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Manchester United have bowed at home. Facing the Crystal Palace in the English League Cup quarter-finals, Manchester United defeated 1-2 and declared eliminated.

In a match that took place at Old Trafford Stadium, Wednesday (30/11/2011) , MU appear relatively more dominant since the first half. Statistics noted, the direction of Sir Alex Ferguson's squad that won control of the ball up to 60%.

Nevertheless, Manchester Palace difficult to penetrate the defenses. The attacks are built always stopped before it could be solved by Dimitar Berbatov or Federico Macheda.

Fergie then enter Ravel Morrison, replacing Berbatov, early in the second round to shore up the front lines. This option makes the attack proved to be more 'Red Devils' lives.


MU then won control of the ball up to 75%, and Morrison himself had a chance in the second half. However, his shot from inside the penalty box could still be blocked by goalkeeper Lewis Price.

Macheda could also get a chance on 61 minutes but his shot from outside the box is still soaring.

Have not provided meaningful change, Fergie then enter Paul Pogba to balance the midfield. Nevertheless, the Palace that was driven by Wilfred Zaha actually winning it first.

Darren Ambrose, who had entered early in the second half, was guarded in the front area of ​​the forbidden box MU. He also released a hard kick to the upper right corner of Chelsea's goal and entered. Palace winning 1-0 in the 65th minute.

However, the advantage Palace only lasted three minutes. Macheda was dropped in the box and MU was forbidden to get a penalty. Macheda himself an executor can not throw gratuitous occasion and change the score to 1-1.

Despite continued pressure, MU remain difficult to dismantle the defenses Palace. Game and then proceed to the extra period.

At minute 98, Palace was surprising host. Ambrose released a free kick from the left side gored by Glenn Murray right in front of the goal guarded by Ben Amos. Palace back ahead.

In the circumstances behind, hit back MU. However, defense kokohnya Palace The Red Devils made it difficult. Manchester United finally had to recognize the benefits of Palace and knocked out of the Carling Cup.

Teams

Manchester United: Ben Amos, Rafael da Silva (Paul Pogba 64), Jonny Evans, Chris Smalling, Fabio da Silva (Ezekiel Fryers 37), Park Ji-Sung, Antonio Valencia, Darron Gibson, Mame Biram Diouf, Dimitar Berbatov (Ravel Morrison 46), Federico Macheda.

Crystal Palace: Lewis Price, Patrick McCarthy, Anthony Gardner, Dean Moxey (Darren Ambrose 46), Nathaniel Clyne, David Wright, Kagisho Dikgacoi, Stuart O'Keefe, Jermaine Easter (Glenn Murray 74), Wilfred Zaha, Sean Scannell (Jonathan Parr 45).

Striker Sergio Aguero scored a decisive victory over Manchester City 1-0 Arsenal, in the Carling Cup quarter-final match at the Emirates, Tuesday (11/29/2011).

Goals scored in the 83rd minute. In a counterattack, Adam Johnson pass the ball to Edin Dzeko then flick to Aguero. Aguero managed to control the ball and beat Lukasz Fabianski.

Playing as a guest, City took the initiative to attack, but after Emmanuel Frimpong won the ball from Edin Dzeko in the second minute, Arsenal launched an offensive that led to long-range shot in the sixth minute Ignazi Miguel, who tamed Costel Pantilimon.

After the execution of Adam Johnson in the tenth minute, Arsenal also react quickly to build a new attack which was completed with a shot by Park Chu Young in the 11th minute. Again Pantilimon managed to save his goal.


City then created two successive opportunities, through Pablo Zabaleta in the 15th minute and Dzeko and in the 20th minute. While efforts Zabaleta off, shot Dzeko could be anticipated Lukasz Fabianski.

Afterwards, there are two golden opportunities created, which all come from Arsenal camp. After the execution of Francis Coquelin in the 26th minute countered Pantilimon, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain also saw his business suffered a similar hasl in the 28th minute.

In the second half, Arsenal game is fairly balanced, with Arsenal is more consistently creating chances. However, their efforts failed to produce goals, due to Costel Pantilimon.

At minute 51 and 76th, for example, Alex Oxlade Chamberlain saw two accurate shots ran aground in the hands of Pantilimon. It is also common in the execution carried out Andrei Arshavin in injury time.

