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Arsenal held in cup

Published:Monday | February 21, 2011 | 12:00 AM
Leyton Orient's Jason Crowe (right) fouls Arsenal's Alex Song (centre) during their fifth-round English FA Cup soccer match at the Brisbane Road stadium, yesterday. The match ended 1-1.

 LONDON (AP):

After beating Barcelona in midweek, Arsenal was brought down to earth by third-tier London rival Leyton Orient, which held the Premier League club to a 1-1 draw in the FA Cup fifth round yesterday.

Orient substitute Jonathan Tehoue powered past Arsenal defenders Kieran Gibbs and Ignasi Miquel before striking under goalkeeper Manuel Almunia in the 89th minute to cancel out Tomas Rosicky's header.

"We were the underdogs but we got a draw and we're looking forward to the replay now," Tehoue said. "We had to keep believing. We were prepared to fight to get through."

The Gunners, who made 10 changes from the side which beat Barcelona 2-1 in the Champions League on Wednes-day, now have to fit another fixture in their already congested programme as they chase four titles.

Manchester City secured a more comfortable victory over another League One side Sunday, with Patrick Vieira's heading in two goals in a 5-0 rout of Notts County in a delayed fourth-round replay.

In Sunday's third FA Cup match, Bolton reached the quarter-finals by winning 1-0 at Fulham.

On course

Arsenal looked to be on course for a last-eight meeting with Manchester United when Rosicky scored his first goal since January 2010.

The Czech Republic midfielder glanced in a header in the 53rd minute after meeting Nicklas Bendtner's cutback, but Arsenal lacked cutting edge up front at Brisbane Road in east London.

Rosicky was denied a second goal by Jamie Jones in the 68th, with the goalkeeper making a reaction save at the near post and then blocking the rebound. Andrey Arshavin was also denied by the post.

Perseverance paid off

The arrival, though, of French forward Tehoue had injected some pace into the Orient attack and the home side's perseverance eventually paid off.

At Eastlands, Man City had to rely on free-signing Vieira after the 50 million-pound ($81 million) striking combination of Mario Balotelli and Dzeko struggled to trouble Notts County.

After weathering early pressure from County, Vieira headed in from David Silva's corner with the help of Krystian Pearce's deflection in the 37th minute.

The 34-year-old Vieira made a cleaner connection when he nodded in Alexandr Kolarov's corner in the 58th.

City had to wait until the last six minutes to finish off the League One side, with goals from Carlos Tevez, Edin Dzeko and Micah Richards.

Tevez latched onto Dzeko's throughball and outsprinted the defence to round Stuart Nelson and roll the ball into an empty net in the 84th.

Tevez turned provider for Dzeko in the 89th, crossing for the Bosnia forward to head in from close range.

Richards hooked in City's fifth in stoppage time after County failed to clear a corner.