Blackburn 3-0 Birmingham
Blackburn eased past Birmingham and into the Carling Cup fourth round. Rovers, who had dominated from the start, took the lead when David Bentley fired brilliantly into the top corner. Matt Derbyshire made it 2-0 from the spot after he was fouled by Rafael Schmitz and Roque Santa Cruz’s diving header sealed Blackburn’s victory. Birmingham [...]
Hull 0-4 Chelsea
Defending champions Chelsea cruised past Hull into the fourth round of the Carling Cup to give Avram Grant his first win as manager. Hull managed to hold off a much-changed Chelsea side until the 37th minute when Scott Sinclair struck with a low drive – his first goal for the club. Salomon Kalou headed in [...]
Sheff Wed 0-3 Everton
Everton struck three times after the break to sink Sheffield Wednesday. James McFadden opened the scoring after 59 minutes when he was brilliantly set up from close range by Yakubu. And the Scot was on target again with six minutes left, with Yakubu again involved, finding Phil Neville to cross for McFadden to head home. [...]
Tottenham 2-0 Middlesbrough
Gareth Bale and Tom Huddlestone got the goals to see Tottenham into the fourth round of the Carling Cup and ease the pressure on under-fire boss Martin Jol. It was a deserved win for the hosts, who should have been well ahead before the hour with Jermain Defoe forcing keeper Brad Jones to save three [...]
Reading 2-4 Liverpool
Fernando Torres capped a fine display with a hat-trick as Liverpool dumped Reading out of the Carling Cup. Yossi Benayoun fired Liverpool ahead, but Bobby Convey volleyed an equaliser from Nicky Shorey’s corner. Torres raced clear to score but again Reading hit back when another Shorey corner was prodded in by John Halls. But Torres [...]
Arsenal 2-0 Newcastle
Nicklas Bendtner and Denilson grabbed two late goals to send Arsenal into the fourth round of the Carling Cup at the expense of Newcastle. Bendtner gave the Gunners the lead when he headed in Armand Traore’s left-wing cross past Shay Given. Brazil international Denilson then scored a spectacular second when he let loose with a [...]
Reading 2-1 Wigan
James Harper scored a stunning late winner as Reading secured a much-needed victory over Wigan. The Royals spurned several good chances before taking the lead when Chris Kirkland spilled Kevin Doyle’s weak shot and Dave Kitson tapped home. Wigan hit back and Jason Koumas curled a superb free-kick against the underside of the bar before [...]
Newcastle 3-1 West Ham
Mark Viduka scored twice to help Newcastle to a win which was marred by another injury scare for Michael Owen. Viduka got in front of West Ham’s Anton Ferdinand to head the Magpies ahead from Charles N’Zogbia’s superb cross. Dean Ashton volleyed the Hammers level following Lucas Neill’s long throw but Viduka bundled in his [...]
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