Manchester United and Chelsea cruised into the FA Cup semifinals at Wembley with comfortable away victories at Fulham (4-0) and Coventry City (2-0) respectively on Saturday. Carlos Tevez scored twice and Wayne Rooney and Park Ji-sung also struck as United turned on the style at Craven Cottage while goals from Didier Drogba and Alex made it six wins out of six since new manager Guus Hiddink arrived at Chelsea. United boss Alex Ferguson, eyeing next week's Champions League return with Inter Milan and Premier League showdown with Liverpool, opted to leave Cristiano Ronaldo and Dimitar Berbatov out of his squad but in Tevez he had the ideal replacement. The EPL leader survived a couple of scares as Fulham started confidently but once it took the lead with a Tevez header in the 20th minute United was in a different class. Tevez advanced toward the Fulham box and unleashed a swerving shot that flew beyond keeper Mark Schwarzer in the 35th for a superb second. United put the game to bed five minutes after the restart when Rooney clipped a low shot into the corner after another exchange with the tireless Tevez and Park rounded things off with an almost identical finish nine minutes from time. The only negative for United was a potential addition to its long injury list when a hobbling Rio Ferdinand was replaced at halftime. Hiddink sent out a full-strength side despite the looming second leg of Chelsea's Champions League last-16 tie at Juventus on Tuesday and his team was dangerous from the start. It opened the scoring after 15 minutes when Drogba muscled Scott Dann off the ball, went round keeper Kieran Westwood and turned in his shot from a tight angle. Championship (second division) team Coventry, seeking to reach the semifinals for the first time since it won the Cup for the only time in 1987, struggled to build any pressure and it was no surprise when it fell further behind after 72 minutes. Alex and Drogba, who had both been off the pitch receiving treatment after a collision, came back on and immediately joined a counter-attack that ended with halftime substitute Ricardo Quaresma crossing for the Brazilian defender to sidefoot home. On Sunday Everton hosts Middlesbrough in another quarterfinal while Arsenal plays Championship side Burnley, the only remaining non-Premier League club, in a delayed fifth-round tie. In the only Premier League game this weekend, Robbie Keane scored an 89th-minute equalizer as Tottenham drew 1-1 at Sunderland after Kieran Richardson had netted for the home side in the third. The draw means that both teams are five points above the relegation zone with 10 games to go. Inter and Juve win In Rome, Inter Milan warmed up for its Champions League matchup against Manchester United with a 2-0 win at Genoa on Saturday, maintaining a seven-point lead over Juventus, which beat Torino 1-0 in a derby. Also, 10-man AS Roma was held to a 1-1 draw with Udinese. Inter leads with 63 points, Juventus is next with 56 and AC Milan is third with 48. Roma moved into a tie for fifth with Genoa with 45 points each.
