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Sunday 28 Jan 2007
Manchester United 2 v Portsmouth 1
Rooney seals United win over Portsmouth

Wayne Rooney came off the bench to give Manchester United a 2-1 win over Portsmouth while third division Bristol City stormed back to draw 2-2 with Premier League Middlesbrough in the FA Cup fourth round today.

Rooney, who replaced Ole Gunnar Solskjaer on the hour mark, finished off a neat Ryan Giggs pass in the 77th minute and then chipped a spectacular second in the 83rd.

Portsmouth got an 87th minute consolation goal when a shot by Portuguese midfielder Pedro Mendes, who had earlier sparked controversy with a goalmouth clearance, took a deflection off substitute striker Nwankwo Kanu and hit the net.

Boro's draw, after leading 2-0 at halftime, was a rare surprise in today's action.

Tottenham Hotspur, Blackburn Rovers, Fulham and Reading eased through after top-flight class proved too much for second division opponents, while Watford beat West Ham United 1-0 in the all-Premier League clash at Upton Park.

Spurs beat Southend 3-1, Matt Derbyshire scored two and made another as Blackburn Rovers trounced Luton Town 4-0, on-loan striker Vincenzo Montella engineered Fulham's 3-0 win over Stoke City and Reading were 3-2 winners at Birmingham City.

The controversy was sparked at Old Trafford in the 12th minute when a header by United's Serbian defender Nemanja Vidic seemed to cross the line before being hooked back out by Mendes.

At Ashton Gate, Middlesbrough could easily have made a shock exit.

Boro, 2-0 up at the break through Nigerian Yakubu Aiyegbeni and Malcolm Christie, looked to be cruising until Richard Keogh pulled one back in the 53rd minute and midfielder Scott Murray levelled six minutes later.

Further chances fell for City, with Jamie McAllister nearly winning it at the death with a shot that flashed just wide, although Boro will feel aggrieved they were not awarded a penalty for a tug on substitute striker Jason Euell.

City manager Gary Johnson said: "We came back from the dead ... (but) the boys are a bit disappointed that we haven't nicked it in the end.

"We played okay in the first half without creating winning football, as we say, but we played that winning football in the second half and caused a real problem."

Boro manager Gareth Southgate said: "The players are very disappointed. Bristol punished us, they deserved a draw -- it's their day today.

"But we live to fight another day ... it's a good lesson for us."

Four second division clubs reached Monday's fifth-round draw after wins for Plymouth Argyle, Preston North End, Ipswich Town and Derby County. Norwich City were held 1-1 by third division Blackpool.