Liverpool beats Manchester United in FA Cup
(AP)
Updated: 2006-02-19 13:56

Peter Crouch scored Saturday to give Liverpool a 1-0 win over Manchester United in the FA Cup, the club's first over United in the competition since 1921.

Crouch's 19th-minute goal was his first in eight matches and made him the first Liverpool striker to score this year.

In other fifth-round matches, Charlton beat League One Brentford 3-1, while Bolton and West Ham will replay after a 0-0 draw. Newcastle beat Southampton 1-0 off Kieron Dyer's goal in the 68th minute.

It was the third straight win for Newcastle since it fired manager Graeme Souness on Feb. 2. Glenn Roeder is in charge until the end of the season.

At Anfield, Crouch headed Steven Gerrard's corner kick toward the goal and the United goalkeeper could only push the ball on to the post, where it bounced into the net.

United's bad day got worse in the last minute when substitute Alan Smith landed awkwardly on his left leg after jumping to block John Arne Riise's kick. He was carried from the field on a stretcher with his leg strapped and taking oxygen through a face mask.

"He has broken his leg and dislocated the ankle joint," United manager Alex Ferguson told MUTV. "It is a bad one. He has gone to hospital, it looks very long term — it is one of the worst I have seen."