Notts County's 2-1 victory secured the biggest shock of the
third round so far and allowed Paul Ince to prevail over former Manchester
United teammate Steve Bruce, whose Sunderland side was sixth in the topflight.
There were two other Premier League casualties. Blackpool
went down 2-0 at third-tier Southampton and West Bromwich lost 1-0 at Reading
of the second-tier League Championship.
Leeds looked set to follow last season's victory over
Manchester United by ousting Arsenal before Fabregas canceled out Robert
Snodgrass' spot kick to earn a 1-1 draw.
“Leeds were well organized, they were quickly on us and
maybe our game was not quick enough to get out of their pressure,” said Arsenal
manager Arsene Wenger, who made nine changes from the team which drew 0-0 with
Manchester City Stoke and Wolverhampton will also have to contest replays, but
Premier League rivals Aston Villa, Birmingham, Blackpool, Bolton, Everton,
Fulham, West Ham and Wigan all secured places in Sunday's fourth-round draw.
At the Stadium of Light, Craig Westcarr and Lee Hughes
scored for Notts County before Darren Bent pulled one back from the penalty
spot for Sunderland, which rested several first-team regulars.
West Brom's elimination came after Reading striker Shane
Long netted before the Baggies had Jonas Olsson sent off for a second bookable
offense.
Lee Barnard and Guly Do Prado got the goals for Southampton
that sent a weakened Blackpool side out of the competition.
Wolves could not follow up their midweek league win over
Chelsea at Doncaster.
Stephen Hunt's spot kick salvaged a draw for the visitors
before having George Elokobi sent off for a challenge on James Coppinger.
Doncaster led 2-1 at halftime after Billy Sharp and James
Hayter scored twice in as many minutes to cancel out Nenad Milijas' opener for
Wolves.
Stoke also faces a replay after Tuncay Sanli canceled out
Michael Chopra's goal for Cardiff to earn a 1-1 draw.
Goals from Kyle Walker, Marc Albrighton and Stiliyan Petrov
clinched a 3-1 victory at Sheffield United for Aston Villa, which had Ashley
Young sent off.
Kevin Davies and Johan Elmander netted in Bolton's 2-0 win
against non-league York, Everton routed League Championship Scunthorpe 5-1 and
Fulham crushed Peterborough 6-2, with Diomansy Kamara scoring a hat trick.
West Ham, which was bottom in the Premier League, beat
Barnsley 2-0 thanks to goals from Jonathan Spector and Frederic Piquionne,
Wigan edged Hull 3-2, Birmingham won 4-1 at Millwall, and Blackburn ousted
League Championship leader Queens Park Rangers with a 1-0 win.
