Birmingham 2-1 Arsenal Highlights Carling Cup Final - 2011

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This years Carling Cup final will be played between two of the teams who are at the wrong end of the Premier League table. Arsenal are fighting for the Premier League tile while Birmingham City are fighting for survival in the league but on Sunday they have a chance to get their hands on the silverware which is very important for both the team and ofcource for the same reason of winning habbit and confidence.

Arsenal havnt won a trophy since they beat manchester United in the FA Cup final in 2005 when they went on to win the FA Cup by defeated United on Penalties since than they are struggling to win any trophy but now have a wonderfull chance of making this great season even more special by winning their first trophy which would give them more confidence going into the final stages of the other big events they are involved at the moment. They are well and truly in the tie against Barcelona in the Champions League, will be playing against Leyton Orient in the 5th Round rematch of the FA Cup while only 4 points behind Manchester United in the league.

Birmingham On the Other hand has got themselve out of the Bottom four and will be hoping to win Carling Cup to make their season end on a high note. You can tune in here to watch the live action of the mathch here.

Match Status and Goals Video
[ Birmingham City 1-2 Arsenal ]
28' [0 - 1] N. Zigic
39' [1 - 1] R.v. Persie
89' [1 - 2] O. Martins

Fabregas & Walcott Out - And Arsenal want Bojan Krkic

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Despite the injuries, there is good news. Arsenal apparently want Bojan Krkic of Barcelona [Full Story].

That seems unlikely; especially as Barcelona have only recently called Arsenal "immoral" in their capture of a Barca academy player. I wouldn't think Barcelona would be too keen on dealing with Arsenal after that.

Anyway...
Fabregas and Walcott will miss the Carling Cup final through injury, and Walcott is likely to miss the Barcelona clash on the 8th March. This must be unbelievably frustrating for Fabregas especially, seeing as his main aim as captain was to lift a trophy, and now Arenal's best chance of doing so has come about he is going to be nothing more than a Wembley spectator.

Wenger said of Walcott who suffered an ankle injury against Stoke:

"Walcott will be out for two to three weeks with an ankle problem.

"I would say today it is very unlikely he will be fit for the second leg of the Barcelona game.

"I imagine the worst so maybe I will be surprised in a positive way but I just give you my gut feeling at the moment."

And of Fabregas:

"You cannot play football when you're injured. He's sad and disappointed but it could have been worse the injury - it's a very small one. We have many targets in front of us so it is important he is not out for longer."

Asked how long he would be absent, Wenger replied:

"One or two games maybe."

I think it isn't so bad that Fabregas will miss the next few games. The injury isn't at all serious, so he will just be rolled up in cotton wool and rested until the Barcelona game. It may work out well. No disrespect to Birmingham, but even without Fabregas and Walcott, Arsenal are comfortably the better side and should win comfortably.

The Walcott injury on the other hand isn't so good. His pace will be missed against Barcelona, but Arsenal should cope - although Wenger hasn't completely ruled him out of it, and still hold the hope that he will be pleasantly surprised.

Fabregas & Walcott Injuries [Pics] & Reaction

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So Arsenal claimed victory against a physical Stoke side to move within a point of Manchester United at the peak of the Premier League. But the three points came at a price. Two of Arsenal's talismanic players in Cesc Fabregas and Theo Walcott went off the pitch injured, with the latter having to be stretchered off.

See what Arsene Wenger had to say about the injuries below:

Wenger on Fabregas injury:

"Fabregas has a hamstring problem. We will assess that tomorrow. It is impossible to see how serious it is. We will know Thursday."

"It is of course a concern that he (Fabregas) is injured but it happens unfortunately. He was very upset. I am as well. But it is not his fault or mine. It is part of sport.

"It's strange when it happens early in the game but we have to face it. We did the job after that in a very professional way."

Wenger on Walcott Injury:

"Theo Walcott has an ankle sprain and he is out. For how long, I don't know, but he is definitely out of Sunday.

Games for Arsenal are coming in thick and fast, and injuries are the last thing that Wenger would have wanted, especially to their captain Fabregas and sometimes game changing winger Walcott. The three points will however soften the blow as the days count down towards the Carling Cup final on Sunday against Birmingham.

Wenger praised his sides performance against a defensive Stoke side:

"We did the job after the injury in a very professional way against a Stoke team who defended very well. They were very compact but we were intelligent, calm, patient and overall I believe we were resilient."

