Man United enter fourth round

London, January 8:

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer scored the winning goal in injury time and Henrik Larsson added another in his debut on Sunday to put Manchester United into the fourth round of the FA Cup with a 2-1 win over Aston Villa.

Solskjaer took a pass from Wayne Rooney and sent a low shot which went under the body of Villa goalkeeper Gabor Kiraly. Larsson gave the 11-time FA Cup winners a 1-0 lead in the 55th. The former Celtic and Barcelona striker is on loan from Swedish club Helsingborg. Milan Baros scored for Villa in the 74th.

Also Sunday, Blackburn won 4-1 at Everton, but Manchester City could only draw 1-1 at League Championship club Sheffield and Tottenham was held to a 0-0 draw at Cardiff.

Matt Derbyshire, Morten Gamst Pedersen and Paul Gallagher each scored in the first half to put Blackburn in control. Andy Johnson replied from the penalty in the 68th, but striker Benni McCarthy added a fourth for Blackburn in the 90th. Georgios Samaras put Manchester City ahead from the penalty spot in the 78th minute but Steve MacLean earned an equalizer two minutes later.

Spanish La Liga

MADRID: FC Barcelona failed to move back into first place in the Spanish league on Sunday after being held to a 1-1 draw by Getafe. The defending champions, who needed a 70th-minute equalizer from Xavi Hernandez to earn the point, stayed in second place, two points behind Sevilla but with a game in hand.

Real Madrid suffered a 2-0 defeat against Deportivo La Coruna. Joan Capdevila and Cristian Hidalgo scored a goal each to give Madrid its second straight loss and continued its dismal record at Riazor stadium, where it hasn’t won since the 1991-92 season.

Also Sunday, it was: Real Betis 1, Celta Vigo 0; Espanyol 0, Recreativo Huelva 1; Levante 2, Racing Santander 0; and Mallorca 1, Athletic Bilbao 3.