Wayne Rooney failed to score on his first return to Everton, but Manchester United didn't need him in a 2-0 victory Saturday in the fifth round of the FA Cup.
Booed when he stepped onto the field at Goodison Park, the 19-year-old Liverpool native also got a smattering of cheers from fans who still adore him despite his ?27 million (US$50 million) move over the summer to Manchester United.
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Quinton Fortune put Manchester United ahead in the 23rd -- on a header off a cross from Cristiano Ronaldo -- and Ronaldo sealed the win with a 58th-minute goal.
Rooney had a handful of chances to score. The best might have come seconds from the end when Everton goalkeeper Nigel Martyn made a sprawling save on a close-in Rooney shot.
Also Saturday, Andy Gray converted a penalty in second-half injury time, lifting Sheffield United to a 1-1 draw against 10-man Arsenal.
Gray slammed the penalty behind Arsenal 'keeper Manuel Almunia after Swiss defender Philippe Senderos was called for a handball. Substitute Robert Pires put the Gunners ahead in the 78th at Highbury.
Southampton, another Premier League side, also faces a replay against a lower division team. The Saints drew 2-2 with division-one Brentford.
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger gambled and rested many of his regulars, hoping to keep them fresh for Tuesday's Champions League game at Bayern Munich.
Instead, the Gunners face a replay on March 1 in Sheffield, adding to an already crowded schedule. With Chelsea sure to win the league title and the Champions League a long shot, the FA Cup is still the Gunners' best chance for silverware.
Arsenal played a man short from the 35th minute when striker Dennis Bergkamp was sent off on a red card from referee Neale Barry.
Responding to the physical game played by Sheffield United, Bergkamp shoved defender Danny Cullip a couple of times, moments after Cullip blocked Bergkamp and pushed him from behind.
Wenger will lodge a protest.
"We will appeal yes," he said. "He didn't hit, he didn't push him."
Arsenal rested many of its regulars including captain Patrick Vieira and striker Thierry Henry. Sol Campbell was out with an ankle injury and winger Ashley Cole missed with the flu.
The Gunners were beginning to control play just before Bergkamp was sent off. Pires came off the bench in the 66th and notched the decider, knocking in a rebound that Blades' goalkeeper Paddy Kenny failed to control.
Gray spoiled the comeback.
"After they scored, against a team like Arsenal you don't get many chances to come back," Gray said. "Fortunately, we got a penalty in the last minute."
In Southampton's 2-2 draw, Henri Camara scored two in the first 36 minutes to give the Saints a 2-0 lead. Brentford rallied with goals from Isaiah Rankin and Sam Sodje.
Bolton reached the final eight, beating Fulham 1-0 on Kevin Davies' goal in the 12th. Bolton is trying to win the FA Cup for the first time since 1958.
In Leicester's 2-1 win over Charlton, Dion Dublin scored the winner in second-half injury time. Nikos Dabizas scored for Leicester and Shaun Bartlett equalized late in the first half for Charlton.
In the League Championship, Ipswich stayed on top after a 1-1 draw Friday with Preston. Ipswich has 66 points followed by Wigan with 63 and Sunderland with 60.
Gary O'Connor scored two goals and Steven Whittaker and Steven Fletcher scored the others as Hibernian held on to third-place in Scotland with a 4-0 victory over Dundee.
O'Connor scored in the 27th minute and 77th to improve Hibernian to 47 points.
The big match in Scotland comes today with Glasgow rivals Celtic and Rangers meeting. The clubs have 62 points, with Celtic leading the Premier League on goal difference.
FC Barcelona stretched its lead to seven points in the Spanish league after beating Mallorca 2-0, while Real Madrid lost to visiting Athletic Bilbao by the same score.
Portugal midfielder Deco scored both goals for Barcelona, which now has 57 points from 24 matches and faces English leader Chelsea in the Champions League on Wednesday.
"In my opinion, nothing has changed and I hope to transmit this to my players," Barcelona coach Frank Rijkaard told news agency Efe. "When Real Madrid reduced the gap [to four points] I said I wasn't worried. What does having a greater advantage mean? That we're calmer? No, nothing has changed."
Bilbao got goals from defender Asier Del Horno and midfielder Andoni Iraola at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium to beat Madrid, which stays in second place with 50 points.
It was the team's first league loss in eight matches under Brazilian coach Vanderlei Luxemburgo, who took over in December.
Luxemburgo left Madrid stars Ronaldo, Zinedine Zidane and Raul Gonzalez on the bench ahead of Tuesday's match against Italian leader Juventus, although all three came on as substitutes in the second half.
In a late game, Real Sociedad beat third-place Sevilla 1-0.
Roy Makaay scored three goals to hand Bayern Munich to a 5-0 victory over shell-shocked Borussia Dortmund and help his team regain a three-point lead in the Bundesliga.
Dortmund, reeling from the club's announcement two days ago that it's on the verge of bankruptcy, gave away two quick goals and was outclassed by Felix Magath's team.
Bayern has 44 points and Schalke needs to beat Borussia Moenchengladbach today to stay even on points. But Bayern padded its already superior goal difference and is sure to spend another week at the top.
