Mitoma Sinks Chelsea as Manchester City Survive FA Cup Scare

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Mitoma Sinks Chelsea as Manchester City Survive FA Cup Scare
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Brighton's Kaoru Mitoma scored the winning goal to eliminate Chelsea from the FA Cup, while Manchester City overcame a tough challenge from Leyton Orient. Other notable results saw Newcastle United defeat Birmingham City, Burnley beat Southampton, and Ipswich stun Coventry.

Brighton 's Kaoru Mitoma secured a 2-1 victory for his team against Chelsea , eliminating the Blues from the FA Cup in the fourth round. Mitoma's decisive goal in the 57th minute came after Brighton had fought back from a first-half deficit. Chelsea took an early lead when Brighton goalkeeper Bart Verbruggen fumbled Cole Palmer's cross into his own net. Brighton responded quickly, equalizing in the 12th minute through Georginio Rutter's header.

Meanwhile, Manchester City had a more challenging encounter against third-tier Leyton Orient. Orient took an early lead through Jamie Donley's shot that deflected off the bar and into the net. City struggled to break down the spirited Orient defense until Abdukodir Khusanov deflected in Rico Lewis's shot to equalize in the 56th minute. The introduction of Kevin De Bruyne from the bench proved crucial as the Belgian midfielder scored the winning goal 11 minutes from time.Elsewhere in the FA Cup, Birmingham City suffered a 3-1 defeat to Newcastle United. Birmingham initially took the lead through Ethan Laird's deflected strike, but Newcastle responded with a quickfire double from Joe Willock and Callum Wilson. Tomoki Iwata leveled the score for Birmingham before halftime, but Willock restored Newcastle's lead in the 82nd minute. Southampton's struggles continued as they lost 1-0 to Burnley at St Mary's. Marcus Edwards scored the only goal of the game on his debut for Burnley.Everton, who are moving to a new stadium next season, were beaten 2-0 by Bournemouth thanks to goals from Antoine Semenyo and Dan Jebbison. In another upset, Ipswich, who are second bottom in the Premier League, defeated Frank Lampard's Coventry 4-1. Millwall reached the fifth round for the first time since 2018-19 with a 2-0 victory over Championship leaders Leeds, thanks to Femi Azeez's double

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