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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Sheffield Utd 0 - 1 Barnet - Coulthirst
Shaquile Coulthirstis rewarded for his disallowed goal earlier as he converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom corner.
Woking 0 - 1 Watford
It's not often you hear the words: "The ball has disappeared down into the men's toilets." spoken on commentary.
Oh the joys of FA Cup football!
QPR 1 - 0 Leeds - Oteh
QPR win a penalty and Aramide Oteh converts it easily to give the home side the lead.
Woking 0 - 1 Watford
Woking don't like set pieces. Tom Cleverley takes a free kick from outside the box on the left of the pitch.
He hits it with his right foot and the ball thunders into the crossbar.
Fulham 0 - 0 Oldham
Chris O'Grady has a shot saved. That was a good chance for Oldham to take the lead as he found himself with some space in the box to get the shot away.
Man City 2 - 0 Rotherham - Foden
Manchester City double their tally just before half-time. Phil Foden meets a Gundogan through ball and finds the net with a right-footed effort.
Man City 3 - 0 Rotherham - Ajayi OG
Oh dear! That's curtains for Rotherham as Semi Ajayi scores an own goal for the visitors.
Here's how things stand at half-time:
Fulham 0 - 0 Oldham
Man City 3 - 0 Rotherham
Millwall 0 - 0 Hull
Preston 0 - 1 Doncaster
QPR 1 - 1 Leeds
Sheffield Utd 0 - 1 Barnet
Woking 0 - 1 Watford
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