London, February 28:

Manchester United scored three times in the first six minutes to reach the English FA Cup quarter-finals with a 3-2 win over Reading on Tuesday.

Gabriel Heinze, Louis Saha and Ole Gunnar Solksjaer all scored in the fifth-round replay at the Madejski Stadium. The Red Devils withstood a late surge from Reading, which missed the chance to push the game into extra time when Brynjar Gunnarsson hit the crossbar in injury time.

United next will play Middlesbrough, who beat 10-man West Bromwich Albion 5-4 on penalty kicks in their fifth-round replay.

Darren Carter curled a low shot into the corner of the net in the 26th minute for West Brom after taking a pass from Nathan Ellington. Mark Viduka equalised for Middlesbrough in the 63rd, pushing the game into extra time.

Extra time also ended 1-1 and the game went to penalty kicks.