A goal by captain Steven Gerrard earned Liverpool a 1-1 draw with city rival Everton while Arsenal was also taken to a replay after finishing 0-0 with Cardiff in the fourth round of the FA Cup on Sunday. Gerrard fired the ball beneath Everton goalkeeper Tim Howard to cancel out Joleon Lescott's header as the 210th Merseyside derby ended with the same 1-1 scoreline as Monday's meeting in the Premier League, also played at Anfield. “We completely dominated the game,” Gerrard said after scoring against Everton for the second time in a week and securing a replay at Goodison Park on Feb. 4. Slack Liverpool defending allowed Tim Cahill to nod Steven Pienaar's corner ahead for the unmarked Lescott to glance past Pepe Reina. Two days after appearing in court on a charge of assault and affray, a charge he denies, Gerrard scored a vital goal for his club thanks largely to Howard's poor goalkeeping. After some individual trickery, Torres slickly back-heeled into the path of Gerrard, who took a touch before sending the ball past Howard at the near post. With 10 minutes to go, Dirk Kuyt could have guaranteed Liverpool's spot in the fifth round, but shot straight at Howard after latching onto Gerrard's low cross. The draw forced a replay at Arsenal's Emirates Stadium on Feb. 3. Premier League sides Chelsea, Fulham, Hull, Manchester United, Middlesbrough and West Ham advanced on Saturday. Portsmouth's reign as FA Cup holders was ended by Swansea. ‘Big Four' kept apart English football's ‘big four' of Manchester United, Chelsea, Liverpool and Arsenal were kept apart when the draw for the fifth round of the FA Cup was made here Sunday. Merseyside rivals Liverpool and Everton face a potential last 16 clash with Aston Villa after Sunday's 1-1 draw at Anfield. But Villa, trying to break into the elite quartet, also have a fourth round replay after being held to a goalless stalemate on Saturday by Championship side Doncaster. The winner of the replay between Midlands foes Derby and Nottingham Forest can look forward to a glamor tie at home to English, European and world champion Manchester United. Cardiff or Arsenal face the winner of the replay between Premier League strugglers West Brom and Burnley. A guaranteed all-Premier League clash is the match between West Ham and Middlesbrough. Watford faces Chelsea, while another Championship-Premier League clash sees Sheffield United at home to Hull. Sunderland will be up against fellow Premier League struggler Blackburn or Championship Coventry. The fifth round ties will be played on the weekend of Feb. 14-15 with fourth round replays taking place on Feb. 3 and 4.
