LONDON (AP) -Manchester United rallied past Tottenham 3-1 Sunday in the fourth round of the FA Cup behind two goals by Cristiano Ronaldo.
Carlos Tevez scored the other goal for United, which reached the round of 16. United joins defending champion Chelsea, Arsenal and Liverpool in Monday's fifth-round draw. The four powers have won the last 12 FA Cups and 15 out of the last 16.
``Ronaldo was fantastic again,'' United manager Alex Ferguson said. ``He took the penalty well and was able to cash in on a mistake late on for the second goal. His performances have been fantastic and his goals return is amazing.''
Robbie Keane gave Tottenham a 24th-minute lead, but Tevez tied the score in the 38th. Ronaldo then scored on a penalty kick in the 69th and added the third with two minutes to go. The Portugal winger has scored 25 goals in his last 21 games.
Tevez scored United's first goal after Tottenham's Michael Dawson failed to head away a looping pass that Ryan Giggs, with his back to goal, controlled and played to the Argentine.
Wayne Rooney collected a long clearance from goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar and Dawson handled the ball while trying to stop the striker from shooting. Dawson was sent off and Ronaldo converted the penalty kick. Ronaldo made it 3-1 in the 88th with a low shot under goalkeeper Radek Cerny.
Manchester City lost to League Championship team Sheffield United 2-1, leaving only six Premier League teams in the last 16.
Luton Shelton and Jonathan Stead put Sheffield United ahead 2-0 in the first 24 minutes, while Danny Sturridge scored for City in the 48th.
ROME (AP) - Ten-man Inter Milan lost some of its Italian league lead after a 0-0 tie at Udinese, and AC Milan's 18-year-old striker Alexandre Pato scored twice in a 2-0 win over Genoa.
Inter midfielder Cesar picked up two yellow cards in 30 seconds and was sent off in the 21st minute.
Udinese also held Inter to ties the last three times they played.
Pato converted a header off a pass from Clarence Seedorf in the 69th. A minute later, Genoa goalkeeper Rubinho was ejected when he came out of his area and used his hands to stop Pato, who was heading for the goal alone.
Pato added another goal in the 83rd, dribbling by Genoa's reserve goalkeeper Alessio Scarpi and kicking into an empty net.
Milan has won two straight at home after going winless in its opening seven home games. Inter leads the league with 50 points. Roma, which beat 10-man Palermo 1-0 Saturday, is second with 45 points.
David Trezeguet scored his league-leading 14th and 15th goals and Juventus captain Alessandro Del Piero also found the net in a 3-1 win over 10-man Livorno. Juventus is third with 40 points.
MADRID, Spain (AP) - Atletico Bilbao rallied to hold Barcelona to a 1-1 tie in the Spanish league, getting a 79th-minute goal from substitute Fernando Llorente.
Barcelona defender Lilian Thuram appeared to clip Joseba Garmendia's cross as he covered the onrushing Llorente, and the deflected ball bounced beyond goalkeeper Victor Valdes.
Bojan Krkic gave Barcelona the lead in the 35th, sliding Deco's pass into the far corner with his left foot.
Valencia extended its winless streak to nine games after losing to Almeria 1-0.
Valencia coach Ronald Koeman used forward Javier Arizmendi as a defender, and the Spaniard failed to clear a cross in the 21st minute that eventually fell to Felipe Melo, who scored the lone goal.
Valencia has only 27 points in 11th place, five points above the relegation zone.
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) - Ajax fell further behind Dutch league leader PSV Eindhoven after a 2-2 tie at Vitesse Arnhem.
Harrie Gommans scored Vitesse's tying goal in the 55th minute, finishing a cross from Mads Junker at the post. Junker chipped a ball over Ajax goalkeeper Maarten Stekelenburg to give Vitesse the lead in the seventh minute.
Urby Emanuelson traded passes with Kenneth Perez before scoring Ajax's first goal in the 46th, and Luis Suarez put the team ahead four minutes later after recovering his own deflected shot.
Ajax trails PSV, which beat Excelsior Rotterdam 2-1 Saturday, by five points. The teams face each other Wednesday.
Third-place Feyenoord was held to 1-1 tie by visiting FC Groningen.
GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) - Celtic stayed four points behind Scottish Premier League leader Rangers after beating Falkirk 1-0.
Scott McDonald headed in the lone goal off a cross from Shunsuke Nakamura in the third minute of first-half injury time. It was his 20th goal of the season.
Celtic has 49 points from 22 games. Rangers, which outplayed St. Mirren 4-0 Saturday, has 53 points.
ATHENS, Greece (AP) - AEK Athens maintained its one-point lead in the Greek league by beating Levadiakos 3-0.
Rivaldo gave AEK the lead and Fritz Emeran made it 2-0 with a second-half own-goal. Ismael Blanco then scored his 12th goal of the season to give AEK 42 points.
Olympiakos, which beat visiting Aris 1-0 after a penalty from Predrag Djordjevic, is next with 41 points. Panathinaikos beat PAOK 1-0 to stay third with 40 points.
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