Crawley celebrate ‘absolutely deserved’ win as Leeds crash out of FA Cup
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11 January 2021, 4:30 am
Manager John Yems hailed Crawley’s stunning FA Cup third-round upset of Leeds as “absolutely deserved” as the Sky Bet League Two side celebrated the biggest win in their history.
Second-half goals from Nick Tsaroulla, Ashley Nadesan and Jordan Tunnicliffe secured a memorable 3-0 win over Marcelo Bielsa’s high-profile visitors.
And Yems’ only regret was that the partying would have to take place at home with the current lockdown restrictions.
Yems said: “I think this is the biggest club to have been here and to beat Leeds United, in the way that we beat them as well…
Leeds stunned by fourth-tier Crawley in FA Cup as Spurs crush Marine
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LONDON, Jan 11, 2021 (BSS/AFP) – Leeds suffered a humiliating FA Cup exit against Crawley as the League Two side swept to a stunning 3-0 win, while eighth-tier Marine’s hopes of causing the competition’s greatest shock were crushed in a 5-0 defeat against Tottenham.
After the spiking coronavirus pandemic wreaked havoc with matches across the third round on Friday and Saturday, the FA Cup was back on more familiar ground on Sunday as Leeds became the competition’s latest big name to be knocked out by a feisty underdog.
Brighton survived a penalty shoot-out at Newport to book a place in the fourth round of the FA Cup, winning 4-3 on spot-kicks after the tie had been drawn 1-1 after 120 minutes.
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By Betty Glover and Tracy Ollerenshaw
Newsbeat reporters The darkest days of pain came out as it went in.
Footballer Nick Tsaroulla explains how he felt as he scored his first ever senior professional goal to help League Two side Crawley Town stun the Premier League s Leeds in the FA Cup third round.
A dream come true for any player - but especially for Nick, 21, after a car crash in 2017 left him badly injured with doctors saying he may never play again.
This was just his seventh match in professional football.
Following the FA Cup win he celebrated with his family: Everyone was just crying, they d all shared my pain. It was a special moment for us, he tells Radio 1 Newsbeat.
Leeds manager Marcelo Bielsa has come in for some heavy criticism following the club's embarrassing 3-0 FA Cup exit at the hands of League Two Crawley.