Kieran Dowell adds fourth for Norwich after goal-laden first half Watford 13 points off second place; Dwight Gayle breaks duck Norwich continued their superb start under David Wagner with a 4-2 victory at Coventry. Having thrashed Preston 4-0 in Wagner’s first league game in charge, the Canaries raced into a 3-0 lead inside 18 minutes through a Michael Rose own goal and strikes by Onel Hernández and Josh Sargent. Coventry reduced the deficit to one with quickfire goals from Jamie Allen and Kasey Palmer – the first five goals came inside the opening 26 minutes – before Kieran Dowell added a f ..read more

Teenager Perkins earns replay with stoppage-time leveller ‘We have to learn about cup matches and how to handle them’ Jesse Marsch has called on his Leeds side to use their late escape from an embarrassing FA Cup defeat at 10-man Cardiff City as a “stepping stone”. Leeds were heading for a sixth successive third-round exit until the 18-year-old substitute Sonny Perkins scored his first professional goal to equalise deep into second-half stoppage time and earn a replay. Leeds have won only two of their past 16 matches in all competitions and Marsch said they must heed the lessons of their lat ..read more

Teenage substitute Sonny Perkins equalised for Leeds in stoppage time to complete the comeback and force a replay 9 min It’s raining hard, and that has something to do with the first yellow card of the afternoon. Tom Sang of Cardiff dives in for a water-sliding tackle on Summerville and wins the ball but gets a lot of the man too. Summerville stays down for a while, then walks gingerly off. 8 min Leeds are back on top, with Crysencio Summerville looking sharp. Apologies in advance for all the typos I will inflict on him today ..read more

Just as it seemed Leeds United were staring at another early FA Cup exit to file with the rest of them, the teenage substitute Sonny Perkins struck in the third of five minutes of second-half stoppage time to earn a replay against 10-man Cardiff City. Leeds’s recent history in this competition is ignominious at best – they have gone out at this stage in each of the five previous seasons – and at half-time they trailed to goals by Jaden Philogene and Sheyi Ojo. Another substitute, Rodrigo, headed in within five minutes of entering and then had a penalty saved before Perkins, on his second senio ..read more

Jon Dahl Tomasson’s team stay in promotion picture Millwall and Luton maintain playoff push with wins Jon Dahl Tomasson was pleased his depleted side Blackburn bounced back from consecutive Championship defeats to beat Cardiff 1-0. There was not much between the two sides in a scrappy encounter, summed up by Bradley Dack’s winner in the 48th minute which found the bottom left corner via a wicked deflection. It was reward for their endeavour, though Cardiff will rue Mark Harris and Gavin Whyte not making the most of their first-half opportunities, with the latter denied by a superb Jake Garre ..read more

Flemming scores three in 4-2 victory over Preston Sheffield United return to top by beating Cardiff Record signing Zian Flemming struck a superb hat-trick as Millwall returned to the playoff places with a 4-2 victory at Preston. The Dutch midfielder was in predatory mood as he inspired the Lions to a deserved first victory in four games, while Preston’s three-match winning streak was abruptly halted. Flemming put Millwall 2-0 up before Preston hit back to level the score on 28 minutes. However, he completed his hat-trick in the second half and Charlie Cresswell hit a fourth to cement a fine ..read more

Watford 2-0 Reading; Sheffield United 0-1 Rotherham QPR beaten at home by bottom club Huddersfield Sheffield United were denied the chance to go top of the Championship after South Yorkshire rivals Rotherham triumphed at Bramall Lane for the first time in 42 years. Ben Wiles scored the decisive first-half goal after Chiedozie Ogbene drifted into the box and found the Millers captain unmarked to coolly turn the ball home ..read more

Halil Dervisoglu gets Burnley winner in 100th minute Sunderland beat Huddersfield; Watford overturn Cardiff Goals in added time from the substitutes Manuel Benson and Halil Dervisoglu saw Burnley again come from behind to win as they beat Rotherham 3-2. The Millers appeared to have pulled off a stunning away win as goals from Ben Wiles and substitute Chiedozie Ogbene twice edged them in front, with Jay Rodriguez providing Burley’s reply. But the Yorkshire side finally succumbed after Bramall was dismissed for two yellow cards in the 75th minute, setting up Benson for another late rescue act ..read more

QPR beat Cardiff 3-0 with Michael Beale set for Wolves talks Middlesbrough hit four at Wigan, Burnley held at Birmingham Lyndon Dykes scored twice as QPR moved to the top of the Championship with an easy 3-0 victory against 10-man Cardiff at Loftus Road. Dykes struck a 19th-minute penalty after Jack Simpson was shown a straight red card for bringing down Sinclair Armstrong, then doubled his side’s lead before the break. Kenneth Paal added a third to make it four wins from five for QPR, whose manager, Michael Beale, is set to hold talks with Wolves over their vacancy this week having joined Q ..read more

Newly released audio reveals David Ibbotson had concerns about aircraft in run-up to crash in 2019 The pilot of a plane in which the footballer Emiliano Sala died told a friend the aircraft was “dodgy”, after an outward flight from Cardiff to Nantes. The 28-year-old player was flying from Nantes in France to Wales to join then Premier League club Cardiff City when the plane crashed in the Channel close to Guernsey ..read more