FA Cup third round: Giant-killings, late drama and more on eventful Saturday

There were giant-killings, precocious goals and overmuch much to savour arsenic the FA Cup 3rd circular continued apace connected Saturday.

Elsewhere, non-league Chesterfield were denied a celebrated triumph by a precocious West Bromwich Albion equaliser, and World Cup victor Alexis Mac Allister enjoyed a sparkling cameo connected his 2nd Brighton quality since returning from Qatar.

BBC Sport rounds up a engaged time of action.

Championship trio stun top-flight opponents

Newcastle person enjoyed an outstanding run truthful far, a last-gasp decision by Liverpool astatine the extremity of August their lone nonaccomplishment successful each competitions anterior to Saturday's sojourn to Hillsborough.

Sheffield Wednesday, themselves connected a 13-match unbeaten tally successful League One, matched their top-flight opponents for agelong spells and took a deserved pb done Josh Windass 7 minutes into the 2nd half.

Windass' 2nd of the crippled gave Darren Moore's squad a two-goal cushion, but second-half substitute Bruno Guimaraes pulled 1 backmost for the Magpies to acceptable up a tense finale. Chris Wood past spurned a glorious accidental to unit a replay, blazing implicit the barroom from an fantabulous presumption arsenic the Owls held connected for a memorable 2-1 win.

Blackpool went into their third-round necktie with Nottingham Forest successful the Championship's bottommost three, but Steve Cooper's squad were nary lucifer for the Seasiders in a 4-1 decision astatine Bloomfield Road.

Cooper made 11 changes to the broadside that bushed Southampton successful the Premier League successful midweek and his charges enactment successful a disjointed display, falling down done Marvin Ekpiteta's first-half strike.

Ian Poveda, CJ Hamilton and Jerry Yates added further goals, with Ryan Yates' precocious effort thing much than a consolation for past season's quarter-finalists.

Championship leaders Burnley besides put 4 past Premier League opposition, overpowering Bournemouth successful a thrilling contention to heap further unit connected under-fire Cherries brag Gary O'Neil.

Manuel Benson's opener was cancelled retired by Ryan Christie, but 2 well-worked efforts from Anass Zaroury enactment the Clarets connected people for their 12th triumph successful 14 games.

Dominic Solanke gave Bournemouth hope, lone for Benson's 2nd of the crippled to implicit the scoring.

Bad play for Premier League?

Since the instauration of the Premier League successful 1992-93, the astir top-flight sides to beryllium knocked retired successful the 3rd circular stands astatine 9 successful 2007-08.

Everton, Crystal Palace, Nottingham Forest, Bournemouth, Brentford and Newcastle person already fallen astatine the archetypal hurdle this season, and with 2 all-Premier League ties inactive to beryllium decided they are guaranteed to beryllium joined by 2 much top-tier clubs.

Liverpool and Wolves drew 2-2 successful Saturday's precocious game, portion Manchester City invited Chelsea to Etihad Stadium connected Sunday.

With Leeds, Aston Villa and Arsenal taking connected lower-league absorption earlier the play is out, determination is plentifulness of scope for further upsets involving Premier League teams.

Wrexham stun Coventry arsenic non-league sides impress

National League high-flyers Wrexham produced arguably the biggest daze of the circular truthful far, knocking retired Championship Coventry successful a seven-goal thriller.

Paul Mullin's second-half punishment - which came aft Jonathan Panzo's reddish paper - added to goals from Sam Dalby, Elliot Lee and Tom O'Connor to enactment Phil Parkinson's squad 4-1 ahead.

Efforts from Viktor Gyokeres and Kasey Palmer acceptable up a nail-biting finish, but Wrexham, who are owned by Hollywood stars Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney, held connected to scope the 4th circular for the archetypal clip since the 1999-2000 season.

Fellow non-league nine Chesterfield were minutes distant from knocking retired Championship opponents, arsenic West Brom struck heavy into stoppage clip to salvage a replay with a 3-3 draw.

Tyrone Williams cancelled retired Brandon Thomas-Asante's aboriginal opener for West Brom, but Karlan Grant restored the Baggies' pb 10 minutes later.

Two goals successful 5 minutes from Armando Dobra near the location supporters wrong Technique Stadium dreaming of a celebrated victory, lone for Thomas-Asante to equalise successful the 3rd infinitesimal of second-half stoppage time.

Boreham Wood volition articulation their National League rivals successful the chapeau for the 4th circular aft Lee Ndlovu struck 12 minutes from clip to cancel retired Ryan Astley's aboriginal opener and take League One Accrington Stanley to a replay.

Championship Sunderland avoided an upset by the tegument of their teeth, Ross Stewart and Luke O'Nien scoring doubly successful second-half added clip to earn the Black Cats a 2-1 triumph implicit Shrewsbury aft Matthew Pennington nodded the hosts ahead.

There was nary specified joyousness for second-tier Rotherham, who were thumped 4-1 by League One Ipswich. Three goals successful the last 16 minutes from Conor Chaplin, Freddie Ladapo and Wes Burns secured triumph for the 1977-78 winners aft Conor Washington had cancelled retired Cameron Humphreys' opener.

World Cup victor sparkles for Seagulls

Argentina planetary Mac Allister was successful sparkling signifier for Brighton successful lone his 2nd Seagulls quality since returning from Qatar, scoring doubly - including an outrageous flick - in a 5-1 triumph astatine Middlesbrough.

The midfielder, who came connected aft half-time, produced a cheeky decorativeness from Pervis Estupinan's drilled transverse to enactment Brighton 3-1 up earlier tapping location the visitors' fourth.

Pascal Gross, Adam Lallana and Deniz Undav were besides connected people for Roberto de Zerbi's team, with Chuba Akpom uncovering the nett for Boro.

Elsewhere, Harry Kane closed to wrong 1 extremity of Jimmy Greaves' Tottenham grounds to contradict League One Portsmouth a third-round replay.

Kane exchanged passes with Ryan Sessegnon earlier curling into the acold country for the lone extremity of the game - and his 265th onslaught successful Spurs colours.

The England skipper tin equal, oregon adjacent break, Greaves' grounds successful the northbound London Premier League derby against Arsenal connected 15 January.

Priceless triumph for Jones' Saints

Premier League strugglers Southampton breathed caller beingness into their faltering run by coming from down to defeat Crystal Palace 2-1.

Odsonne Edouard enactment past season's semi-finalists up astatine Selhurst Park, but James Ward-Prowse's cross-shot hauled the visitors level earlier Adam Armstrong capitalised connected a dreadful Vicente Guaita mistake to implicit the turnaround.

Nathan Jones' Saints are rooted to the ft of the Premier League table, but the erstwhile Luton Town brag was pleased with his team's quality and resoluteness against Palace.

"It's been the toughest week of my career, but the effect has been fantastic," said Jones, whose lone erstwhile triumph arsenic Southampton brag came against League One Lincoln City successful the Carabao Cup successful December.

"We started a spot edgy, but we showed existent zest aft that and showed the broadside we tin be. It's been a pugnacious week, but the effect has been fantastic."