Stoke have been criticized for the way they play sometimes - using Rory Delap's long throw, not playing on the ground and being too physical - Wenger even once said they played with "rugby" tactics. But he had no complaints after Wednesday's game:

"No. I have no issue with the long throws and I do not have issue with any other aspect of their game. It is a team you know you have to prepare mentally for before the game because you will not take the points if you do not do it.

"Nobody likes to play against Stoke because they have a very special way to play the game, but I have to say tonight for me they defended in a very intelligent way. When we found some space they quickly cut it off and we could not take advantage."

Watch: Arsenal 3 - 0 Ipswich

Carling Cup

In the end, Arsenal cruised to victory to reach the Carling Cup final. Ipswich, under new manager Paul Jewell, held on for as long as they could to their impressive one goal lead that they brought from the first leg, but the quality of Arsenal was all too much for the Championship side who could do nothing as Arsenal scored three, gliding to the final as strong favourites to win their first trophy sine 2005.

Ipswich gave a very good account of themselves, with Arsenal captain Fabregas conceding that it was a tough two legs for them to play in, and despite the Gunners usual defence cutting quality play, struggled against Jewell's side. Ipswich got numbers behind the ball, had their attacking players tracking back and were very resilient in defence, whilst they sometimes tried to break out of their defensive play under enormous Arsenal pressure to venture on a couple of attacks themselves, unfortunately proving fruitless for them.

Arsenal grabbed their first goal through Nicklas Bendtner - a fantastic individual goal, as you can see below.
The two other goals, including a Koscielny header from a corner and a captains goal from Cesc Fabregas, you can watch here.

Arsenal vs Ipswich Town Live Stream Carling Cup - 25 January 2011

Carling Cup

In the Semi Final of the Carling cup we will have Ipswich Town taking on Arsenal on Wednesday night football on 12 january 2011. YOu can watch this match here, live links will be placed here shortly before it all starts on the night. Both teams are coming itno this math on the back of poor results as Arsenal could only draw against Leeds while ipswich made it a mess in their other knock out tie in the FA Cup when they got hammered by chelsea 7-0 on the night.

So both side will be eager to go out there and perform and they can think of getting to the final and play against West ham who already booked a wembly outing by defeating birmingham City in the other semifianl.

Arsenal havnt won any trophy of late and they will be looking ot get their hands on the first silverware after 2005 win in the FA Cup final when they defeated United on Penalties.

CARLING CUP SEMIFINAL - ARSENAL vs IPSWICH LIVE:
Date: 25 January 2011 - Time: 7:45 GMT

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Managerless Ipswich Beat Arsenal - and it was no Fluke

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A couple of points above the relegation places in the Championship, without a manager, and off the back of a humiliating 7 - 0 thrashing at the hands of Chelsea, Arsenal's Carling cup semi-final first leg against Ipswich looked as if it would be a breeze. It was anything but that however, as Ipswich were able to control a lot of the game, make more chances and even win the game through a Tamas Priskin goal in the 78th minute.

Arsenal were not able to cut through Ipswich as they would have liked, and what Arsenal fans would have expected, as predictions ranged from a comfortable 2 - 0 to a 4 or 5 nil thrashing. Walcott had a couple of good chances, but the keeper Fulop stood up strong to save. Fabregas had a clear chance late on, but his view was obscured as the cross came in by a jumping defender, and he wasn't able to connect as he would have liked, and instead of scoring a tap in, the ball was scuffed/headed wide. It wasn't Arsenals night, and although putting out a strong team including 11 first team starters, perhaps excluding Denilson, they could not get that goal that they may have been able to build on.

Ipswich worked very hard throughout, chasing lost causes, pressurising the Arsenal players in all areas of the pitch, defending resiliently and eventually getting the winning goal. All of the players had great games, and all worked hard, but Connor Wickham, the young Ipswich striker whom I have not seen play much before looked particularly impressive. He is certainly a big prospect, and will be attracting, if not already, Premier League teams. Its quite amazing that he is only 17 years-old.

Ian McParland stood in as manager as Paul Jewell watched on in apparent delight to see his future team playing with such passion and commitment to the cause. Beating Arsenal is a tough feat, but anything can happen in the cup, as Ipswich have proved.

