Carling Cup Round-Up Tues 11-11-08
Posted on November 12, 2008
Filed Under Carling Cup
Round four of the Carling Cup saw Arsenal youngsters overcome Wigan. Derby got Victory over Leeds, Man United scrape past Qpr, Stoke ease past Rotherham & Manageless Watford see off Swansea for them all to make the quarter finals..
Arsenal put the youngsters out & they impressed yet again in the Carling Cup as they beat a strong Wigan Side 3-0. It wasn’t until just before half time that Arsenal took the lead Jay Simpson broke clear of the Wigan defence after a Jack Wilshere through ball to score a great goal. Half way through the second half Simpson made it two when Carlos Vela made a quick break & pass the ball to Simpson who couldn’t miss the goal if he wanted to. It didn’t take long for number three when Johan Djourou make a great pass to Vela who scored a goal from a wonderful chip over Chris Kirkland..
Man United made a load of changes for this match but could only scrape a 1-0 victory over Qpr. They game was deadlocked for most of the match but it took a Carlos Tevez penalty 14 minutes from time after Peter Ramage was adjudged to bring down Danny Welbeck to settle the tie. Qpr had thought they had equalised from Samuel Di Carmine just before the end but the assistant ref had flagged for off-side…
Stoke were to strong for league two side Rotherham even after a host of changes to win 2-0. Stoke went ahead after 21 minutes with a great free kick from Glenn Whelan when he beat goal keeper Andy Warrington from the edge of the penalty area. It was two just after the hour mark when Danny Pugh broke through the Rotherham defence & unleashed a shot that beat Warrington & there was no coming back from there..
Derby were made to hold on for some time but managed to with 2-1 over Leeds. It only took Derby 6 minutes to take the lead when Emanuel Villa was left in loads of space to finish of a good move. It wasn’t long before it was two Kris Commons went down the left put in a great cross for Nathan Ellington to finish. It stayed like that right up to half time & then Leeds got back into the match from Luciano Becchio’s Header into the goal from a Frazer Richardson cross. The second half was Leeds attacking Derby to get the equaliser & Derby trying to extend the lead & both had chances to do so but Derby held on to progress..
Swansea & Watford played a awful looking match with lots of commitment but it was lacking quality but one moment of quality got Watford the win 1-0. It was up to Lee Williamson to produce that one moment after 21 minutes as he collected the football & managed to wave his way in & out of the Swansea defence & smash a shot beyond Dimi Konstantopoulos to give Watford the match..
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