Defending champion Werder Bremen beat Hannover 4-1 on the road to move into third place on 40 points with its fourth straight win.
Bayer Leverkusen and Hamburger SV both won to move past idle Hertha Berlin and Stuttgart, which face each other Sunday.
Leverkusen came back with a 4-2 win from Nuremberg, scoring all four off set pieces, while Hamburg edged Kaiserslautern 2-1 at home.
Leverkusen jumped to fourth with 38 points, while Hamburg, bottom of the standings before Thomas Doll took over as coach, continued its impressive progress and is now fifth at 37.
In other matches, Bochum beat Freiburg 3-1 in a showdown of two teams battling relegation, Wolfsburg thrashed bottom-place Hansa Rostock 4-0 and Mainz played to a 0-0 draw with Arminia Bielefeld.
Brazilian winger Serginho scored in the second minute of injury time to lift 10-man AC Milan to a 1-0 win over Cagliari and a share of first place in the Italian league.
Juventus, which led Milan by eight points just a month ago, was held to a 0-0 draw at Messina earlier in the day. Both teams now have 54 points and 16-6-3 records.
The victory may have been costly for Milan, which visits Manchester United on Wednesday in the Champions League. Top striker Andriy Shevchenko left with an injury early on.
Serginho scored by lifting his foot up to connect with a bouncing ball sent his way on a play that was started by fellow Brazilian Cafu on the opposite side.
Cagliari argued vehemently that Cafu pushed a defender out of bounds to gain control, and Alessandro Agostini was shown a red card for arguing, leaving both teams with 10 men at the end.
Milan defender Giuseppe Pancaro picked up his second yellow card in the 75th minute.
Third-place Inter Milan (43 points) played to its 16th draw of the season, 1-1 at fourth-place Udinese (41). Juan Sebastian Veron's 58th-minute score was equaled by Henok Goitom's first goal in Italy just before the final whistle.
Juventus, which visits Real Madrid on Tuesday, was making its first visit to newly promoted Messina in 41 years.
Sporting was held to a 0-0 draw at Leiria, giving first place in the Portuguese league to FC Porto.
Defending champion Porto, which beat Belenenses 1-0 on Friday, has 41 points from 22 matches, two more than both Sporting and Boavista. Francisco Costinha scored the only goal for Porto.
Sporting, which beat Feyenoord 2-1 in a UEFA Cup match on Wednesday, was helped by goalkeeper Ricardo Pereira, who managed to preserve the shutout despite constant pounding at his goal.
Benfica, which is now in fourth place with 38 points, can claim at least a share of first place if it beats visiting Guimaraes on Monday.
Marseille moved into second place in the French division after beating host Bastia 1-0, while Paris Saint-Germain lost its third straight match despite the league debut of coach Laurent Fournier.
Benoit Pedretti blasted a 25m shot into the net in the 62nd minute to help Marseille move past Lille, which can reclaim second place if it wins at Metz today.
PSG, which has not won a league match this year, continued its struggles in a 3-1 loss to Strasbourg. It was the team's first league match since Fournier took over for Vahid Halilhodzic, who was fired earlier this month. PSG beat Bordeaux 3-1 in the French Cup last Sunday.
Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink scored his league-leading 14th goal of the season Saturday to lead PSV Eindhoven over NEC Nijmegen 4-1 in the Dutch league.
Park Ji-sung, DaMarcus Beasley and Andre Ooijer also scored for PSV, which stretched its lead over idle AZ Alkmaar to five points. Said Boutahar scored for NEC.
Costas Katsouranis scored twice in the last 20 minutes Saturday to help AEK Athens beat visiting Iraklis Thessaloniki 2-1 and move to second place in the Greek first division.
Katsouranis headed in his first goal in the 70th minute off a header from defender Vangelis Moras. He made it 2-1 in the 78th with another header off a well-measured free kick from Julio Cesar.
The hosts had trailed Iraklis thanks to a 47th-minute goal by Albanian striker Indrit Fortuzi.
AEK has 38 points from 19 matches, three behind leader Olympiakos Piraeus, which plays newcomer Ergotelis in Crete today. Panathinaikos Athens, five points behind Olympiakos, can reclaim second place if it beats Egaleo today.
Five police officers were injured and 33 people were arrested during fights and street brawling following Manchester United's 2-0 victory over Everton.
On policeman was hospitalized with minor injuries and rival fans clashed.
Extra security was in place for Saturday's FA Cup fifth-round match with former Everton star Wayne Rooney returning for the first time since leaving Everton over the summer for Manchester United.
A police spokesman said most of incidents were alcohol related.
"The incidents were quickly dealt with by the officers at the scene and the escort was established to cause as little disruption as possible," police said in a statement.
The match at Goodison Park was marred by fans throwing objects onto the field. Manchester United goalkeeper Roy Carroll was struck in the head by a mobile phone thrown from the stands.
Everton spokesman Ian Ross termed the fan who threw the phone "a mindless moron."
"It was a disgraceful incident, but an isolated one and we hope the police will be able to deal with it," Ross said. "We prepared for a major fixture in the right way, and made appeals to fans about their behavior."
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