For the City, they are also fairly consistently create chances. However, besides Aguero execution that led to goals, there's nothing so dangerous to Arsenal.

During the match, Arsenal had the ball as much as 49 percent and created a golden opportunity seven out of ten businesses. The City fired two shots accurately from nine experiments.


Team Line-up:
Arsenal: Lukasz Fabianski; Sebastien Squillaci, Johan Djourou, Laurent Koscielny, Ignasi Miguel (Thomas Vermaelen 80); Yossi Benayoun, Emmanuel Frimpong, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Andrei Arshavin 87); Park Chu-Young (Gervinho 68), Marouane Chamakh

Manchester City: Costel Pantilimon; Kolo Toure, Nedum Onuoha, Pablo Zabaleta, Aleksandar Kolarov (Sergio Aguero 32), Stefan Savic; Owen Hargreaves (Abdul Razak 79), Nigel De Jong, Samir Nasri, Adam Johnson; Edin Dzeko

Liverpool gain victory in the trip to Chelsea. Two goals each from Maxi Rodriguez and Martin Kelly gave the Reds a 2-0 victory and English League Cup semi-final ticket.

In a match that was held at Stamford Bridge on Tuesday  (11/29/2011), both teams playing equally strong in the first round 0-0. 'The Red' to open the scoring through Maxi in minute 58, to then be duplicated Kelly five minutes later.

This victory led Kenny Dalglish's squad into the semifinals. Who will they face an opponent who is not known because they still have to wait for the draw with three other clubs.

For Chelsea this defeat adds to the length of their poor performance in the season 2011/2012. John Terry in the Premier League cs already lost four times and left behind 10 points from the top standings, while in the Champions League they threatened to fail to qualify for the last 16 if lost to Valencia in the final match day.


The game

Acceleration David Luiz into the Liverpool penalty box into the first opportunity that occurred in this fight. Claims had asked Chelsea a penalty when Brazilian defender was dropped, but the referee just gave him a yellow card for diving is considered.

At precisely 20 minutes to Liverpool a penalty. The referee pointed to the spot after Alex is considered to touch the ball with his hand in the forbidden box while attempting to cross from Jose Enrique dispel.

Is Andy Carroll who later developed as an executor. Unfortunate for him, kick that he could release the blocked goalkeeper Ross Turnbull.

One minute before the break Chelsea had a chance to open the scoring through Lukaku, but she's header was off the mark. The first round was ending just as strong 0-0.

Ten minute second-half run barely made the Blues fans delight by Frank Lampard. Free kick released the midfielder about 27 yards from goal only a thin floating above the target.

But it was the first Liverpudlian to celebrate a goal in minute 58 after Maxi Rodriguez goal to break down the Blues. Goal was originated from the feed which is released on Jordan Henderson Bellamy, the ball then fell to the feet Maxi and lodged in the Chelsea goal kick.

Five minutes later Liverpool had scored their second goal. Bellamy again instrumental in the birth of this goal, the ball that he release on Kelly successfully transmitted into goals. The Reds a 2-0 lead.

Left behind two goals from Andre Villas-Boas put Nicolas Anelka and Juan Mata for the sake of adding to the attacking team. But both are still not able to create dangerous chances let alone make a goal.

Jamie Carragher made an important rescue on 72 minutes. He blocked kick Anelka in front of goal after the French striker made it past Pepe Reina.

The pressure continued as the host welcomes feedback Torres managed to Frank Lampard's corner kick, but no goals from the incident as Reina did a good job under the crossbar.

Until finally finished the game, Chelsea still failed to score against his guest. Final score 2-0 for Liverpool excellence, which makes them entitled to enter the semifinals.


TEAMS LINE-UP:
Chelsea: Turnbull, Bosingwa, Luiz, Alex, Bertrand, Lampard, Romeu, McEachran, Malouda, Torres, Lukaku. Subs: Hilario, Ivanovic, Ramires, Mata, Ferreira, Kalou, Anelka.

Liverpool: Reina, Kelly, Carragher, Coates, Jose Enrique, Henderson, Lucas, Spearing, Maxi, Bellamy, Carroll. Subs: Doni, Suarez, Kuyt, Downing, Adam, Skrtel, Flanagan.

