Chelsea crash out of FA Cup, Iwobi helps Fulham through

Chelsea have been knocked out of the English FA Cup after Brighton came from behind to beat them 2-1 in a fourth round clash on Saturday night.

The Blues had been gifted a lead in the fifth minute of the game when an own goal by Bart Verbruggen got the hosts trailing.

But they soon recovered and pushed back, with a 12th-minute equaliser by Georginio Rutter and a 57th-minute goal by Kaoru Mitoma sending them to the fifth round.

Earlier in the day, Super Eagles forward Alex Iwobi featured for Fulham as they advanced with a 2-1 victory over Wigan Athletic.

Super Eagles duo of Joe Aribo and Paul Onuachu were in action for Southampton as they crashed 1-0 to Championship side Burnley.

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Elsewhere, Newcastle United overcame a stubborn Birmingham City side to go through following a 3-2 victory.

FULL RESULTS

Man United 2-1 Leicester (Friday)
Leyton Orient 1-2 Man City
Leeds 0-2 Millwall
Coventry 1-4 Ipswich
Preston 0-0 Wycombe (4-2 on pens)
Stoke 3-3 Cardiff (2-4 on pens)
Southampton 0-1 Burnley
Everton 0-2 Bournemouth
Wigan 1-2 Fulham
Birmingham 2-3 Newcastle
Brighton 2-1 Chelsea

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