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Preview followed by live coverage of Tuesday’s game between Portsmouth and Birmingham in the Premier League.

Wigan’s first-ever triumph over Liverpool. It was difficult to know which team was battling for a place in Europe’s elite competition and which was fighting to stay in the Premier League, such was Wigan’s confidence on their newly-laid pitch and Liverpool’s clumsy, stumbling performance.

Portsmouth manager Avram Grant praised his players’ never-say-die spirit after the crisis-hit club battled their way back to Wembley, the scene of their FA Cup triumph of just two years ago.

Villa were staring FA Cup elimination in the face after a listless performance during which Shane Long scored twice for Reading on 27th and 42nd minute, but a breathless spell that yielded three goals in 10 minutes took the Premier League side into the semi-final. John Carew, who would almost certainly have started on the substitutes’