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Carling Cup holders Tottenham strode into the quarter-finals with a clinical win over Liverpool in a thrilling tie.
Three goals in six first-half minutes put the hosts in control, Roman Pavlyuchenko drilling in the opener.
Fraizer Campbell then got his first goals in a Spurs shirt when he clipped home before heading in from 12 yards.
Damien Plessis [...]

Championship side Burnley stunned Premier League leaders Chelsea after a dramatic penalty shoot-out at Stamford Bridge in the Carling Cup fourth round.
Burnley keeper Brian Jensen was the hero after he dived full-stretch to divert Jon Mikel Obi’s decisive penalty to safety.
Didier Drogba had given Chelsea a first-half lead with a sumptuous finish from a Frank [...]

Two goals in five minutes saw Blackburn dump Sunderland out of the Carling Cup.
The home side dominated with Kenwyne Jones hitting the underside of the bar with a header and a Paul Robinson reflex save denying Danny Collins.
Blackburn went ahead against the run of play when Christopher Samba set up substitute Roque Santa Cruz to [...]

Arsenal’s youngsters produced another outstanding display to brush aside Wigan and book their place in the Carling Cup quarter-finals.
A pinpoint pass from Luke Wilshere set up fellow teenager Jay Simpson to poke home on his first start for the club.
They added a second when a blistering counter-attack ended with Carlos Vela squaring for Simpson to [...]

Carlos Tevez struck from the penalty spot in the 75th minute as Manchester United edged into the quarter finals of the Carling Cup following a dour match.
The Argentine made no mistake from the spot after substitute Danny Welbeck had been felled by Peter Ramage, but it was far from a vintage United victory.
Ji-Sung Park earlier [...]

Stoke moved into the quarter-finals of the Carling Cup with a comfortable win over League Two side Rotherham.
The home side took the lead on 19 minutes when midfielder Glenn Whelan lifted a free-kick over the wall from the edge of the box.
And Danny Pugh doubled the lead on 59 minutes when he rifled a shot [...]

A dominant Chelsea brushed aside Portsmouth to book their spot in the Carling Cup fourth round.
Frank Lampard clinically slotted in a penalty to put the Blues ahead after Michael Ballack was brought down by Nadir Belhadj.
Florent Malouda lashed in a shot for Chelsea and Lampard walked in his fifth of the season after David James [...]

Martin Olsson’s 10th minute goal sent Blackburn into the fourth round of the Carling Cup at the expense of fellow Premier League outfit Everton.
Blackburn handed a debut to striker Robbie Fowler and his neat one-two set up defender Olsson who rifled the ball past Everton keeper Tim Howard.
James Vaughan thought he had equalised but his [...]

Carling Cup holders Tottenham edged into the last 16 to give their season a timely boost while plunging managerless Newcastle’s to a dismal new low.
In front of a 20,577 crowd at St James’ Park, both teams showed their fragile confidence in a poor first-half.
Spurs did not offer much, but they did manage to take a [...]

Late goals from Nani and Ryan Giggs put Manchester United into the Carling Cup fourth round after Emanuel Pogatetz was sent off at Old Trafford.
United dominated and Cristiano Ronaldo, back for his first start after injury, headed them into a 25th minute lead.
Substitute Adam Johnson volleyed an unlikely second-half equaliser before Pogatetz was given a [...]