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How Premiership clubs fared in the Carling Cup fourth round (25 Oct 06)
Wednesday, October 25, 2006
Wednesday 25 Oct 2006 Fixtures:
Blackburn 0 Chelsea 2
With both sides fielding essentially their first teams, the managers treated this competition with a bit more seriousness than others. In the end, Chelsea actually out muscled the always physical Blackburn.
Blackburn
Brad Friedel, Stephane Henchoz, Zurab Khizanishvili, Jay McEveley, Aaron Mokoena, Lucas Neill, David Bentley, Brett Emerton, Morten Gamst Pedersen (Sergio Peter), Benni McCarthy (Francis Jeffers), Shabani Nonda (Jason Roberts)
Chelsea
Henrique Hilario, Khalid Boulahrouz, Ashley Cole, John Terry, Michael Ballack (Frank Lampard), Joe Cole (Shaun Wright-Phillips), Michael Essien, Ndjitap Geremi, Claude Makelele, Salomon Kalou, Arjen Robben (Didier Drogba)
Charlton 1 Bolton 0
Charlton seem to know how to play Bolton. Both their wins this season are at the expense of Sam Allardyce's side. But then again, Allardyce did rest several of his first team regulars, most notably Nicolas Anelka and El Hadji Diouf, and therefore Bolton just did not have that killer instinct. That killer instinct is crucial to Bolton's success as statistics show that while they have a mean defence, they have a poor scoring record.
Charlton:
Thomas Myhre, Talal El Karkouri (Osei Sankofa), Jonathan Fortune, Hermann Hreidarsson, Luke Young, Matt Holland, Bryan Hughes, Radostin Kishishev (Dennis Rommedahl), Marcus Bent, M, Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, Jerome Thomas (Darren Ambrose)
Bolton:
Ian Walker, Tal Ben-Haim, Nicky Hunt, Abdoulaye Meite, Andranik Teimourian (Johann Smith), Stelios Giannakopoulos, Gary Speed (Ramos Ivan Campo), Idan Tal, Kevin Davies, Henrik Pedersen (Jaroslaw Fojut), Ricardo Vaz Te
Crewe 1 Man Utd 2
Third division side Crewe almost caused the biggest upset of the round when they forced Man Utd to within 1 minute of the end of extra time to win the match. Sir Alex Ferguson's side was outplayed for most of the match, and it was mighty unlucky for Crewe to not at least force a penalty shoot out.
Sir Alex Ferguson used this occasion to test out some of the younger members of the team, and at the end, it was 18 year old Kieran Lee who scored the winner at the 119th minute. Lee, who made his debut for Man Utd, was a late substitute.
Crewe:
Ben Williams, Julien Baudet (Danny O'Donnell), Neil Cox, Jon Otsemobor, Andy Taylor (Lee Bell), Ryan Lowe, Isaac Osbourne, Ben Rix, David Vaughan, Nicky Maynard, Luke Varney
Man Utd:
Tomasz Kuszczak, Wes Brown, David Gray (Kieran Lee), Gabriel Heinze, Mikael Silvestre, David Jones, Richie Jones, Marsh (Barnes (Ryan Shawcross)), Kieran Richardson, Alan Smith, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer
Liverpool 4 Reading 3
Reading gave the Anfield crowd a big scare just when they thought their team was cruising to victory. Stand in captain, Robbie Fowler, gave Liverpool the lead. Then John Arne Riise and Gabriel Paletta extended the lead to 3 - 0, until Andre Bikey pulled one back for Reading. Peter Crouch added another one for Liverpool at the 77th minute. At this point, it was natural to think that the result was beyond doubt, but Reading mounted a tremendous fight back with two goals in four minutes. The last few minutes were high drama. At the end, Liverpool were just relieved to hang on to the score.
Liverpool:
Jose Manuel Reina, Daniel Agger, Gabriel Paletta, Lee Peltier (Smith), Jermaine Pennant, John Arne Riise (Dirk Kuyt), Mohamed Sissoko (Danny Guthrie), Stephen Warnock, Boudewijn Zenden, Peter Crouch, Robbie Fowler
Reading:
Graham Stack, Andre Bikey, Ulises De la Cruz, John Halls, Ivar Ingimarsson, Brynjar Gunnarsson (Sam Sodje), Steve Hunt, Glen Little, John Oster, Leroy Lita, Shane Long
Milton Keynes Dons 0 Tottenham 5
Jermain Defoe scored two in this comprehensive victory for Tottenham. "Defoe certainly got his teeth into us," MK Dons manager Martin Allen joked (refer to Defoe's ear biting incident on the weekend), "the finishing was quite frightening."
Milton Keynes Dons:
Adolfo Baines-Pilart, Drissa Diallo, Dean Lewington, Sean O'Hanlon, Jamie Smith, Keith Andrews (Gareth Edds), Lloyd Dyer (Leon Crooks), Jon-Paul McGovern, Izale McLeod, Clive Platt (Scott Taylor), Aaron Wilbraham
Tottenham:
Radek Cerny, Calum Davenport (Michael Dawson), Anthony Gardner, Tom Huddlestone (Aaron Lennon), Paul Stalteri, Reto Ziegler, Edgar Davids, Hossam Ghaly, Danny Murphy, Jermain Defoe (Robbie Keane), Ahmed Hossam Mido
Newcastle 3 Portsmouth 0
Newcastle finally had a good result, even if it was only a League Cup match.
Newcastle:
Steve Harper, Celestine Babayaro, Titus Bramble, Craig Moore, Nicky Butt (Kieron Dyer), James Milner, Charles N'Zogbia, Nolberto Solano, Steven Taylor (Peter Ramage), Obafemi Martins (Damien Duff), Giuseppe Rossi
Portsmouth:
David James, Andy O'Brien, Noe Pamarot, Linvoy Primus, Matthew Taylor, Sean Davis (Richard Hughes), Niko Kranjcar (Rudolphe Douala), Henriques Manuel Fernandes, David Thompson (Ognjen Koroman), Andrew Cole, Lomana Tresor LuaLua
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