LONDON: Edin Dzeko rescued Manchester City with a late equalizer in a 1-1 draw at Notts County in the FA Cup fourth round Sunday and 10-man Arsenal required an 86th-minute penalty by Cesc Fabregas to edge past Huddersfield 2-1. Dzeko volleyed home a cross from Micah Richards in the 80th minute to score his first goal since the Bosnia striker joined the big-spending northwest club on Jan. 7. County, which plays in the third tier and is managed by former Manchester United midfielder Paul Ince, went ahead in the 59th through midfielder Neal Bishop's near-post header but now faces a replay at Eastlands. Huddersfield was threatening an upset at Emirates Stadium when Alan Lee headed home a corner in the 66th to cancel out Arsenal's 21st-minute opener, which came when Peter Clarke deflected a Nicklas Bendtner shot into his own net. By that time, Arsenal had lost playmaker Samir Nasri to a hamstring injury and defender Sebastien Squillaci to a red card for a professional foul, but Fabregas came off the bench to slot in the winning spot kick after Bendtner was dragged back in the area. Fulham took advantage of the early sending-off of Tottenham defender Michael Dawson to thrash its London rival 4-0, while West Ham beat Nottingham Forest 3-2 and Stoke won 1-0 at Wolverhampton. County, which is 18th in England's 24-team third division, would have been full value for a win if it had held on at Meadow Lane. Dzeko signed for a reported fee of $42 million from Wolfsburg but hadn't scored in his first two matches for City. But leading the line in the absence of top scorer Carlos Tevez, who was out with back injury, Dzeko couldn't miss when he was picked out by Richards on the right. Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger said Nasri's injury was “serious” and could keep him out for three weeks, leaving the France international — who arguably has been the team's best player this season — a major doubt for the first leg of the Champions League last-16 match against Barcelona on Feb. 16. Premier League leader Manchester United, which will play non-league side Crawley in the last 16, advanced out of the fourth round by beating Southampton 2-1 on Saturday, when defending champion Chelsea drew 1-1 at Everton. Pazzini inspires Inter to win Inter Milan needed new signing Giampaolo Pazzini's inspiration to mount a second-half comeback and beat Palermo 3-2 Sunday. Pazzini joined Inter for $16.5 million Friday. He came on at halftime with Inter trailing 2-0 to goals from Fabio Miccoli and Antonio Nocerino. He hit his first in the 57th, before Inter goalkeeper Luca Castellazzi saved Javier Pastore's penalty. Pazzini scored his second in the 73rd and then earned the winning penalty that was converted by Samuel Eto'o. Napoli beat Sampdoria 4-0 at home with Edinson Cavani hit a hat trick. Also Sunday, it was; Cagliari 2, Bari 1; Genoa 3, Parma 1; Lecce 1, Cesena 1.
