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Aguero sends holders into quarter-finals

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Sergio Aguero fired Manchester City into the quarter-finals of the FA Cup with a 1-0 win at Sheffield Wednesday.

After a low-key opening, City, who lifted the Carabao Cup at Wembley on Sunday with victory over Aston Villa, broke the deadlock early in the second half.

Aguero drilled the ball past Owls keeper Joe Wildsmith in the 53rd minute to book a trip to Newcastle in the last eight.

Wildsmith pulled off a string of saves to keep City out and Owls substitute Steven Fletcher just failed to connect at the far post with a low cross through the City penalty area as the Sky Bet Championsh­ip side saw their cup run come to an end.

Leicester beat Birmingham 1-0 with a late goal at the King Power Stadium to set up a home tie against Chelsea next month.

The Foxes saw a long-range effort from James Maddison clip the top of the crossbar and then had the ball in the net in the second half through Kelechi Iheanacho but the offside flag had already gone up.

With just eight minutes left, Ricardo Pereira headed in a cross from Marc Albrighton to send the Premier League side through.

Norwich City will face the winners of tonight’s Derby v Manchester United tie after edging past Tottenham on penalties.

Jan Vertonghen headed Spurs into an early lead, but Josip Drmic bundled in the equaliser from close range after a mistake by home keeper Michael Vorm to send the game to extra-time.

There were no more goals but the Canaries won the shoot-out 3-2 to advance.

Sheffield United will host Arsenal in the other quarter-final.

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Sergio Aguero fires in Manchester City’s winner.

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