Derby deja vu

United will play at Pride Park again, this time in the FA Cup fifth round, after Derby County won the right to host the Reds on Sunday 15 February (KO 16:30 GMT).

The Rams came from 0-2 down after 14 minutes to triumph 3-2 at the home of East Midlands foes Nottingham Forest - with the winner coming from Kris Commons, scorer of a stunning goal against United at Pride Park in last month's Carling Cup semi-final first leg. Rob Hulse and Paul Green were also on target for Nigel Clough's team.

Wednesday's other FA Cup replays resulted in wins for Aston Villa (3-1 at home to Doncaster Rovers) and Blackburn Rovers (2-1 at home to Sunderland) but a sickening defeat for Liverpool, who lost 1-0 to rivals Everton after 30 minutes of energy-sapping extra-time at Goodison Park.

The deadlocked Merseyside derby was just two minutes away from going to a penalty shoot-out when Toffees youngster Dan Gosling popped up on the left-hand side of the box and curled a brilliant shot past Pepe Reina.

As if playing for two hours wasn't bad enough for Liverpool as they prepare for a difficult league game at Portsmouth, they could also be without inspirational skipper Steven Gerrard and striker Fernando Torres on Saturday. The midfielder was substituted after just 16 minutes with an injury, while Torres took a knock during the second half of extra-time. Liverpool also had Lucas Leiva sent off for two bookable offences, the second in the 76th minute.

While Liverpool are left with just two more trophies to play for, United fans can look to a possible good omen.

The Reds went on to lift the trophy after last facing Derby County in the FA Cup. Norman Whiteside scored the only goal at the old Baseball Ground in the fifth round of 1983.

Resource: manutd.com