Gael Givet's header in the dying seconds of extra-time secured an amazing 4-3 victory for Blackburn after an extraordinary Carling Cup fourth-round tie against Newcastle.
Rovers led 2-0, 3-2 and finally emerged exhausted but triumphant at Ewood Park, while the Magpies saw the end of their unbeaten run this season.

Ruben Rochina and Yakubu had apparently sent Blackburn on their way to a comfortable win, only for Danny Guthrie and Yohan Cabaye to hit stunning injury time strikes to send the game into extra-time.

Morten Gamst Pedersen's free-kick made it 3-2, Peter Lovenkrands equalised again from the spot and then came Givet's last-gasp heroics.



Rovers will argue it was about time the dice rolled for them - because they had appeared to be stacked against Steve Kean's side at kick-off.

Newcastle arrived with the best defensive record in the top flight, and with 4,500 travelling fans making up almost half the 10,682-strong crowd.

For most of the match and deep into injury time Blackburn had played like the unbeaten team, and Newcastle like the bottom club, before it all turned around in those two crazy minutes.

Blackburn started brightly and Junior Hoilett's extraordinary pace took him past two players, but Davide Santon - making his full debut - did well to block Ruben Rochina after he had seized on the cut-back.

Newcastle did not heed the warning however and the 20-year-old Spaniard was not to be denied when given a second opening in the fifth minute.

The chance was created on the left again, Martin Olsson playing a one-two with Hoilett before sprinting down the flank and crossing low for Rochina to sweep home from 12 yards out.

The stage had been set for an open contest and so it continued as Demba Ba fired against the post for the visitors after being put clean through by Danny Guthrie, then David Goodwillie brought a smart save out of the Magpies keeper Tim Krul.

Newcastle's discomfort in defence continued however and Fabricio Coloccini was extremely lucky to only receive a caution when he caught Yakubu high with his foot apparently raised.

Yakubu nearly made the Magpies pay again just before the break but Krul turned aside his curling shot.

The second half began with Hoilett drifting a 20-yard free-kick into Krul's arms, before the travelling fans exploded into indignation after referee Robert Madley refused to award a penalty when Sylvain Marveaux blasted the ball against Olsson's arm.

Yakubu was next to threaten but in the end his effort at Krul was feeble, before two hugely controversial incidents ended up with Blackburn extending their lead.

First Ba tangled with Chris Samba in the Blackburn box but Madley was unmoved, although it looked as though the Newcastle player had a good case.

The ball was swept down the other end to Rochina who beat the offside trap but lost control as Krul approached and then threw himself over the keeper's leg - and bizarrely this time the referee did point to the spot.

Yakubu made no mistake with the penalty - leaving the visiting fans chanting '2-0 to the referee' in frustration.

With Blackburn believing the game was in the bag, Guthrie hammered in a stunning shot from 30 yards.

That strike came in the third minute of injury time, and there were two agonising minutes for Rovers to endure.

There was one more chance for Newcastle - and that was enough. Samba fouled Coloccini 25 yards out and Cabaye curled a delightful free-kick into the top corner to send the tie into extra-time.

Pedersen had sent one howitzer of a free-kick wide but the Norwegian found the target soon afterwards, his drive skimming off the wall and low past Krul.

There still looked to be goals in this game and so it proved when Grant Hanley was penalised for a tug on Lovenkrands and the Dane tucked home the penalty to make it three apiece.

Still Rovers refused to give up the ghost and in the dying seconds Pedersen floated in a free-kick, Samba headed across goal and Gael Givet stooped to conquer at the far-post.

Cue a massive pile-on of Rovers players - this was some match and Blackburn had, finally, deserved it.
PA Sport

Source: eurosport


Team Line-up:

Blackburn Rovers: Bunn, Lowe, Samba, Givet, Olsson, Rochina, Petrovic, Pedersen, Hoilett, Yakubu, Goodwillie /// Subs: Robinson, Formica, Vukcevic, Roberts, Hanley, Anderson, Cotto

Newcastle: Krul, Simpson, Perch, Coloccini, Santon, Marveaux, Guthrie, Cabaye, Gutierrez, Ben Arfa, Ba /// Subs: Elliot, Lovenkrands, Abeid, Gosling, Obertan, Sammy Ameobi, Ranger