A Cup 3rd Round continued today…
The game of the day was at the Etihad Stadium…
Man United defeated bitter rivals Man City 3-2 thanks to a pair of Wayne Rooney headers and a Danny Welbeck volley….
Kolorov and Aguero replied for the hosts, who also had captain Vincent Kompany sent off early on…
United’s reward is a trip to Anfield to take on Liverpool in the next round at the end of this month…
The match also saw the shock return from retirement of Paul Scholes, who made a late cameo as a substitute…
The 37 year-old midfielder…who had been training with the club’s reserves…has come out of retirement and signed on until the end of the season..
Elsewhere…
Chelsea have strolled into the next round… they beat Portsmouth 4-0 at Stamford Bridge…the goals came from Juan Mata, Frank Lampard and a brace from Ramires…
Sebastian Larsson and Ireland’s James McClean gave Sunderland a 2-nil win over Peterborough…Martin O’Neill’s side will play Middlesboro in the 4th Round
While Sheffield Wednesday beat West Ham 1-nil to set up a tie with Blackpool..
Meanwhile in the Scottish Cup…
Rangers cruised to a 4-0 win away to Abroath (Pron: Ab-row-ath)…
While Celtic enjoyed a 3-0 win away to Peterhead…