Round-up: Lincoln stun Brighton, Chelsea and Manchester City earn easy wins
ByPA Sport
Updated 28/01/2017 at 18:10 GMT
Lincoln's historic FA Cup adventure continued with a 3-1 victory over Championship leaders Brighton as they reached the fifth round for the first time in 130 years.
Lincoln City's Matt Rhead (R) and Theo Robinson celebrate after Brighton's Fikayo Tomori (L) scores their sides second goal
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Imps boss Danny Cowley described beating Ipswich in the previous round as ''climbing a mountain'' and likened the challenge of repeating the feat against Brighton to ''getting to the moon".
Lincoln won it the hard way, going a goal behind to Richie Towell's first-half strike. But Alan Power's penalty, a Fikayo Tomori own goal and a late effort from Theo Robinson completed a famous turnaround in the second half and sent Lincoln through.
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Lincoln City players celebrate after the match
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Branislav Ivanovic scored on his potential farewell appearance as Chelsea beat neighbours Brentford 4-0 at Stamford Bridge.
Brentford, 15th in the Championship, took Chelsea to a replay four years ago, but there was little prospect of a repeat as the Blues claimed a 10th successive home win.
Willian, Pedro and Michy Batshuayi, with a penalty, were also on target for the Premier League leaders, whose only concern came when Willian went off midway through the second half after earlier holding his ankle.
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Chelsea's Branislav Ivanovic celebrates scoring their third goal
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Manchester City eased through with a 3-0 win at Crystal Palace that showed why their hosts are at such risk of relegation.
City's erratic Premier League form has given many the confidence to challenge them but they convincingly outplayed Palace at Selhurst Park, where fine goals from Raheem Sterling, Leroy Sane and Yaya Toure secured victory.
Defeat leaves Palace with only survival to concentrate on - perhaps exactly what they need in the circumstances - but came with the latest reminder of how desperately they need to improve.
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Manchester City's Yaya Toure celebrates scoring their third goal with Aleksandar Kolarov and Vincent Kompany
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Oxford caused a major upset by thumping Championship high-flyers Newcastle 3-0 at the Kassam Stadium.
Kane Hemmings put the Sky Bet League One outfit in front two minutes into the second half with his 13th goal of the season.
Aleksandar Mitrovic passed up the chance to equalise on 67 minutes when his penalty was saved by U's goalkeeper Simon Eastwood, before further home goals from Curtis Nelson and Toni Martinez sealed the shock result.
Forgotten man Stewart Downing blasted Middlesbrough through as League Two Accrington finally succumbed to a 1-0 defeat at the Riverside Stadium.
Downing, who has opted to stay on Teesside and fight for his place after being linked with a January loan move, drilled home from distance with 69 minutes gone to remind head coach Aitor Karanka of his enduring quality and dash Stanley's hopes of a replay.
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Middlesbrough's Stewart Downing celebrates after the game
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Steven Defour's brilliant second-half chip capped a sixth straight home win for Burnley as they knocked out Bristol City.
The Clarets continued their impressive run at Turf Moor to move into the fifth round of the competition for the first time in six years with a comfortable 2-0 success over their Sky Bet Championship opponents.
Sam Vokes, who was seen among the Southampton fans celebrating their progress to Wembley in midweek, inched his employers closer to their own trip there with a first-half effort before Defour dinked a glorious chip over Fabian Giefer after the break.
Elsewhere, Huddersfield Town thumped Rochdale 4-0 and Blackburn Rovers earned a 2-0 win over Blackpool.
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