Draw for Blackburn and Manchester City in F.A. Cup Goalkeeper Costel Pantilimon gave a gift to Blackburn as 10-man Manchester City was held to a 1-1 draw in the third round of the F.A. Cup on Saturday. City broke Blackburn's resistance just before halftime when Alvaro Negredo scored a goal. But Blackburn earned a replay by tying the score 10 minutes into the second half after Pantilimon fumbled Rudy Gestede's header before Scott Dann rushed in to sweep the ball into the net from close range. City was hanging on after Dedryck Boyata was sent off in the 85th minute after a foul on D. J. Campbell earned him a second yellow card. Aston Villa was dumped out of the F.A. Cup by third-tier Sheffield United in the biggest shock of the third round. Before the 2-1 loss, Villa's manager, Paul Lambert, had called the Cup a distraction. Southampton reached the fourth round by beating Burley, 4-3, and Wigan was held to a 3-3 tie by M.K. Dons. ■ Lazio said it had fired Vladimir Petkovic and rehired Edy Reja as coach, although Petkovic was contesting the move. The Roman club made the announcement on its website Saturday, saying that Petkovic's contract had been terminated for "just cause" after it was announced last month that he had agreed to coach Switzerland's national team after this year's World Cup. Petkovic, however, hoped to stay on with Lazio until the end of the season. He contends that he is owed 600,000 euros (about $800,000). His lawyers said they would take the matter to court. Petkovic guided Lazio to the Italian Cup title last season in his first year in charge. Reja, who is 68, first coached Lazio from 2010 to 2012. Lazio is tied for ninth and plays Inter Milan on Monday. ■ Barcelona Manager Gerardo Martino said Lionel Messi had returned to fitness from his injury layoff but would not play in Sunday's league game. Martino said that Messi was "excited to play, he is fit, with the eyes of a killer," but that he still lacked playing time. Messi trained with his teammates last week for the first time since tearing his left hamstring in November and spending time rehabilitating in Argentina. While Messi improves his fitness, goalkeeper Victor Valdes made the squad for Sunday's game against Elche. Valdes has not played for six weeks since injuring his right leg. Xavi Hernández will also return from injury, but Dani Alves is out with a fever. ■ Atlético Madrid needed a second-half goal from Jorge Resurrección to edge Málaga, 1-0, leaving the team as the overnight leader of Spain's top league. Atlético has a 3-point advantage over Barcelona, which hosts Elche on Sunday. ■ The Polish striker Robert Lewandowski will leave Borussia Dortmund for its German rival Bayern Munich on a five-year deal. Lewandowski, 25, has been at Dortmund since the 2010-11 season, but his contract expires in June, and Bayern Munich said he would join its ranks July 1. Since his arrival in 2010 from Lech Poznan, Lewandowski helped Dortmund win the German league title in 2011 and 2012.