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FA Cup third round: Newport stun Leicester as Manchester City put seven past Rotherham

Re-live the action from the FA Cup third round

Michael Jones
Sunday 06 January 2019 13:51 GMT
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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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Good afternoon and welcome to The Independent's FA Cup third round live blog, which features seven games at 2pm including Manchester City, Watford and Leeds United, before Newport County and Leicester City collide in the late kick-off.

Team news from the first seven matches is imminent, so stick with us for all the latest from around the grounds.

Jack de Menezes6 January 2019 12:53
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Team news

Fulham vs Oldham

Michael Jones6 January 2019 13:02
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Team news 

Man City vs Rotherham

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Millwall vs Hull

Michael Jones6 January 2019 13:05
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Team news

Preston vs Doncaster

Michael Jones6 January 2019 13:07
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QPR vs Leeds

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Sheffield United vs Barnet

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Woking vs Watford

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Man City vs Rotherham

Man City have made eight changes from Thursday's win against Liverpool.

Ederson, Raheem Sterling and John Stones are the ones to keep their places, while Kevin De Bruyne captains the Premier League champions.

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A change of fortunes for QPR in the FA Cup today or will Leeds make it business as usual for the London side? 

Michael Jones6 January 2019 13:29

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