Arsenal are still favourites to progress to the final by winning the second leg at the Emirates, but now the Arsenal players know, the Ipswich side should not be underestimated. With Paul Jewell being the manager by the time the fixture is played, and probably a more stable team in place, Ipswich will not simply role over and let Arsenal win. They should rise to the occasion and prove that this show of quality was no fluke.

West Ham 2-1 Birmingham City Carling Cup Highlights - 2011 January

Carling Cup

Both of these teams have a wonder full chance of making it to the final of the Carling Cup and get their hands of the silverware. It is becoming increasingly doubtful that Avram grant be West Ham manager until the next Premier League match. If that is the case than they might replace him with Martin Oneil or Sam Allerdyce while he will be looking to change that and get a solid win in this Semi Final match against follow Premier league side.

This is going to be a excting match in the semifinal and they will be looking to make a good use of it specialy considering the face that they are in the bottom of the premier league table. You can watch live action of this match here, we will be placing the live streaming links just before the start of the match here and you can bookmark use and comeback before it all starts on the night.

WEST HAM vs BIRMINGHAM CITY SEMIFINAL LIVE STREAM
Date and Time: 10 January 2010, Time: 7:45 GMT

West Ham United 2-1 Birmingham City
13' [1 - 0] M. Noble
56' [1 - 1] L. Ridgewell
78' [2 - 1] C. Cole

Carling Cup Result Fourth Round Season 2010/2011

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Birmingham City (2) vs (1) Aston Villa
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Roy Keane to Take on Old Rivals in Cup Semi Final

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Just as cup draws always seem to do, two former rivals will fight fiercely against each other once again. Former Manchester United captain, Roy Keane and his Ipswich side have been drawn against United's notorious rival in Arsene Wenger and Arsenal, while the former Birmingham owners will see their current club, West Ham take on their old side.

Keane was renowned for his highly competitive, and aggressive style of play - the perfect leader therefore, for a massive club, and his Ipswich players would probably tell you that he hasn't lost any of his massive passion for winning. In his playing days, there was no team that Keane loved beating more than Arsenal, so the Irishman will gratefully snatch the chance to re-live his United glory days and progress to the Carling Cup final.

Birmingham, who progressed to this stage thanks to a 2 - 1 win over bitter local rivals Aston Villa, have been drawn against lesser rivals; but rivals for a different reason. David Sullivan and David Gold owned Birmingham for 15 years, but left amid certain allegations in 2008 and admitted that:

"deep down the public have had enough of us".

Thanks to comments made by Gold, including calling the Birmingham chairman "disgusting" he was banned by Birmingham's ground, St Andrews for the recent Premier League match between the Blues and the Hammers, so it will be interesting to see the on the pitch battle between the two teams fighting for a cup fnal place.

There will be two legs to the semi final games, and the winners will book a place at Wembley on February 27th. The semi finals look like they will be entertaining games, but surely this cup is Arsenal's to lose as their biggest challengers, Manchester United, crashed out 4 - 0 in the quarter finals against West Ham.

Carling Cup Fourth Round Season 2010/2011 >> West Ham United (4) vs (0) Manchester United

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Carling Cup Result | West Ham United vs Manchester United | Season 2010/2011

Manchester United have to recognize the greatness Was Ham United in the Carling Cup Fourth Round matches season 2010/2011 and should be dispelled hopes of Manchester United retain the English League Cup title.

In the game, led by referee M Clattenburg, and witnessed by 33,551 spectators at the Upton Park stadium. Manchester United gave up four goals without reply.

Sir Alex Ferguson's squad down to two layers of Manchester United in this match as a rotation player in order to deal with the match schedule is very solid team. and the result is very disappointing, Man Utd could not do much in this game.

its other game brings Arsenal vs Wigan athletic, Birmingham City vs Aston Villa, Ipswich T vs West Bromwich A. Arsenal win easily over Wigan with a score of 2-0, while the match between Birmingham City vs Aston Villa and Ipswich T vs West Bromwich A will be matched later. With this defeat, Manchester United failed to advance to League Cup semi-final round of the season 2010/2011.

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Watch: West Ham 4 - 0 Manchester United Goals & Reaction

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Manchester United crashed out of the Carling Cup in an embarrassing defeat to West Ham, 4 - 0. Read Match Review Here

The West Ham manager, as you can imagine was delighted with his teams performance which pushed West Ham into he semi-finals of the cup:

"Today we played fantastic and also scored and we kept a clean sheet. So I'm very happy. I thought we could win, but not by that score.

