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Reading stun Burnley, Leeds and Notts County draw

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Giantkillers Leeds left it late as they held Tottenham to a 2-2 draw at White Hart Lane. Spurs twice went ahead through goals from Peter Crouch and Roman Roman Pavlyuchenko, but two goals from third-round hero Jermaine Beckford earned a draw for the visitors.

Manchester United's conquerors looked to be heading out of the competition when the match went into the dying minutes, but when referee Alan Wiley awarded Leeds a penalty for Michael Dawson's challenge on Beckford, the much sought-after striker stepped up to take the spot-kick and force the tie into a replay at Elland Road.

Chelsea cruised into the fifth round of the FA Cup with a 2-0 win at Preston.

The Lilywhites fought valiantly against a strong Chelsea side, but fell behind on 37 minutes when Nicolas Anelka bundled home from close range. Any thoughts of a comeback were snuffed out shortly after the break as Daniel Sturridge doubled the lead.

France striker Anelka opened the scoring when he got away from Youl Mawene on the edge of the box and even though Andy Lonergan made some contact he could not prevent his effort going into the net.

Chelsea doubled their advantage two minutes into the second half following a corner from Malouda. John Terry powered in a header that came back out but only as far as Sturridge, who whacked the rebound home.

Reading, conquerors of Liverpool in round three, notched another Premier League scalp on their bedpost as Gylfi Sigurdsson fired them to victory over Burnley with a late strike. The Royals were rewarded with just three minutes left as Andy Griffin's deep ball found its way through to the six-yard box, where Sigurdsson guided his shot into the bottom corner.

John Utaka bagged a brace to cheer the Portsmouth faithful © Getty Images

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Portsmouth may be in financial dire-straits off the field, but the players raised the gloom at Fratton Park with a 2-1 win over Sunderland. Darren Bent fired the visitors ahead, prompting protests from the home fans, but a brace from John Utaka sent Pompey into round five.

Gretar Steinsson and Johan Elmander fired Bolton to a 2-0 win over Sheffield United to hand Owen Coyle his first win as manager of the Trotters.

Leon Osman's goal was not enough to prevent Everton crashing out of the FA Cup on home soil, as goals from Christian Benitez and Barry Ferguson fired Birmingham to a 2-1 win.

Jason Scotland and Ben Watson spared Wigan's blushes, as the Premier League side came from two goals down to earn a 2-2 draw at Notts County.

Mick McCarthy breathed a sigh of relief, as Ronald Zubar's late goal earned Wolves a 2-2 draw with Crystal Palace and a replay at Selhurst Park.

Fabien Delph was among the scorers as Aston Villa beat Brighton 3-2. Nathan Delfouneso fired Villa into an early lead, but they were pegged back before the break when Tommy Elphick scored. Villa came out for the second half with a sense of purpose and goals from Ashley Young and Delph fired them ahead. Nicky Forster set up a grandstand finish, but Villa held on.

The romance of the cup fell on stony ground at Accrington Stanley where, having equalised against Fulham when Michael Symes cancelled out an Erik Nevland goal, the dismissal of Darren Kempton for two bookable offences meant Fulham possessed superiority in numbers as well as status. Goals from Damien Duff and Zoltan Gera meant the Cottagers escaped Lancashire with a 3-1 win and dreams of Wembley intact.

Comeback kings of the day were Cardiff City, trailing 2-1 to Leicester City with 20 minutes to play before a Peter Whittingham equaliser and injury-time goals from Chris Burke and Ross McCormack meant the game ended up 4-2.

And the late show of the day came from Derby County, for whom an 88th minute James McEveley strike was enough to take them through at the expense of Doncaster Rovers.

West Brom got the better of Championship rivals Newcastle 4-2, while Southampton took the scalp of Ipswich with a 2-1 win.

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