Man Utd v Wolves - 1:0 - Wolves looked to be the better side and actually seemed to be leaning on ManU. A red card for a last man challenge reduced United to 10 men, but in the end Welbeck settled the match in United's favour in the 66th minute. United seem to use the Carling Cup to bring on their younger players but, unlike the common belief a few years ago, there can be no doubt now about their commitment to try to win the competition.
Man City v Fulham - 2:1 - City shaded Fulham in all departments.
Chelsea v QPR - 1:0 - Joe Cole was welcomed back for Chelsea after several months' absence through injury and played a full 90 minutes. One goal was enough to win it.
Aston Villa v Cardiff - 1:0 - a sweet back heel by Agbonlahor opened up Cardiff, but Cardiff were in the game right through the first half and were unlucky not to equalize (given offside).
Hull v Everton - 0:4 - Hull simply outclassed.
Preston NE v Spurs - 1:5 - Crouch scored first from Defoe, then Defoe scored himself, then big C in the 2nd half again. Gomes, back in goal for Spurs, did his usual trick, played some good stuff and some bad stuff, but did not concede until the 83rd minute. Keane got Spurs’ 4th then Crouch wrapped it up and took his hat-trick with a back heel on the volley, even better than Agbonlahor's goal. Not a bad tally for St Hal's 50th game in charge.
Leeds v Liverpool - 0:1 - An early Leeds goal was disallowed and they nearly scored a little later, looking far more the likely side for most of the first half. Then Ngog scored for Liverpool, well against the run of play. Leeds lost, but look very strong.
Barnsley v Burnley - 3:2 - good game, Barnsley scored some good goals. Burnley unable to dominate their opponents.
Stoke v Blackpool - 4:3 - Blackpool led by 2 goals for most of the game, then Stoke scored 3 in rapid succession to go ahead. They then went to sleep and Blackpool scored again. Stoke nicked it at the death.
Arsenal v West Brom - 2:0 - West Brom were a better side than Arsenal's junior team, but lost a man (red card) through a silly incident - game over.
Bolton v West Ham - 3:1 – scrappy, but a good result for Bolton, and maybe a reprieve for Megson.
Carlisle v Portsmouth - 1:3 - s'welp me, P have won a game!
Notts Forest v Blackburn - 0:1 - fairly routine stuff.
Sunderland v Birmingham - 2:0 - Sunderland looked very strong and proved to be so, scoring two very well taken goals.
Headlines, To Keep Us In Perspective:
Lewis (Carl Davidson) Hamilton, MBE, British citizen resident in Switzerland for tax reasons, wins Singapore GP.
‘Brown's a dead man walking’ (Labour MP's damning verdict) - Mandleson comes to his aid at party conference.
Roman Polanski to fight extradition after Zurich arrest - French not happy.
Council hires hoodie spies to rummage through bins - someone has to do it, argues council.
One German in seven wants the Berlin Wall to be rebuilt because (according to poll) they were better off when the country was divided.
Shirt design company comes up with commuter tie with hidden iPod storage pocket for bored commuters with bulging pockets.
But we don't care about any of that - all we're interested in here is THE FOOTBALL.
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