The FA Cup giantkillers Plymouth roared to their second memorable win in three days to climb off the foot of the Championship table. Ryan Hardie, the penalty hero against Liverpool on Sunday, scored twice in a thumping 5-1 victory against Millwall.
Joe Bryan’s own goal gave Argyle the lead and another Hardie spot-kick put them two up. Home Park was buzzing again when Mustapha Bundu added the third eight minutes after half-time and Hardie grabbed his second before Bryan pulled one back.
Nikola Katic wrapped up the victory as Argyle, who secured a trip to Manchester City in the fifth round in the draw on Monday, capped a remarkable few days by leapfrogging Luton by a point.
This time last year Luton were preparing to host Manchester United in the Premier League. But goals from Enzo Le Fee and Wilson Isidor gave Sunderland a 2-0 win and shoved the Hatters a step closer to back-to-back relegations.
Blackburn shrugged off the absence of their manager, John Eustace, from the touchline to win 2-0 at West Brom. The away fans sang “are you watching John Eustace” as two second-half goals from Makhtar Gueye lifted Rovers above the Baggies into fifth. The coach David Lowe was in charge with Eustace in talks about taking over at Derby.
Burnley achieved a slice of Football League history by becoming the first second-tier side to register 10 consecutive clean sheets after a 2-0 win against Hull. The Chelsea loanee Bashir Humphreys fired them ahead after just three minutes and Zian Flemming added the second for Scott Parker’s promotion chasers.
Sheffield United kept Burnley behind them and closed to within two points of leaders Leeds with a 3-1 win against Middlesbrough. The Blades went ahead when Jesurun Rak-Sakyi profited from a mix-up between the Boro goalkeeper Mark Travers and the defender Ryan Giles to finish into an empty net. Boro levelled just before half-time through Delano Burgzorg’s penalty after some shirt pulling in the area. But in the 75th minute substitute Ben Brereton Díaz was sent clean through and lifted the ball over Travers, before Anel Ahmedhodzic’s header three minutes from time secured the points.
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