Middlesbrough had enjoyed the better of the early exchanges, with Jutkiewicz and Julio Arca forcing John O'Shea and Simon Mignolet to be at their best.

Colback then drove a shot across goal, before Seb Hines nearly scored for Tony Mowbray's side with an instinctive volley.

Sunderland had the lead three minutes before half-time, when Fraizer Campbell knocked the ball into the path of Colback, whose powerful shot rocketed into the net off the crossbar.

Middlesbrough equalised twelve minutes into the second half when young striker Curtis Main found his partner Jutkiewicz. The former Coventry man fought off Michael Turner before slotting the ball past Mignolet.

Sessegnon and Larsson had half chances for Sunderland as full-time approached, as did Thomson and Tony McMahon for Middlesbrough, but ultimately the sides could not be separated after 180 minutes.

With the Championship side tiring, it was left to Benin international Sessegnon to take advantage.

He played in Connor Wickham and, when the ball was cleared from the young striker's feet, it fell back into the path of the midfielder and Sessegnon was the hero for Martin O'Neill's side.

All three goals were top-class finishes after an incisive attacking display and Holloway wants his side to reproduce that form on Merseyside.

"We have to try and replicate that at his place against his team," Holloway said when asked what Everton manager David Moyes would have thought of Blackpool's performance.

"They beat us 5-3 at their place last season and we drew 2-2 at our place and they kept their status and we didn't.

"We have to go there, a very tough place to go and they will be favourites, but let's see what we can do.

"We have got some unbelievably exciting games before that, though."

Chelsea have won the competition in three of the past five seasons and Hughton is relishing the chance to pit his team against them.

He told Birmingham's official website: "It's a fabulous draw for us for lots of reasons. We can go there without the pressure of being the favourites to go through.

"I know we will take whatever capacity we can and it will be a good club day. It's one that has filled the club with excitement."

Meanwhile, the Blues have announced that due to their FA Cup clash, their npower Championship fixture at Leicester has been moved to Tuesday March 13 with a 7.45pm kick-off

It leaves Norwich three games from a Wembley final in the FA Cup and Lambert insists it would be great for the club if they made it that far.

But with some important Premier League games coming up this week - at Sunderland on Wednesday before a visit from Bolton on Saturday - his main focus is to keep adding points on the board to reach safety as quickly as possible.

Lambert told the Pink 'un: "It would be great if we could stay in the Premier League. That answers it.

"I am delighted to get through and pleased not to have a replay. I didn't want to go to that as I said in the build up because it is another game.

"I can understand people wanting to stay in the Premier League first and foremost for the simple reason that it is the greatest league. That is not to undermine the FA Cup at all.

"If you asking me which I prefer, then the Premier League status is absolutely vital for this football club. This was a really tough place to go, but we came up trumps.

"The lads are buoyant but win, lose or draw you let it go and look at the next game. We have a really tough one on Wednesday night but we'll go up there in great form and with great momentum and do everything we can to win."

However, two Robin van Persie penalties either side of a fortuitous Theo Walcott goal helped the Gunners storm back to progress which left McLeish downbeat afterwards.

"I am very disappointed we did not see it out and it is a missed opportunity," he said.

"The fans will be gutted at seeing us let that lead slip away. We have to learn from this and try to obtain that winning mentality."

Campbell, who was introduced as a half-time substitute, expertly converted James McClean's 59th-minute cross to announce his re-emergence in style.

"Dave Galley, our physiotherapist, tells me - and Dave has been in the business a fairly lengthy time - that he may well be the best of the lot in terms of never being down," O'Neill said.

"After the injury, to get the same injury again, you might have thought that might be it.

"But he knuckled down again, always with a smile on his face. He gives everybody a lift around the football club because of his attitude, almost epitomised in the way everything happened for him in that moment.

"It was great for him to celebrate. I am delighted for him."

And, he called on the bosses at the Football Association to take another look at the incident with a view to punishing the Dutchman, whose two penalties added to Theo Walcott's goal in Arsenal's second half comeback.

"I thought it was a clear elbow, but the referee did not seem to think there was anything in it," he said.

"Would I like the FA to look at it? Yes, if it was an elbow in the face - look at my nose, it is a result of elbows all my career.

"It is something which is dangerous. I never mentioned it to the referee. I saw it in real time.

"I don't like to point the finger at players, but it has happened to mine enough times."

Referee Lee Probert appeared not to see the incident but, in the wake of Mario Balotelli's retrospective four-match ban for his stamp on Scott Parker, Cabaye could be in hot water if the Football Association decide to take action.

"I've seen it again and I think it was frustration on his part and he did have a little kick out at me," said El-Abd.

"I think it was a sending-off. I think he knew what he was doing as well but that's for the referee to decide. The ref said he would look at it after the game. He told me that when I was down.

"The evidence was clear, I had blood on my lip which didn't magic itself there, his stud was in my face. We'll see what happens.

