Manchester City survived a late wobble to beat Leicester City 4-2 and reach the fourth round of the FA Cup on Tuesday.
Carlos Tevez put City ahead in the third-round replay, only for Paul Gallagher to level from the penalty spot.
Patrick Vieira and Adam Johnson seemed to have won it for City, but a late goal from Lloyd Dyer brought Leicester back into the game. However, Aleksandar Kolarov made the game safe in the final minute.
“It is always difficult in the FA Cup,” said City manager Roberto Mancini. “Leicester played very well in the first 20 minutes but after we played better and scored the three goals.
“But again in the last 15 minutes, like against Wolves, we thought that it was finished and we conceded another one.” City had seemed in control in the early stages, Johnson stumbling and miscuing his shot after being laid clean thorough, even before Tevez put them ahead after 15 minutes.
Winning the ball on the right, he cut infield, bundled through two challenges, and smashed an angled finish past Chris Weale.
However, the Championship side levelled matters immediately with Paul Gallagher firing a penalty after Lloyd was tripped in the area.
Leicester enjoyed a brief flurry, but the game seemed to have ended with two goals in the space of a little over a minute.
First Pablo Zabaleta cut the ball back for David Siilva, and when his shot was blocked, Vieira stabbed in at the back post.
Then Silva split the defence and Johnson ran on to finish confidently.
Weale saved a 58th-minute penalty from Tevez, and with eight minutes remaining Dyer ran on to Yuki Abe’s through-ball and slipped a finish past Joe Hart.
But Kolarov drilled in his first goal for the club in the 90th minute to settle the game.
“We were in the game for 90 minutes at home, and 87 here, and that’s good,” said Leicester manager Sven-Goran Eriksson.
“They were better than we were tonight, but we never gave up and from 3-1 down at half-time, coming back to 3-2, we’re in the game again and of course I’m happy with that.
“It’s a little difficult. They have some better players than us, but I think we need to be proud.” Wolverhampton Wanderers made short work of their replay, despatching Doncaster Rovers 5-0.
Steven Fletcher headed Wolves into a fifth-minute lead and second-half goals from Geoffrey Mujangi Bia, Kevin Doyle, Matt Jarvis and David Jones completed a comfortable win.
Two extra-time goals from Jonathan Walters gave Stoke City a 2-0 away win at Cardiff City.
