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36 SKY Bet League 1 Bradford served up one of the biggest shocks in FA Cup history as they hit back from two goals down to beat Chelsea 4-2 at Stamford Bridge. And on an extraordinary day in the world's oldest knockout com- petition, Manchester City were also left reeling by a 2-0 defeat at home to Championship Middles- brough. Former Boro winger Andy Hal- liday was the Bantams hero as he fired home from outside the box to give Phil Parkinson's men a stun- ning lead with eight minutes left in west London. And when substitute Mark Yeates fired home deep into seven min- utes of injury time, one of the most miraculous results in the history of the competition was complete. The visitors' starting line-up cost the princely sum of £7,500 - paid to non-league Guiseley for James Hanson in 2009 - while the total fee for Chelsea's parade of stars al- most reached £200million. Jose Mourinho's men had won all 10 of their home Premier League games so far this term - but Brad- ford were undaunted and signalled their intentions early when An- drew Davies forced a point-blank save out of Petr Cech in the 14th minute. There was no hint of the excite- ment to come when Gary Cahill put Chelsea in front on 21 minutes and Ramires made it two with an excellent strike. But Jon Stead reduced the deficit before half-time and former Chel- sea junior Filipe Morais grabbed a surprise equaliser on 75 minutes before the late drama. Meanwhile in the north-west Ai- tor Karanka's Boro were fashion- ing a result of similar magnitude as goals from Patrick Bamford and Kike sunk Manuel Pellegrini's stars. Boro keeper Tomas Meijas kept his side in the game with a series of stunning saves in the first half be- fore Bamford - ironically on loan from Chelsea - put the visitors in front of 53 minutes. Albert Adomah beat keeper Wil- ly Caballero to a poor Fernando backpass and prodded the ball goalwards for Bamford to slide in with the follow-up. And Boro completed their own improbable win in injury time when Kike was slipped through by Bamford and shot past Caballero. Nine-man Swansea were the third top-f light casualties against lower level opposition as they crashed out 3-1 at Blackburn in the lunchtime kick-off. The visitors had Kyle Bartley sent off after only seven minutes but still took the lead when Gylfi Sig- urdsson struck a stunning opener three minutes later. But Rovers drew level two min- utes later through Chris Taylor and substitute Rudy Gestede put the home side in front 12 minutes later. Craig Conway made it 3-1 in the 89th minute before Sigurdsson was sent off for a reckless lunge on Taylor in injury time. Late goals from Leonardo Ulloa and Jeffrey Schlupp saw Leicester hit back from behind to beat Tot- tenham 2-1 at White Hart Lane. Spurs looked set to ease home in a low-key encounter after Andros Townsend hit a 19th-minute pen- alty past 42-year-old Foxes debu- tant Mark Schwarzer. But Ulloa steered home a low left-foot equaliser before Dutch- man Schlupp stole the show deep into injury time with another left- foot strike. Marouane Chamakh scored twice to continue Alan Pardew's winning run as Crystal Palace boss with a 3-2 victory over Southamp- ton at St Mary's. All five goals came in a breath- less first 39 minutes with Graziano Pelle putting Saints in front on nine minutes before Chamakh equalised two minutes later. A Scott Dann own goal restored the hosts' advantage but Yaya Sa- nogo's rising effort equalised for the Eagles and Chamakh got his second six minutes before the break. Liverpool avoided an FA Cup upset by drawing 0-0 at home to Bolton but even on a day of shocks it was not much of an achievement after a toothless display against their Sky Bet Championship op- ponents. There was a distinct absence of the vigour and verve of their exhil- arating second-half performance against Chelsea in the Capital One Cup in midweek as Neil Lennon succeeded where Jose Mourinho had failed in keeping a clean sheet at Anfield. The visitors defended resolutely, if sometimes illegally, to earn a re- play after Liverpool failed to break them down. There was no cup fairytale for Emile Heskey on his return to his former club as part of a combined 73-year-old strikeforce with Eidur Gudjohnsen as he was replaced just after half-time - but the con- solation is he gets another go back at the Macron Stadium, where there will be a greater chance of an upset. Two goals from Victor Anichebe helped West Brom survive a tricky test against Midlands rivals Bir- mingham and win 2-1 at St An- drew's. The Baggies made the most of a sloppy start from the hosts with Anichebe hitting the opener on 25 minutes and notching his second 10 minutes later. But the Blues rallied and made a game of it after Jonathan Grounds reduced the deficit with a low shot off the post in first-half injury time. Sunderland had Jack Rodwell sent off as they battled out a dis- mal goalless draw against Fulham at the Stadium of Light. Rodwell had already been booked when he senselessly blocked a throw by Fulham keeper Marcus Bettinelli in the 66th minute, lead- ing to his dismissal. Darren Bent headed the opener on his full debut as Derby beat neighbours Chesterfield 2-0, Will Hughes completing a hard-earned victory for the Championship side with eight minutes to go. Substitute Hal Robson-Kanu grabbed a fifth round place for Reading as the Royals came from behind to beat Cardiff 2-1 in south Wales. Kenwyne Jones's 25th-minute header put the Bluebirds in front before Oliver Norwood equalised and Robson-Kanu pounced to win it two minutes from time. Preston and Sheffield United must do it again after a 1-1 draw at Deepdale, Paul Gallagher putting the hosts in front before Diego De Girolamo equalised midway through the second half. maltatoday, SUNDAY, 25 JANUARY 2015 Sport FOOTBALL Football Results & Fixtures BOV Premier League Mosta - Floriana .............................. 1-3 Birkirkara - Hibernians .................... 1-1 Today Hibernians Stadium 14:00 Tarxien Rainbows - Qormi 16:00 Zebbug Rangers - Pieta Hotspurs Victor Tedesco Stadium 14:00 Naxxar Lions - Valletta 16:00 Balzan - Sliema Wanderers England - FA Cup Blackburn Rovers - Swansea City ...... 3-1 Birmingham City - West B. Albion ..... 1-2 Cardiff City - Reading ....................... 1-2 Chelsea - Bradford City .................... 2-4 Derby County - Chesterfield.............. 2-0 Manchestercity - Middlesbrough ...... 0-2 Preston North End - S. 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Late Today 12:00 Deportivo La Coruna - Granada 17:00 Athletic Bilbao - Malaga 19:00 Espanyol - Almeria 21:00 Valencia - Sevilla Tomorrow 20:45 Getafe - Celta Vigo Chelsea and Manchester City shocked in double giant-killing Chelsea and Manchester City were both dumped out of the FA Cup by lower-league opponents on a day of incredible fourth round drama Bradford's Andrew Halliday is bundled by team-mates after scoring his team's third goa