The Associated Press, Manchester | Wed, 01/19/2011 7:29 AM | Sports
Carlos Tevez's 16th goal of the season helped Manchester City earn a 4-2 win over second-tier Leicester in a FA Cup third-round replay on Tuesday.
The Argentina striker set City on its way in the 15th minute with a stunning individual effort and although he later missed a second-half penalty, the hosts had too much for Leicester as they set up a match at Notts County in the fourth round.
Patrick Vieira and Adam Johnson scored in the space of 77 seconds to put Roberto Mancini's side 3-1 up at the break and Aleksandar Kolarov's late finish saw off the plucky visitors, coached by former City manager Sven-Goran Eriksson.
Premier League struggler Wolverhampton thrashed Doncaster 5-0 to progress and will next play Stoke, which beat Cardiff 2-0 thanks to two extra-time goals by striker Jon Walters.
Arsenal travels to Leeds, which plays in the second-tier League Championship, on Wednesday in the other third-round replay.
Eriksson was making his return to Eastlands for the first time since he was fired by City at the end of the 2007-08 season, after just one year at the club.
Since then, things have changed a lot at a club which is second in the Premier League and trailing neighbor Manchester United only on goal difference. A group of wealthy Abu Dhabi investors has taken over the club and its four scorers against Leicester were all signed after the ex-England manager's departure.
The first match between the teams ended 2-2 at Leicester on Jan. 9, but the second-tier side battled just as gamely nine days on.
Tevez opened the scoring when he barged his way into the penalty box before unleashing a powerful shot that flew into the net.
Paul Gallagher equalized from the penalty spot after holding midfielder Vieira, one of four changes made by City from the 4-3 win against Wolves in the Premier League at the weekend, brought down Lloyd Dyer.
However, the hosts, four-time winners of the competition and one of the favorites this season, netted twice in the space of a little more than a minute to kill the game off.
Vieira made amends by tapping in from close range in the 37th after Spain winger David Silva's shot was cleared off the line, and Johnson ran onto a pass from Silva before slotting home a neat finish.
Tevez missed a chance to double his tally for the evening when his poor 57th-minute penalty, awarded after the Argentina international was fouled by Jack Hobbs, was easily saved by Leicester goalkeeper Chris Weale.
With City almost playing at walking pace, Dyer set up a tense finish by scoring with eight minutes left but Leicester was unable to snatch an equalizer and Serbia left back Kolarov claimed City's fourth following a late counterattack.
Off-season signing Steven Fletcher met Stephen Hunt's cross in the fifth minute to put Wolves ahead at Molineux, before three goals in the space of 13 second-half minutes put paid to second-tier Doncaster's chances.
Belgian midfielder Geoffrey Mujangi Bia smashed in his first goal for the Midlanders to make it 2-0 in the 61st and further goals by Kevin Doyle and substitute Matt Jarvis made it 4-0. David Jones added gloss to the scoreline with the team's fifth in second-half stoppage time.
After a low-standard period of normal time at the Cardiff City Stadium, Walters got Stoke off to the perfect start in extra time by heading in Michael Tonge's cross after just one minute.
The same player ended Cardiff's hopes by finishing from an acute angle in the 115th to seal the midtable Premier League team's progress.
