Portsmouth's Sulley Muntari, (second left) celebrates with teammate Papa Boupa Diop after scoring from the penalty spot against Manchester United's makeshift goalkeeper Rio Ferdinand, bottom centre, during their English FA Cup quarter-final at Old Trafford yesterday. Pompey won 1-0. - AP

LONDON (AP):

KAYODE ODEJAYI headed in the winner and Barnsley knocked Chelsea out of the FA Cup with a 1-0 victory to reach a Wembley semi-final yesterday, three weeks after the Tykes ousted Liverpool.

After Portsmouth won 1-0 at record 11-time FA Cup winners Manchester United, Odejayi's 66th minute winner made sure that none of the traditional big four of English soccer will be in the last four. Arsenal were beaten 4-0 by Manchester United in the previous round.

Barnsley, who won 2-1 at Liverpool on February 16 to reach the quarter-finals, are only four points above the relegation zone in the League Championship and in danger of going down to League One.

Missed chance

Yesterday's results mean that United's dream of repeating their 1999 treble of the Premier League, Champions League and FA Cup is now over, and Chelsea may have missed their best chance for a title.

A penalty kick from Sulley Muntari gave Portsmouth a 1-0 victory over Manchester United after the Red Devils had one goalkeeper injured and another sent off.

Muntari fired the 78th-minute penalty past Rio Ferdinand. The centreback went in goal after substitute goalkeeper Tomasz Kuszczak, who went on for the injured Edwin van der Sar at half-time, was sent off for hauling down Milan Baros.

The drama came after United missed enough chances to be three goals ahead at Old Trafford with top scorer Cristiano Ronaldo the main culprit. Instead, record 11-time FA Cup winners United are out and Portsmouth, whose only Cup win was in 1939, go into the semi-finals, which are being played at Wembley.

In Premier League games, Liverpool outplayed Newcastle 3-0 to move within two points of third-place Chelsea, Reading climbed out of the relegation zone and up to 13th with a 2-0 victory over Manchester City and Blackburn were held 1-1 at home by next-to-last Fulham.

Today, Arsenal go to Wigan hoping to increase their Premier League lead to four points, Everton travel to Sunderland and Tottenham host West Ham.