FA CUP REVIEW:Daniel Cousin struck with nine minutes remaining to resurrect Hull's season after at St James's Park this evening and leave their host with little to fight for other than survival in the Premier League.

Chelsea survived a first-half scare to book their place in round four of the FA Cup by beating Coca-Cola League One Southend 4-1 at Roots Hall, while Daniel Cousin struck 10 minutes from time to put Hull through to the fourth round with a 1-0 win at Newcastle.

Chelsea manager Luiz Felipe Scolari had gone into the match under pressure following his side's 3-0 mauling at Manchester United last weekend — and they went behind again after 16 minutes when Adam Barrett headed home a Junior Stanislas cross.

The Shrimpers almost doubled their advantage 38 minutes in when Petr Cech did well to save Alex Revell's point-blank header.

Chelsea hit back on the verge of half-time when Michael Ballack took advantage of a mix-up between Peter Clarke and Southend goalkeeper Steve Mildenhall to strike a sweet half-volley into an empty net.

Salomon Kalou then raced down the right and cut inside to fire past Mildenhall to put Chelsea ahead on the hour.

Nicolas Anelka sealed the win after 78 minutes when he broke free inside the box to pick up Kalou's cross and score to set up a fourth-round tie with Ipswich - before Frank Lampard bagged the fourth goal with a 12-yard strike in injury time.

At St James's Park, the main talking point of the first half came in the 22nd minute when managers Phil Brown and Joe Kinnear were sent to the stands after they squared up to each other on the sidelines following Fabricio Coloccini's tackle on Cousin.

Nicky Butt hit the bar before the break, and Michael Owen was denied by an excellent save from Matt Duke soon afterwards.

Hull had rarely threatened but booked a fourth-round tie Millwall with 10 minutes left when Cousin tapped into the empty Newcastle net, after Shay Given had blocked Richard Garcia's shot.

Crystal Palace set up a fourth-round tie with Watford, beating Leicester 2-1 at Selhurst Park.

Leicester applied all the early pressure. But it was Palace who took the lead seven minutes before the break when Paul Ifill's scuffed shot from the edge of the area deflected off Andy King past David Martin.

Substitute Sean Scannell added Palace's second 10 minutes into the second half when he was played through by Alan Lee and slotted past Martin, under pressure by several Leicester defenders.

Leicester pulled one back through Max-Alain Gradel — but it proved to be only a consolation.