling
It felt like it was coming. Man City take the lead in their cup tie against Rotherham.
Kevin De Bruyne playing the ball to Raheem Sterling in the centre of the box before the England striker puts a right-footed shot into the back of the net.
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