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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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Newport County knock Leicester City out of the FA Cup!

Michael Jones6 January 2019 18:23
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What a performance from Newport County, they came back to win after Leicester equalised in the second half and they hung on until the end.

Michael Jones6 January 2019 18:25

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