FA CUP 4TH ROUND: Saturday’s Match Reports

Manchester City thwacked Aston Villa, Tottenham ease past League One strugglers Colchester, Ighalo late goal send the Hornets to the fifth round; While Hammers hold Liverpool to earn replay....

Nacer Chadli scored twice as Tottenham eased into the fifth round of the FA Cup with a 4-1 victory over League One strugglers Colchester.

The Premier League side made seven changes for the trip to the Weston Homes Community Stadium and took the lead in the 27th minute when Chadli fired home from the edge of the box.

Eric Dier doubled Spurs' lead after the break with a deflected shot before Chadli headed in the third after Marvin Sordell hit the post for the hosts.

An 80th-minute own goal from Ben Davies gave Colchester faint hope of a comeback but that was soon snuffed out as Tom Carroll added the visitors' fourth.

The win extends Spurs' impressive away form - they are now 10 games unbeaten on the road and have scored in their last 15 consecutive away matches.

While Colchester who are bottom of League One and without a league win since October, were knocked out to face the league woes.

Odion Ighalo came off the bench to net a late winner as Watford beat Nottingham Forest 1-0 in the FA Cup fourth round.

The hosts had looked set to extend their unbeaten run to 14 games in all competitions in a contest where two much-changed sides mustered little at the City Ground.

Ighalo capitalised on Kelvin Wilson's error in 78 minutes to fire home in a 1-0 victory that consigned Forest to their first defeat since November 21.

It was Wilson's inability to deal with Allan Nyom's right-wing cross that presented the Nigerian with the chance and it provided another low moment in this fixture for the centre-back, who was sent off in the last meeting between these two following a clash with the matchwinner.

The two managers made 15 changes between them and there was a first appearance for Watford goalkeeper Costel Pantilimon following his switch from Sunderland earlier this month.

Wonderkid Kelechi Iheanacho's hat-trick kept Manchester City's quadruple dream alive as they strolled to a 4-0 FA Cup win over Aston Villa.

The striker's treble saw Manuel Pellegrini's men cruise in the fifth round just days after they reached the League Cup final.

City also remain in the hunt to regain their Premier League crown and face Dynamo Kiev in the Champions League next month.

The impressive Iheanacho added to his early strike with a cool penalty before running through unchallenged in the second half to claim the match ball.

Raheem Sterling hooked in a fourth at Villa Park to ensure Sergio Aguero and David Silva were never needed from the bench.

But in 19-year-old Iheanacho, who now has eight goals this season, they have a striker who demonstrated he can be an able deputy to Aguero after he ran Villa ragged.

He left the hosts - last season's beaten finalists - to concentrate on their survival battle with Remi Garde's side 10 points from safety.

A blunt Liverpool attack failed to break down West Ham in a goalless FA Cup fourth-round match at Anfield on Saturday evening.

Hammers goalkeeper Darren Randolph denied Christian Benteke twice and Joe Allen once as the Reds pushed for a winner late on, but a much-changed Liverpool line-up lacked a cutting edge.

Enner Valencia wasted West Ham's best opportunity after 16 minutes, but the forward miscued his header when left unmarked in the Reds box.

The replay now adds another game to an already crowded fixture list for both sides, with the Reds also set to contend with Europa League action and the Capital One Cup final next month

FULL RESULT

Colchester 1 - 4 Tottenham FT

Arsenal 2 -1 Burnley FT

C Palace 1 - 0 Stoke FT

N Forest 0 - 1 Watford FT

Oxford Utd 0 - 3 Blackburn FT

Shrewsbury 3 - 2 Sheff Wed FT

Portsmth 1 - 2 B'mouth FT

A Villa 0 - 4 Man City FT

Reading 4 - 0 Walsall FT

Bolton 1 - 2 Leeds FT

W Brom 2 - 2 Peterboro FT

Bury 1 - 3 Hull City FT

Liverpool 0 - 0 West Ham FT