Nottingham Forest survived extra time and a spirited second-half fightback to beat Blackpool 3-2 in a pulsating FA Cup third round replay.
The Premier League side established a 2-0 lead within a minute of the second half but were forced to go the distance with League One high-flyers Blackpool.
Chris Wood came up trumps late in the second half of extra time to see Forest through, as Everton and Norwich City joined them to complete the fourth round line up.
WOOD you look at that... 👀
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The @NFFC forward scores again! 🔥#EmiratesFACup pic.twitter.com/cdnTicjll7
Forest had earlier looked in complete control, striking early on as centre-back Andrew Omobamidele made a scoring debut, dedicating his goal to teammate Cheikhou Kouyate, whose father passed away on Tuesday.
Danilo then doubled the visitors lead a mere 49 seconds into the second half after Nicolas Dominguez pounced on a weak backpass.
The Argentine’s dinked effort was saved by Daniel Grimshaw but Danilo reacted quickest, rounding the stricken Grimshaw to score.
But Blackpool rallied and cut the deficit when Albie Morgan accounted for his earlier error, demonstrating superb technique to cream a half volley into the top corner of the net.
The technique on this from @BlackpoolFC's Albie Morgan is simply OUTRAGEOUS 🥵#EmiratesFACup pic.twitter.com/wrMjE3FRDW
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Kyle Joseph’s leveller could not have been more simple however, as he nodded home from under the crossbar to send Bloomfield Road into raptures.
But Blackpool’s FA Cup dream soon met an end, as Wood walked the ball home in the 110th minute to send Forest to a fourth-round meeting with Bristol City.
Everton edged their way past Crystal Palace thanks to a peach of a free kick from Andre Gomes.
Gomes has been a peripheral figure for the Toffees of late, with this just his fifth appearance of the season but he took centre stage to break the deadlock at Goodison Park.
The former Barcelona man curled a stunning effort off the inside of Sam Johnstone’s post to give the hosts the lead on 42 minutes, breaking Everton’s 1,848 day wait for a free-kick goal.
Everton keeper Joao Virginia impressed in place of the rested Jordan Pickford, saving smartly from Eberechi Eze and from Odsonne Edouard as Palace searched for an equaliser.
While he took his chance Palace did not take theirs, with Jeff Schlupp’s late header saved ensuring Everton would be the ones to host Luton Town in the fourth round.
OH MY 🤯
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An absolutely stunning free-kick from @Everton's Andre Gomes! 🤩#EmiratesFACup pic.twitter.com/M0RcVg8uUm
In the final game of the night, Norwich City survived a scare to sink Bristol Rovers 3-1 and set up a tantalising trip to Anfield.
The Canaries trailed after 20 minutes when former Chelsea trainee Luke McCormick fired home from the edge of the box to push the third-tier underdogs ahead.
Whatever Norwich boss David Wagner said at half time clearly paid dividends as his side turned the game on its head before the hour mark.
Gabriel Sara scrambled the ball in after Sam McCallum pinged a shot off the woodwork and just five minutes later Jonathan Rowe was felled inside the Rovers box.
Adam Idah stepped up and calmly waited for Matthew Cox to make his move before stroking the ball into the middle of the net.
Kenny McLean scored a late third to settle any late nerves and set up a seventh FA Cup tie with eight-time winners Liverpool – the pair have met on six occasions in the competition, with the wins shared three apiece.