"It's very special. To perform like this against the best team today in the country and score four goals, what more can I ask?"

Sir Alex Ferguson on the the hand was not so pleased:

"(There were) too many younger players making errors and giving away goals," he added.

"They can't give away goals like that, even though they're young."

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West Ham 4 - 0 Man United - United Humiliated in Cup Quarters

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West Ham cruised to a 4 - 0 win against a petty excuse of a Manchester United team. That is something you don't hear very often, but the Carling Cup quarter final showed that Sir Alex Ferguson had massively underestimated the London club.

It was a clash between the top and bottom teams in the Premier League, but by this performance, you wouldn't think that United were the team unbeaten this season and sitting proudly at the top. Their defense was an absolute shambles, their midfield created nothing, and the attack had nothing to work with. It was atrocious. West Ham completely outplayed United in the snow, as the visiting players seemed to take a break in their job as footballers, wondering aimlessly around the pitch, watching Avram Grants side control the game around them.

Jonathon Spector of all people - the former Manchester United defender scored two of the goals for the Hammers, both in the first half, and Carlton Cole scored the other two in the second half.

Victor Obinna of West Ham had a great game - a big threat to United throughout; being the source of most of the chances created. It was a player like this that Ferguson's side were missing. Johnny Evans had a bad game, and he knows it. He was turned too easily for Cole's goal, while the defence in general fell asleep for numerous West Ham attacks.

In truth, after the second goal went in, there wasn't really any way back for United. Sir Alex had no one on his bench who could come on and make an impact. No Rooney, no Berbatov, no Nani. the Scot had no options that he knew could change the game.

We all make mistakes, and Sir Alex made one today. Of course, no one could have expected that his team would perform so poorly, but he should have had one or two top players on the bench that he could rely on to create something if it came it. In the end, it did come to it, and Ferguson wasn't prepared.

West Ham have breezed passed the holders of the competition with ease, and humiliated the young United team in the process. Before the game United were unbeaten in all competitions this season. That record is shattered in pieces as the Red Devils travel to Blackpool on the weekend, but it is a huge confidence boost for the struggling Hammers who travel to Sunderland on Sunday on the back of a brilliant 4 - 0 win.

West Ham 4-0 Man Utd Carling Cup Highlights | 30 November 2010

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United will be taking on West Ham United in the Carling Cup match in the quarter Final stage. United are coming into this match on the back of wonderfull result against Blackburn when they hammered them with 7-1 in the premier League on the weekend, now they will be hoping to field some of their young players to give them chance to shine.

Although United are likely to be without some of their big name players they still have some excelent young players with the likes of Kiko Mecheda and Javier Hernandez who's chance are not limited in the first team as Rooney is back in squad and Berbatove is playing better than ever.

WEST HAM UNITED vs MANCHESTER UNITED CARLING CUP:
Date: 30 November 2010, Time: 7:45 BST
Vanue: Upton Park, London

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[West Ham United 4-0 Man Utd]
22' [1 - 0] J. Spector
37' [2 - 0] J. Spector
56' [3 - 0] C. Cole
67' [4 - 0] C. Cole









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Arsenal 2-0 Wigan Carling Cup Highlights Video | 30 November 2010

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Arsenal are not having best of the form at the moment but winning games is more important and now fo the net assigmnet they will host Wigan Athletic side in the Carlin cup match for the quarter Final Tie on Tuesday night 30th November 2010.

Arsenal are coming into this match on the back of good result against Aston Villa, in the league when they hammered them with a 4-2 scoreline on the weekend. Wenger is kind of famus for fielding his young side in the Carling Matches but he might have to change his policy as Arsenal fans are demanding some silverware and since they havnt won anything after 2005 FA Cup win over United, wenger might take this competition seriously.

