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Craig HillMiddlesbrough 2 - 2 Bristol City
February 14th 2007 03:18
Socceroos Mark Viduka and Mark Schwarzer helped their club side Middlesbrough to a thrilling penalties win in the FA cup overnight.
League one outfit Bristol City put up an amazing fight throughout the match to showcase just how tough and exciting the oldest cup competition in the world still is with Boro only just managing to scrape into the fifth round courtesy of the Aussie keeper's heroics between the sticks.
Bristol City took the lead in the 23rd minute and it took Viduka to come off the bench (he had initially been rested for this game) to equalise before Ayegbeni Yakubu had seemingly put the tie beyond the reach of Bristol in the 102nd minute.
Bristol dug deep and found an equaliser in the 117th minute to send the tie into a penalty shootout and this set the stage for Schwarzer to strut his stuff.
Schwarzer got Boro off to the perfect start by saving Jevon's opening attempt - and then, after Yakubu had hit the post with the scores at 4-4, the Australian kept out Woodman's effort to set the scene for Johnson to finally end the tension.
After the game, Viduka heaped praise on Bristol City: "It was one of those classic cup ties."
Middlesbrough will now meet West Brom in the fifth round.
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