Results, scores, Newcastle defeat Aston Villa, VAR controversy, Mansfield knock Burnley Out, Manchester City defeat Salford, video

Mohamed Toure’s dream start to life in England continued on Saturday with the 21-year-old Socceroo scoring in his FA Cup debut for Norwich City.

The Australian came off the bench in the second half and headed home in stoppage time to clinch a 3-1 victory for the Canaries over fellow Championship side West Brom.

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The goal takes Toure’s tally to five in three matches since joining Norwich from Danish side Randers for roughly $5 million, including a hat-trick in his only start for his new club to date.

Toure is the first player in 117 years to score five goals in their first three matches for Norwich.

The timing of Toure’s hot streak could hard be better from an Australian perspective, given it is a World Cup year.

But Norwich manager Philippe Clement revealed before the match with West Brom that his new talisman’s personality is not of the showman he has been on the pitch.

“I don’t have the feeling with him that I need to manage him a lot, because he’s really humble. He’s even quite introvert,” Clement said.

“A funny story about the Oxford game, because the day before, all the new players had to sing a song. That’s a tradition.

“I have to say that Mo was not really up to that, and it was not really a big performance. I told him also after the game that I was really happy that this performance on the pitch was much better than in his singing contest!

“He’s really humble, really down to earth. He’s come from Australia, he’s focused and wants to learn and recognises really well the things he needs to work on. He’s really hungry to become better. I don’t need to manage him.”

“It’s a crazy start and hopefully we can keep it going,” Toure said after his midweek hat-trick against Oxford.

“It’s been one of my dreams for a long time, coming to England to play football and I didn’t expect to be at such a big club so quick. Now I’m here at Norwich and I just want to enjoy every moment.”

Newcastle beat 10-man Aston Villa 3-1 thanks to a double from Sandro Tonali to reach the FA Cup fifth round on Saturday as Marc Guehi scored his first goal for Manchester City in a 2-0 victory over fourth-tier Salford.

Both Villa and Newcastle have failed to win the competition since the 1950s and another opportunity for Unai Emery’s men to end a 30-year wait for silverware vanished after a first half red card for goalkeeper Marco Bizot.

Tammy Abraham had fired the home side in front with his first goal since returning to Villa last month.

But the game swung in the Magpies’ favour when Bizot charged off his line to wipe out Jacob Murphy and deny a clear goalscoring opportunity.

Newcastle’s fightback saved the officials from an embarrassing moment becoming more controversial when Lucas Digne’s handball, that was clearly inside the box, was given as a free-kick instead of a penalty.

With VAR not in operation at this stage of the competition, the decision could not be reviewed.

Addressing the incident, Wayne Rooney and Alan Shearer did not miss.

“If you ever needed any evidence of the damage VAR has done to the referees, today is a great example.”

“That decision is one of the worst decisions I’ve seen in football.”

But Newcastle levelled from the resulting free-kick anyway as Tonali’s strike deflected past the helpless Emi Martinez.

Tonali has been linked with a move to Arsenal come the end of the season and the Italian showed why he is in-demand with ablistering strike from outside the box to turn the tie around.

Nick Woltemade then netted his first goal in 15 games to take Newcastle, who last lifted the trophy in 1955, into the last16.

Owned by Manchester United legends David Beckham and Gary Neville, Salford were playing in the fourth round for the firsttime in their history.

The League Two side were humbled 8-0 when they faced City in the third round last season, but pushed Pep Guardiola’s men farcloser on Saturday.

“They defended really well, so tight and we didn’t attack the spaces the way we should. The game was flat until we scoredthe second goal,” Guardiola said.

City took an early lead through Alfie Dorrington’s own goal, but there were only nine minutes left when England defender Guehidelivered the decisive blow with his maiden goal since signing from Crystal Palace in January.

- Burnley gamble backfires -

Third-tier Mansfield produced the upset of the day by winning 2-1 at Premier League Burnley to reach the fifth round for the first time since 1975.

Burnley went into the game bolstered by their first league win since October over Crystal Palace in midweek, but boss Scott Parkermade nine changes and the gamble backfired.

Burnley took the lead through Josh Laurent’s 21st-minute goal, but Nigel Clough’s team, who sit in mid-table in League One, staged an impressive fightback in the second half.

Rhys Oates headed in the equaliser in the 53rd minute and Louis Reed capped a fine individual performance with a brilliantfree-kick 10 minutes from full-time.

Ten-man West Ham edged through as the in-form Crysencio Summerville clinched a 1-0 win at League One Burton after extra-time.

Freddie Potts was sent off soon after Summerville’s strike in the first period of extra-time, but the Premier League strugglersheld on to survive a gruelling fourth round clash.

After eliminating Manchester United in round three, Brighton are aiming to deliver another upset when they visit Liverpoollater at Anfield.

RESULTS

Fourth round Burton 0 West Ham 1 (Summerville 95)

Burnley 1 (Laurent 21) Mansfield 2 (Oates 53, Reed 80)

Manchester City 2 (Dorrington 6-og, Guehi 81) Salford 0

Norwich 3 (Maghoma31, Chrisene 82, Toure 90+3) West Brom 1 (Maja 68)

Southampton 2 (Larin 45+1-pen, Bree 109) Leicester 1 (Skipp 52)

AstonVilla 1 (Abraham 14) Newcastle 3 (Tonali 63, 76, Woltemade 88)

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