Old favourite ... Ryan Giggs netted the opener for United. Source: AAP
Manchester United comfortably progressed to the fifth round of the FA Cup with a 4-1 win over Fulham at Old Trafford.
- Manchester United 4 (Giggs 3 pen, Rooney 50, Hernandez 52, 66) Fulham 1 (Hughes 77)
- Bolton Wanderers 1 (Sordell 27) Everton 2 (Pienaar 18, Heitinga 90+1)
- Norwich City 0 Luton Town 1 (Rendell 80)
- Macclesfield Town 0 Wigan Athletic 1 (Gomez 7 pen)
- Derby County 0 Blackburn Rovers 3 (Kazim-Richards 43, Dann 66, Rhodes 71)
- Hull City 0 Barnsley 1 (Dagnall 70)
- Middlesbrough 2 (Jutkiewicz 83, 90+6) Aldershot Town 1 (Hylton 89)
- Brighton and Hove Albion2 (Barnes 33, Ulloa 62) Arsenal 3 (Giroud 16, 56, Walcott 85)
- QPR 2 (Bothroyd 83, Fabio 90+2) Milton Keynes Dons 4 (Traore 4 og, Lowe 39, Harley 50, Potter 56)
- Reading 4 (NHunt 6, 50, Leigertwood 40, McCleary 54) Sheffield Utd 0
- Huddersfield Town 1 (Novak 74 pen) Leicester City 1 (Wood 82)
- Stoke City 0 Manchester City 1 (Zabaleta 85)
Ryan Giggs set United on their way with a third-minute penalty before a Wayne Rooney strike and a brace from Javier Hernandez sealed Fulham's fate in the second half.
It was always likely to be a tricky afternoon for the visitors and their task looked a lot tougher when Aaron Hughes - the scorer of a late consolation - handballed in the box after just 72 seconds.
Referee Mark Clattenburg pointed to the spot and Giggs duly converted despite fellow veteran Mark Schwarzer getting a firm hand to the ball.
United could and should have had a second penalty when Damien Duff clearly prevented a Giggs chip finding Evra but Clattenburg inexplicably ignored the appeals.
Fulham enjoyed plenty of possession with former Old Trafford favourite Dimitar Berbatov showcasing his usual delightful touches alongside the classy Bryan Ruiz.
But there was little threat in behind the home defence and Rooney had the best chance to double the lead before the break only for Schwarzer to save his effort onto the crossbar.
If Fulham were fortunate to get to the interval just a goal behind then any hope of clawing their way back into it ended quickly in the second half.
Anderson threaded a pass through to Rooney just five minutes after the break and the England forward cut inside onto his left foot to blast the ball past Schwarzer.
Rooney then turned provider for Hernandez to put the ball away from close range as United swamped their opponents.
And the Mexican had his second midway through the second half when he seized onto a pass from Giggs and saw his effort deflect off Hughes and squirm past the Fulham keeper at his near post.
Elsewhere, Pablo Zabaleta netted a late goal to fire Manchester City into the next round courtesy of a 1-0 victory over Stoke City.
It looked like being a frustrating afternoon for Roberto Mancini's men in a repeat of the 2011 final, with Stoke battling hard but also enjoying good fortune when a bad foul by Glenn Whelan went unpunished by referee Howard Webb.
But City, who lost Vincent Kompany to injury, grabbed a winner in the 85th minute as Zabaleta slotted a shot past Thomas Sorensen with the outside of his boot following a fast break.
Theo Walcott also struck a late winner as Arsenal edged out Brighton & Hove Albion 3-2 in an their tie at the Amex Stadium.
Olivier Giroud broke the deadlock for the Gunners with a fabulous finish in the 16th minute, only for Ashley Barnes to draw Brighton level before half-time.
Another fine strike by Giroud was cancelled out by Jose Ulloa as Brighton again hit back to make it 2-2, but Walcott's deflected strike five minutes from time took the Gunners through.
Brighton, hoping to add to their third-round scalp of Newcastle, started brightly and were unlucky to be dumped out of the competition.
A stoppage-time winner from Johnny Heitinga saw Everton overcome Bolton Wanderers 2-1 at the Reebok Stadium.
The Toffees ensured that boss David Moyes had cause for celebration on his 500th game in charge of the club, with Steven Pienaar putting the Barclays Premier League side in front during a tight first half.
Marvin Sordell restored parity before the interval but, try as they might, Bolton could not find a second and were undone late on as Heitinga stepped off the bench to fire Everton through.
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