Liverpool edges Man United in FA Cup

LONDON -- Liverpool reached the fifth round of the FA Cup on Saturday at the expense of its fiercest rival, a last-gasp 2-1 victory over Manchester United that leaves the famous competition without the English Premier League's top two teams.

While Chelsea progressed with a 1-0 win at Queens Park Rangers thanks to Juan Mata's second-half penalty kick, Dutch forward Dirk Kuyt scored the winner for Liverpool in the 88th minute at Anfield.

United earlier eliminated Manchester City -- the Premier League leader and defending FA Cup champion -- in the fourth round, leaving the world's oldest club knockout competition wide open this year.

Liverpool and United met for the first time since the unsavory controversy in October between Luis Suarez and Patrice Evra erupted in a Premier League match.

Evra, United's captain Saturday because Wayne Rooney is injured, was booed from the beginning of the match by Liverpool fans who were upset that he accused Suarez of making racial insults. Suarez watched from the stands as he served the seventh of his eight-game ban levied by the English Football Association for racial abuse.

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AP Photo/Tim HalesDirk Kuyt scored in the 88th minute for Liverpool, which eliminated Manchester United from the FA Cup.

The match passed without trouble, however.

"The players showed great respect to each other -- there wasn't a bad tackle in the game," Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson said.

Danish center back Daniel Agger scored for Liverpool in the 21st minute, but United's Park Ji-sung tied it six minutes before the break.

Kuyt settled the match when he ran to a flick-on by Andy Carroll and beat United goalkeeper David de Gea at the near post.

There was tension going into the Chelsea-QPR match, as well. Chelsea captain John Terry is accused of racially abusing Anton Ferdinand of QPR, which reportedly was planning to snub Terry during the pregame handshake line.

The potential scene was avoided when the FA decided to scrap the traditional ceremony for the match.

Second-tier Brighton beat Premier League Newcastle 1-0 at Amex Stadium in another Cup match that Magpies defender Mike Williamson will want to forget.

Williamson deflected in Will Buckley's close-range effort for the only goal 14 minutes from time. The defender also scored an own goal last season when Newcastle lost to then-League Two side Stevenage in the third round of the competition.

Bolton beat Swansea 2-1 and Norwich won by the same score at West Bromwich Albion in the other all-Premier League matchups. Stoke -- which lost the 2011 final to Manchester City -- also progressed with a 2-0 win at Derby.

Arsenal hosts Aston Villa on Sunday.

Spain

BARCELONA, Spain -- Three days after Barcelona ended its Copa del Rey title defense, Real Madrid came from behind to beat last-place Zaragoza 3-1 as it tries to end Barcelona's hold on the Spanish league title.

Three-time defending champion Barcelona finds itself trailing the league leader by eight points.

Zaragoza, which upset Madrid at home late last season, started well with Angel Lafita scoring an 11th-minute opener.

But Kaka leveled for Madrid in the 32nd, and Cristiano Ronaldo and Mesut Oezil added two more shortly after halftime at Santiago Bernabeu Stadium.

Ronaldo has scored in each of Madrid's past four games, and his 24 league goals are the best in Spain, two ahead of Barcelona's Lionel Messi.

Madrid has won nine of 10 league home games this season, with its only home loss to Barcelona in December.

"Every game is tough. Zaragoza is a good team and they showed it with a quick goal," Madrid midfielder Esteban Granero said.

After his team's strong performance Wednesday in its closely fought elimination by Barcelona, Madrid coach Jose Mourinho opted again for an attack-minded starting 11, with rarely used Granero and Kaka in midfield behind Oezil and scoring pair Karim Benzema and Ronaldo.

Fernando Llorente scored a hat trick to give Athletic Bilbao a 3-2 win at Rayo Vallecano.

After Miguel "Michu" Perez's opener for Rayo, Llorente headed in a free kick to tie it in the 16th minute, and added a second when he controlled a pass with his chest, spun and fired from the edge of the area in the 23rd.

Alejandro Arribas drew Rayo even moments later, but Llorente headed home Gaizka Toquero's cross for the 68th-minute winner and his 11th league goal of the season.

Bilbao, which plays third-tier Mirandes in the Copa del Rey semifinals this week, moved into sixth place.

Germany

BERLIN -- Bayern Munich beat Wolfsburg 2-0 to remain on top of the Bundesliga on goal difference, just ahead of Borussia Dortmund and Schalke.

All three are tied at 40 points, but Bayern will be looking nervously over its shoulder after Dortmund brushed Hoffenheim aside 3-1 and Schalke came from behind to win 4-1 in Cologne.

Dutch winger Arjen Robben sealed the points for Bayern in an edgy win with a goal in injury time.

"We had a lot of chances and for me this win is fully deserved," Bayern coach Jupp Heynckes said. "The win gives us security so we can continue like this in the coming weeks."

Werder Bremen drew 1-1 with Bayer Leverkusen; Hamburger SV won 2-1 at Hertha Berlin; and Augsburg and Kaiserslautern played out a 2-2 draw in a relegation battle.

Italy

MILAN -- Catania was held to 1-1 by Parma in the Serie A, a result that did neither team any favors in the standings.

Gonzalo Bergessio gave Catania the lead shortly after the half-hour mark, but Francesco Modesto tied it 10 minutes later.

The tie left Parma nine points above the relegation zone before the rest of the weekend's matches. Catania, which has won only one of its past seven games, was tied with Cagliari a point further back.

France

PARIS -- Big-spending Paris Saint-Germain needed a scrappy 1-0 win over Brest to keep a three-point lead over Montpellier at the top of the French league.

PSG defender Milan Bisevac flicked home a corner from Christophe Jallet in the sixth minute.

Brest lost its first home match this season, while PSG has won all four games under coach Carlo Ancelotti, who replaced Antoine Kombouare last month.

Mexico

MEXICO CITY -- American midfielder DaMarcus Beasley scored in the third minute in Puebla's 1-0 victory at Jaguares on Saturday night in Mexico's Clausura season.

A 29-year-old from Fort Wayne, Ind., Beasley received a pass just inside the penalty area, cut to his right and scored on a right-footed shot from about 14 yards.

A veteran of three World Cups, Beasley has three goals since joining Puebla last summer. He scored against Pumas on Aug. 21 and against San Luis on Oct. 1.

Greece

ATHENS, Greece -- Olympiakos closed within two points of Greek league leader Panathinaikos by defeating stubborn visitor Ergotelis 3-0.

Ergotelis ended the game with nine players, as Mario Hieblinger and Andreas Bouhalakis were shown second yellow cards for rough challenges in the 56th and 60th minutes, respectively.

OFI beat Xanthi 1-0 and Panionios defeated Kerkyra 2-0.

Scotland

GLASGOW, Scotland -- Rangers kept the pressure on Scottish Premier League leader Celtic with a 4-0 thrashing of 10-man Hibernian. Captain Steven Davis scored two goals.

Celtic, whose lead was trimmed to one point, was not in league action this weekend. Instead, Neil Lennon's team will face Falkirk in Sunday's semifinal of the Scottish League Cup.

Motherwell tightened its grip on third place, six points ahead of Hearts, by beating St. Johnstone 3-2.

Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.