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Nottingham Forest upsets Manchester City

Associated Press

Published January 3, 2009 at 10:58 a.m.
Updated January 3, 2009 at 12:50 p.m.

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LONDON — Nottingham Forest won 3-0 at high-spending Manchester City for the biggest upset in the third round of the FA Cup on Saturday. In another surprise, Southend played to a 1-1 draw at Chelsea, scoring the tying goal during injury time.

Premier League leader Liverpool won 2-0 at Preston, with Albert Riera scoring in the first half and captain Steven Gerrard setting up the second goal by substitute Fernando Torres in injury time.

Gerrard has been charged with assault in a nightclub brawl and is to appear in court Jan. 23.

Nathan Tyson and Rob Earnshaw had first-half goals for Forest, which plays in the League Championship. Joe Garner scored in the 75th minute to complete an embarrassing result for Manchester City, which is also struggling in the Premier League despite being bought by a wealthy Abu Dhabi business group three months ago.

Peter Clarke scored during injury time on his 27th birthday for Southend, a modest League One club. Salomon Kalou gave Chelsea the lead in the 31st minute.

Stoke tumbled 2-0 at League One Hartlepool, which got second-half goals from Michael Nelson and David Foley. League One Peterborough drew 1-1 at West Bromwich Albion, which is last in the Premier League, and defending champion Portsmouth also faces a replay after being held to a scoreless tie at home by Championship club Bristol City.

There were only three matchups of Premier League teams.

Sunderland edged Bolton 2-1 and Hull and Newcastle will need a replay after a 0-0 draw. On Friday, Tottenham downed Wigan 3-1.

Arsenal defeated Plymouth 3-1 helped by two goals from Robin van Persie. Everton won 1-0 at Macclesfield and West Ham outplayed Barnsley 3-0. Middlesbrough beat Barrow 2-1 and Fulham won 2-1 at Sheffield on Wednesday.

In Saturday’s late game, Liverpool played at Championship club Preston.

Among matchups from outside the Premier League, Championship club Derby won 4-3 at nonleague Forest Green after trailing 2-0 and 3-2.

Manchester United, which has won a record 11 FA Cup titles, plays at Championship side Southampton on Sunday and Aston Villa visits Gillingham. On Monday, Blackburn is at nonleague Blyth Spartans.