Tevez has asked some serious question to Ferguson and has made him rethink about his position on the bench by netting four goals in the match against Blackburn in the Carling Cup quaterfinals match today. With this win Manchester United advanced to the semifinals of the competition. The scoreline of the match was 5-3. Tevez scored four goals as Nani scored the fifth. Manchester United are the only top flight team that are still in the competition and they are having high chances of winning the tournament now. Tevez who has been sidelined since the arrival of Berbatov in the team is looking forward to some regular football action with his display today. Other players to be noted in the match were Anderson and Rafael as both of them did their jobs well. In the other match that took place today Tottenham found no difficulty in overcoming their opponents and thus advancing to the semi-finals of the tournament
Arsenal have been eliminated from the Carling Cup by Burnley who have already eliminated Chelsea in the previous round of the tournament. This victory is something historic to the team of Burnley as they are entering the semi finals of a domestic competition for the first time in the history of the club. They are high in confidence having eliminated two of the top four teams in England. Arsenal who are in bad position since winning their match against Manchester United lost the game by two goals and this time it was some bad defending by the defenders that cost the match for them. Former captain Gallas who has been included into the team once again was out of minds as he was the main reason for the very poor form of the players. The former captain tried to make things right and earn the trust of the manager back but everything went in vain. With Arsenal out of the tournament it is only Manchester United who are in the tournament as Chelsea and Liverpool have already been eliminated from the tournament.
The quater final draw for the Carling Cup has been released and there is only one clash between the Premiership sides and as it comes all time it is Manchester United who are hosting Blackburn Rovers and Burnley who eliminated leaders Chelsea from the competition has to face Arsenal at home and being a Mancheter United fan I am expecting them to do that magic once again and eliminate Arsenal from the competition. Manchester United who escaped narrowly with a 1-0 win with a penalty from Tevez in their previous match against QPR will be happy that the match is to be played in their home thus providing them a moral advantage over their opponents. Reigning champions Tottenham are travelling to Watford for a tough test who had a dream run in the F.A.Cup last season when they went to the finals to play in the Wembley for the first time in the history of the club. The matches are scheduled to take place in the first week of December and the complete fixture of the quater finals is given below with the home teams stated first
Manchester United vs Blackburn Rovers
Burnley vs Arsenal
Watford vs Tottenham Hotspur
Stoke City vs Derby County
Liverpool and Chelsea were once again eliminated from the Carling Cup and this time it is too early for them. Liverpool suffered yet another defeat at the hands of Tottenham and this time it was by a bigger margin than the first one. Tottenham is the only team to defeat Liverpool this season. The Russian sensation Pavyluchenko who scored in the first encounter scored a brace here and boosted the chances of Tottenham retaining the trophy which they had won last year. Chelsea were once again eliminated by Barnsley who did the same thing to Chelsea last year too. The one factor that Chelsea can be proud of is that their star player Drogba was back to scoring terms. Tottenham almost sealed the match in the first half as they were up by three goals at the end of the first half and Liverpool offered some fight but all went in vain. Pavyluchenko and Campell scored a brace each for Tottenham while Playssis and Hyppia scored for the visitors. In the other match Chelsea were in the lead for most part of the match and Akinbyi scored in the second half to level the scored and as the score was the same at the end of the regular time, the match went into extra time. Neither of the teams could break the dead lock and hence it was penalties to decide the match. Burnley edged Chelsea on penalties with a score of 5-4. So of the top four two teams have been eliminated from Carling Cup and this opens up the title race more open than it was before.
