BIRMINGHAM DRAWS ARSENAL

Ten man Birmingham city have drawn level with Arsenal 2-2 in a match that was riddled with contrevorsial incidents aplenty.Birmingham city lost Martin Taylor after he pulled a rash challange on Eduardo Silva and he was shown a straight red card.Arsenal have now lost Eduardo for the full season as he has a broken leg.Birmingham city took the lead just before halftime via a superb curling freekick from James Mcfadden.Arsenal equalized and also took the lead via two superb goals by Walcott.Stuart Parnaby was brought down in injury time by Clichy and Mcfadden again equalized from the spot.This draw means Manchester United can pull down the lead within three points of Arsenal if they win the match against Newcastle.

MANCHESTER UNITED HUMBLE ARSENAL

Arsenal who are the leaders of Barclays Premier League were humbled 4-0 by the chasers and champions Manchester United in their fifth round clash of the FA cup.The Gunners fell behind 3-0 in the half time.The Pandora box was opened by Wayne Rooney who headed in from close range and similarly Darren Fletcher headed off Gallas from the corner kick.Nani split through the Arsenal defense.Things went bad to worse for Arsenal when Emmanuel Eboue was sent off for a kick on Evra.Fletcher headed in a fourth in the 74th minute as United cruised through the second half, and Arsenal had no answer as they meekly bowed out of the competition.This is a humiliation for wenger and Arsenal.

FA CLEARS LEE BOWYER

West Ham and former Leeds midfielder has won a appeal against his three match suspension which was sanctioned against him in the Premier League match against Birmingham City.Bowyer was sent off following a challenge against Damien Johnson in a match which was drawn 1-1 at the Upton Park.The hammers then appealed against Mark Clattenburg's decision to the FA and the Fa has now listed the suspension against West Ham captain.If Bowyer suspension had stayed then the midfielder would have missed derbies against Fulham,Chelsea and also Tottenham.Alan Curbishley expressed satisfaction over the decision.