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[Arsenal 2-0 Wigan Athletic]
42' [1 - 0] A. Alcaraz (o.g.)
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Carling Cup 2010/2011 Fifth Round Draw >> West Ham United vs Manchester United

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Carling cup matches will be held on November 29th, 2010

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October 26
19:45 Birmingham City *(1) vs (1) Brentford
19:45 Ipswich T (3) vs (1) Northampton T
19:45 Leicester City (1) vs (4) West Bromwich A
19:45 Wigan Athletic (2) vs (0) Swansea C
20:00 Manchester United (3) vs (2) Wolverhampton W

October 27
19:45 Aston Villa (2) vs (1) Burnley
19:45 Newcastle United (0) vs (4) Arsenal
19:45 West Ham United (3) vs (1) Stokes City

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Carling Cup Result Fourth Round >> Manchester United (3) vs Wolverhampton W (2)

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Carling Cup Result | Fourth Round | Manchester United vs Wolverhampton W

Manchester United Result | Carling Cup | Fourth Round | Season 2010/2011 - Manchester United had to work hard in this game, even though Man Utd eventually won the carling cup match against Wolverhampton with the score 3-2.

Play a draw in the first round, could make his Manchester United players are frustrated. Bebe, the player who was mentioned as the purchase of the failed United, showed his ability. United opened the scoring first through bebe goal in minute 59 '.

Too cool to attack,Manchester United make the defense United vulnerable. Wolve successfully exploit these opportunities with the goal by George Elokobi. position score 1-1.

In minute 70', Park Ji- Sung made Manchester United winning 2-1. but wolve back to equalize through Kevin Foley's actions in minute 76'. Hernandez finally returned a hero to Manchester United.

After two goal against Stokes City so as to make United won the match in the Barclays Premier League continued, this time Hernandez re-create the winning goal for United in minute 90'. Goal was to make United qualified for the next round in the Carling Cup season 2010/2011

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October 26
19:45 Birmingham City vs Brentford
19:45 Ipswich T vs Northampton T
19:45 Leicester City vs West Bromwich A
19:45 Wigan Athletic vs Swansea C
20:00 Manchester United vs Wolverhampton W

October 27
19:45 Aston Villa vs Burnley
19:45 Newcastle United vs Arsenal
19:45 West Ham United vs Stokes City


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Chicharito is United's Saviour Again

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Hernandez: Next Big thing?

It was a nervous performance from the Manchester United youngsters. After twice gaining the lead, they threw it away - true to the current form of the side, and put the United fans on the edge of their red seats - something that the United fans are beginning to get used to.

A frustrating first half saw very few chances for either side, and that was evident thanks to the bore of a goal-less half. Uniteds new, and controversial signing Bebe looked lively in the first half, but couldn't create anything on the right wing, despite seeing most of the ball. He showed good pace, and a fairly good ability to get around his man, but his crossing needs a big improvement after constantly failing to get the intended cross right.

The second half was a complete contrast to the first. It was goals galore as goals from Bebe, Elokobi, Park, Foley and Hernandez crossed the lines, but in the case of Bebe, not rippling the net.

Bebe began the goalscoring. After going past a couple of players on the right wing, he got into a position to cross the ball, and as he did, the ball took a few deflections before looping over Wayne Hennessy in the Wolves goal and just crossed the line as a Wolves defender headed it away. It was a good decision from the linesman who flagged for the goal, and it was this goal that changed the game.

Only about five minutes later, the Wolves left back Elokobi rose above the United keeper, Ben Amos to head the ball viciously from a corner, almost tearing the United net open. It was the big left backs first goal for Wolves, and the equalising goal against a United side that lacked any of their big name stars.

Ji Sung Park made the best of a bad job from Macheda, and scored with a great finish. Park fed in Macheda, but his poor first touch enabled the defender to deflect the ball away, but only to the feet of Park, and he curled it into the side of the net with a beautiful finish.

Only five minutes later however, Wolves were equal, as Kevin Foley scored after a nice flick from Steven Taylor-Fletcher. All Foley had to do was keep it low and on target - which he did. Was it going to be another one of those days for Manchester United?

Javier Hernandez answered that question. He came on for Bebe, and the United fans sporting Chicharito scarves and... big hats, went wild for the Mexican youngster. He immediately brought life to the United team, as he ran around, fighting for the ball, and when he got his chance, he was brilliant.

A cool through ball from Darron Gibson was met by Hernandez, and after a fake shot which saw him skip passed the committed defender, he showed immense composure to finish with his left foot. He seems like a breath of fresh air for Manchester United this season - a 22 year old with a healthy ego and an obvious love for football - and Manchester United - as he kissed the badge in front of the United fans after his goal.

Two goals against Stoke City at the week-end, and another match winner today - it brings Hernandez's total to six in the season. He has so much potential, and is not letting anyone down with his excellent performances. Is he the new Michael Owen? Or is he something new? Something better?