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Blues thrash 10-man Newcastle

Newcastle United were thrashed 5-1 by Championship leaders Birmingham City in their FA Cup third round replay at St James's Park on Wednesday, while Fulham rallied to beat Leicester and Tottenham won comfortably in other third-round replays.

Birmingham beat 10-man Newcastle with goals from five different players. Wayne Routledge scored in injury time to give Fulham a 4-3 victory, after his side rallied twice, the second time from a two-goal deficit.

Tottenham had goals from Aaron Lennon, Robbie Keane, Steed Malbranque and Jermain Defoe in its 4-0 win over Cardiff.

Birmingham led 2-0 when Gary McSheffrey scored in the fifth minute and Newcastle midfielder Nolberto Solano diverted a cross into his own net in the 45th.

James Milner scored from 25m for Newcastle in the 56th, but two minutes later, Magpies defender Steven Taylor was sent off for tripping Birmingham's D.J. Campbell.

Birmingham increased its lead to 3-1 in the 59th when a free kick from midfielder Sebastian Larsson came back off the wall and Bruno N'Gotty scored the rebound. Larsson scored in the 83rd and Campbell added the fifth goal in the 89th.

At Craven Cottage, Matt Fryatt opened the scoring for Leicester in the 13th minute before Brian McBride scored his ninth goal of the season to equalize in the 35th.

Gareth McAuley and James Wesolowski made it 3-1 for Leicester by the 47th minute before substitute Vincenzo Montella scored twice in nine minutes to pull Fulham into a 3-3 tie by the 60th. Routledge cut in between two defenders to score and complete Fulham's comeback.

Keane converted a pass from Dimitar Berbatov in the 30th minute, three minutes after Lennon had scored Spurs' first. Malbranque scored in the 41st and Defoe made it 4-0 in the 81st.
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