"It's part of the game, it's not nice but sometimes people get frustrated and it was a sign of how well we were doing as a team."

Having made a big money move in the region of STG18m from Atletico Madrid, the 21-year-old has struggled to settle into life with the Premier League champions.

However, Owen believes De Gea has a bright future at Old Trafford.
He wrote on his Twitter page: "One comment on yesterday's game. Don't agree with all this negativity towards De Gea.

"Admittedly he has made a couple of mistakes this season but listening to some people you would think he had a nightmare yesterday.

"I'm not having either goal was his fault. The problem is, once you get labelled, mud sticks and now any tiny mistake is magnified. Other keepers make similar mistakes and nothing gets said."

However, Pulis felt his players took their foot off the gas after opening the scoring, something he looked to address at the interval.

"We started well, scored the goal, but then I thought we were sloppy after that, and in the last 20 minutes of the first half Derby played really well and caused us problems," he said.

"At half-time we dusted a few down and they went out a little more focused in the second half, and we were pleased with that in the respect that I don't think they had a shot.

"That was testament to the lads and the focus on what they had to do."

However, Rodgers felt there may have been a hint of offside about Pratley's leveller.

"It was a decent header, although I felt he was probably just a fraction offside when the ball came in," he said. "But we should never have got to that point.

"I am pleased for Darren because he is a good lad. He has decided to leave Swansea and move here and maybe it hasn't quite worked out how he wanted.

"(But) there is no doubt that he will show he is a really good player for Bolton."

Baggies striker Marc-Antoine Fortune had earlier cancelled out Grant Holt's ninth goal of the campaign.

Hodgson said: "It is one of those no-brainer mistakes and I feel sorry for him - and he hadn't had a bad game up until then. Those errors do occur.

"I am sad to lose because the performance was one where we didn't deserve to lose the game, although we didn't really want to go to Norwich midweek for a replay.

"But now we can concentrate on our main priority, which is staying in the Premier League."

Leon Best had two good chances to open the scoring inside the opening quarter of the game, firstly striking a low shot narrowly wide and then heading over the bar after Shola Ameobi had nodded Danny Simpson's centre back across the box.

Brighton responded well to the early threats, with Buckley causing problems before Craig Mackail-Smith almost dispossessed Newcastle goalkeeper Tim Krul.

Towards the end of the first period, both sides had opportunities to take the lead. Mackail-Smith shot too high after a fast break from the hosts, while Peter Brezovan made a comfortable save from Danny Simpson following a fine Hatem Ben Arfa pass at the other end, as the half ended scoreless.

Following a quiet opening to the second half, Newcastle had three attempts on goal in quick succession, but could not convert any of them. After Brezovan had turned away a curling effort from Best and Danny Guthrie's follow up was deflected over the bar, the goalkeeper saved well from Ameobi.

It was Brighton, however, who hit the front with 14 minutes of normal time remaining. Buckley took the ball away from Simpson, beat Yohan Cabaye and drove in a shot, which crept past Krul thanks to a crucial deflection from Williamson.

The Premier League side were unable to carve out a clear-cut opportunity in the closing stages of the game, although they had a penalty appeal for a handball by Ashley Barnes correctly turned down, ensuring that Gus Poyet’s side progressed to the fifth round of the competition.

The Football Association gave the clubs permission not to undertake the usual handshake routine prior to the fourth-round tie at Loftus Road, which was settled by Juan Mata's 62nd-minute penalty after Clint Hill was adjudged to have pushed over Daniel Sturridge.

That spared Anton Ferdinand having to shake the hand of Chelsea captain Terry, who has been charged with racially abusing his fellow defender and faces a court case that begins on Wednesday.

Villas-Boas said: "It was a wise decision bearing in mind the expectancy that was aroused from the fact that a couple of events could happen in that handshake.

"It was wise not to do it because it could have an impact on crowd behaviour.

"I think it was decision for the moment."

Five minutes from time, substitute Jackson took advantage of a mistake from Craig Dawson to send Norwich through.

Midway through the first period, Norwich’s 19-year-old goalkeeper Jed Steer did superbly to tip a Thomas volley from a Gonzalo Jara Reyes cross onto the crossbar, as the hosts threatened to break the deadlock.

However, somewhat against the run of the play, the visitors took the lead in the 35th minute when Holt struck from close range following Elliott Bennett's cross from the right wing.

West Brom hit back early in the second half through Fortune, who netted from six yards following a fine run and cross by Thomas.

After equalising, the hosts took control of the game once again, but failed to turn their dominance into a lead, and were struck with a hammer blow five minutes from time.

Dawson was at fault, loosing possession inside his own box, resulting in Jackson drilling a shot beyond Ben Foster and into the corner of the net.

Substitute Shane Long and Joe Mattock made attempts at equalising in the closing stages, but Steer saved both efforts to secure Norwich’s second 2-1 at West Brom in a fortnight.