Reading 2-3 Man Utd: Gabriel Heinze's 25-yard shot squirms under home keeper Adam Ferderici to put United ahead

The evening quickly gets worse for Reading - Louis Saha cracks in a second in only the fourth minute of the game

And when Ole Gunnar Solskjaer races clear two minutes later, United have one foot in the FA Cup quarter-finals

Dave Kitson pulls one back for Reading but boss Steve Coppell faces a tough half-time teamtalk at the Madejski Stadium

The Royals dominate after the break and set up a tense finale to the game when Leroy Lita heads in with six minutes left

Brynjar Gunnarsson rattles the crossbar in injury time for Reading, but United hold on and sneak through

WBA 1-1 Middlesbrough (Boro win 5-4 on pens): The Baggies make a decent start but fail to take one of several chances

But the Championship side are rewarded when Darren Carter coolly sidefoots home from 25 yards on the half hour

However, midway through the second half Mark Viduka's shot deflects in off Curtis Davies to take the tie into extra time

Albion are reduced to 10 men early in extra time when Ellington sees red following a lunging tackle on Stuart Parnaby

A penalty shoot-out follows and Sherjill MacDonald's miss means Boro will play Manchester United in the next round