FA Cup wrap: Eriksson return ruined, Stoke leave it late

Manchester City spoiled the return of Sven-Goran Eriksson to defeat Leicester City 4-2 in their FA Cup third-round replay on Tuesday.

The English Premier League title-challengers were held 2-2 by the Championship club at the Walkers Stadium on January 9, in a reunion between Mancini and Leicester manager Eriksson.

Mancini was a player and assistant under Eriksson at Serie A side Lazio, and also had a five-match cameo as a player with Leicester in 2001.

Former England manager Eriksson served as manager of Manchester City for a single season in 2007/08, with the cup replay his first match back at Eastlands on the opposition bench.

Argentina international Carlos Tevez put the hosts in front after 15 minutes, but Leicester levelled just three minutes later through striker Paul Gallagher.

French veteran Patrick Vieira restored Manchester City’s lead in the 37th minute and winger Adam Johnson made it 3-1 less than 60 seconds later.

Tevez could have put the match beyond doubt from the penalty spot in the 59th minute, but the skipper hit a tame effort directly at Leicester goalkeeper Chris Weale.

The underdogs threatened to mount a comeback when frontman Lloyd Dyer pulled a goal back to make it 3-2 with seven minutes remaining.

But an equaliser never arrived and defender Aleksandar Kolarov’s 90th-minute goal booked the home side a fourth-round tie away to League One Notts County.

Fellow Premier League club Stoke City needed extra-time to overcome second-tier high-flyers Cardiff in their third-round replay.

After securing a 1-1 draw in the first instalment at Stoke’s Britannia Stadium, Dave Jones’ team – third in the Championship and challenging for promotion – held the visitors goalless throughout the regulation 90 minutes at the Cardiff City Stadium.

But two extra-time strikes from John Walters sealed the win for the Stoke.

Tony Pulis team will now face fellow top-flight club Wolverhampton Wanderers after they demolished Championship outfit Doncaster Rovers 5-0 at Molineux.

Steven Fletcher opened the scoring for Wolves with six minutes gone on the clock but the visitors remained in contention until just after the hour mark, when Geoffrey Mujangi Bia made it 2-0.

Kevin Doyle netted a third goal to put the match beyond doubt just five minutes later, before Matthew Jarvis got in on the act in the 74th minute.

Former Manchester United midfielder David Jones completed the rout three minutes into injury time.