LONDON: Blackburn Rovers scored two late goals to knock ill-disciplined Premier League side Swansea City out of the FA Cup with a thoroughly deserved 3-1 victory in the fourth round at Ewood Park on Saturday.

Frenchman Rudy Gestede fired home at the second time of asking in the 78th minute to give Championship outfit Blackburn a 2-1 lead before Craig Conway’s powerful shot squirmed through Lukasz Fabianski’s hands after 87 minutes.

Swansea defender Kyle Bartley was shown a a straight red card for bringing down pacy Blackburn forward Josh King in the seventh minute but Gylfi Sigurdsson’s long-range rocket put the top flight side ahead shortly afterwards.

Chris Taylor volleyed in to restore parity one minute later.

Swansea’s frustration boiled over in stoppage time when Sigurdsson was shown a straight red card for needlessly scything down Taylor.

Manchester United flirted with ridicule in the first tie of the round on Friday when they were taken to a replay by fourth-tier minnows Cambridge United following a 0-0 draw at the Abbey Stadium.

Cambridge head coach Richard Money has defended the quality of his club’s playing surface after it was criticised by United manager Louis van Gaal.

“We don’t have the money to spend on the pitch to make it as it is at Old Trafford or anywhere else,” he told BBC Radio 5 Live. “The groundsman did a fantastic job to keep it in the condition it was.”

Published in Dawn January 25th , 2015

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