Man United and West Ham feature in pick of FA Cup 3rd round shocks

Liverpool 1-2 Reading, 2009-2010

After being held 1-1 by Reading in the initial tie, Liverpool were expected to make light work of their Berkshire visitors in the replay at Anfield. But things did not go to plan for Rafael Benitez’s side.

Despite dominating for large periods, the Reds only had the lead courtesy of Ryan Bertrand’s own goal from Steven Gerrard’s cross. Reading fashioned plenty of opportunities of their own and got their reward in the most dramatic fashion.

With 94 minutes gone, Yossi Benayoun brought down Shane Long in the box to gift the Royals a penalty. Gylfi Sigurdsson tucked the spot-kick away to send the game to extra-time.

As the game entered its 110^th minute, Reading struck again. Brynjar Gunnarsson’s cross was nodded home by Long as the visitors put out the seven-time winners.

Manchester United 0-1 Leeds, 2009-10

Leeds sprung a huge shock at Old Trafford to knock out three-time reigning Premier League champions Manchester United. It was the first meeting between the two sides since 2004.

A tight game was decided by Jermaine Beckford’s 19^th-minute goal. The striker latched onto a long-ball over the top before tapping it past Tomasz Kuszczak for a shock 1-0 lead. Simon Grayson’s side held on for 70 minutes to ensure United were on the wrong end of their biggest upset in the FA Cup since they were knocked out by Bournemouth in 1984.

Everton 0-1 Oldham, 2007-08

Gary McDonald was the hero as League One Oldham Athletic dumped Premier League Everton out in the third round at Goodison Park. David Moyes’ men started brighter but were soon on the back foot against an adventurous Latics side.

With the first-half petering out to a 0-0 draw, McDonald struck. The Scotsman picked the ball up 30-yards-out before unleashing a shot which flew over Stefan Wessels and into the back of the net. Yakubu almost levelled things up for the Toffees late in the second-half, but his strike cannoned off the bar and away to safety.

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