Teenager Danny Welbeck headed the Red Devils in front after 20 minutes against the Saints at St. Mary's, where Southampton midfielder Matt Paterson was ejected for an ugly foul on Nemanja Vidic in the 36th.
Facing a 10-man team that is struggling in the League Championship, United created many more chances but appeared lucky to its second goal. Nani scored from the penalty spot in the 48th minute for a handball against Southampton's David McGoldrick. Darron Gibson added the third in the 81st after a strong run by Wayne Rooney.
United has won soccer's oldest domestic competition a record 11 times. It also faced Tottenham, an eight-time winner, in the fourth round last season, winning 3-1.
"In the third round any year you're always hoping you're not shocked,'' United manager Alex Ferguson said. "We always keep saying that to the players, don't shock us, let us get into the next round.''
Two goals by James Milner on his 23rd birthday gave Aston Villa a 2-1 victory at League One Gillingham.
The victories made sure United and Villa did not join Manchester City and Stoke among teams upset by lower division squads. Man City tumbled 3-0 at home to League Championship Nottingham Forest on Saturday and Stoke went down 2-0 at League One Hartlepool.
The draw for the fourth round was made on Sunday and the highlights were Man United-Tottenham and Liverpool-Everton.
Arsenal goes to Championship club Cardiff, while Chelsea, which drew 1-1 at home against League One Southend, will have to win the replay at Roots Hall before it can host Ipswich in the next round.
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MADRID, Spain (AP) - Arjen Robben fired Real Madrid to a 1-0 victory over Villarreal to maintain the defending champion's improvement under new coach Juande Ramos.
New signees Klaas-Jan Huntelaar and Lassana Diarra made their debuts for Madrid. But it was Robben who scored the winner in the 32nd minute, cutting in from the wing and evading three defenders before scoring from the edge of the area.
Madrid has won three of its four games in all competitions since Ramos replaced the fired Bernd Schuster. The team remains 12 points behind leader Barcelona, which beat Mallorca 3-1 on Saturday to total 44 points from 17 games.
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GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) - Two late goals from Kris Boyd paced Rangers to a 3-0 victory at last-place Inverness that trimmed Celtic's lead to five points in the Scottish Premier League.
Pedro Mendes fired Rangers ahead in the 46th minute and Boyd scored in the 81st and 87th, giving Walters Smith's team its 14th victory 46 points. Leader and defending champion Celtic has 51 but squandered a chance to stay seven clear of its Glasgow rival when it wasted a two-goal lead in a 2-2 draw with Dundee United on Saturday.
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