Sunday March 1, 2009 Finished Wembley
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United win Carling Cup on penalties
Manchester United won the Carling Cup 4-1 on penalties against former holders Tottenham Hotspur after 120 goalless minutes at Wembley. More
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Live Commentary
Time:120'- Manchester United
- Tottenham Hotspur
- As the celebrations continue on the Wembley pitch, it just remains to thank you for joining us this afternoon. Manchester United are the Carling Cup-winners!- - The plaudits go to Ben Foster and the United penalty takers as the holders fall just short. It might not have been the greatest game, but it was certainly a dramatic finish.
4-1 Anderson to win it... SCORES!!!! MANCHESTER UNITED WIN THE CARLING CUP!!!
3-1 David Bentley... MISSES!!!! WIDE OF THE LEFT-HAND POST!!- 3-1 Cristiano Ronaldo... SCORES!!! Gomes dives the wrong way!
- 2-1 Vedran Corluka... SCORES!!! DOWN THE MIDDLE!
- 2-0 Carlos Tevez... SCORES!!! Bottom-right corner!
- 1-0 Jamie O'Hara... SAVED!! Foster dives to his left!
- 1-0 Ryan Giggs steps up... SCORES! In off the post!
- - The penalties will be taken towards the right-hand goal as we see it, and United will go first...
- - Both managers give their teams a final pep talk and decide the order of their takers. Heurelho Gomes looks like he is loving it!
123' Anderson blazes a last-ditch shot into the crowd - AND IT'S PENALTIES!- 123' Great run down the left by Giggs.. He crosses for Ronaldo but the Portuguese cannot get a shot away!
- 122' Giggs swings it in, Ferdinand gets a flick and the ball loops into the hands of Gomes!
- 121' Three minutes of stoppage time to be played! And United win a corner.
- 120' Bale makes a purposeful run and eventually he is harried out of play for... a goal-kick.
119' EVRA!! Meets Evans's cross from the right with a rising left-foot effort that flashes just over the bar! And we have a change of linesman...- 119' Assou-Ekotto clears for a throw on the United right. Evans lobs it into the Tottenham area...
- 118' Both teams are ot on their feet - penalties look a certainty now, surely.
- 116' United clear the Spurs corner and Dawson - who is back in action - heads out for a throw.
- 115' Ronaldo gives the ball away and admonishes himself... Modric races into the box and Ferdinand blocks his shot. It comes to BENT!!! FOSTER SAVES WITH HIS LEGS!
- 114' Dawson limps off - will he evn be able to play on? Spurs are out of subs.
113' A lengthy stoppage as Dawson receives treatment. About eight minutes to play.- 112' Tevez shoots over and Dawson goes down with cramp after that interception. Can't imagine he would be a leading penalty-taker in any case.
- 111' Anderson tries to thread a ball through to Giggs, but Dawson intercepts.
- 109' Wasteful free-kick from Bentley, curling it straight out of play from 40 yards.
108' Classic Paul Scholes challenge on Gareth Bale - yellow card.- 107' Nani takes the corner for United... Gomes leaps above a crowd of players and gets just enough on his punch.
- 106' Spurs kick off the second half of extra time and immediately whack the ball out for a United goal kick. Both sides look very tired.
- 105' Half-time in extra time. We are 15 minutes away from a penalty shoot-out!
- 105' Evra crosses for Tevez who sends his glancing header wide. Gomes adds a comedy pointless dive.
- 104' It's all United at the moment. But Ronaldo's cross is headed away and Bale races clear on the break... he eventually tries to beat one man too many after carrying the ball 60 yards.
- 102' There's the change - Bentley for Lennon. Meanwhile Ronaldo belts another left-foot shot well wide.
- 101' We have our first cramp victim of the afternoon - Aaron Lennon. Clearly his finely tuned legs are programmed to run for 90 minutes, no more. David Bentley will be brought on.
- 100' Ronaldo's shot is deflected behind for United's sixth corner... Held superbly by Gomes. No, really.
99' Tottenham make their second change - Gareth Bale replaces the cream crackered Jenas.- 97' Ronaldo releases Tevez down the right channel and Gomes rushes out... but there is already a flag up for offside.
- 96' Nani cuts inside from the left, gets half a yard away from Corluka but sidefoots his shot straight at Gomes.
- 95' Modric nicks the ball away from Scholes, but once again he is closed down before he can get a shot away.
- 93' Jenas nearly gets into a shooting position but his tired legs get the better of him and Vidic dispossesses him easily.
- 92' A cagey start to extra time. Evdiently the Fan-o-Meter is broken as we have not heard from it for some time.
- 91' Ryan Giggs is on for Manchester United - he replaces Darron Gibson.
- 90+4' There's the final whistle, and we are heading for extra-time! Stay with us...
- 90+3' RONALDO HITS THE POST!!! He jinks inside from the right and batters a left-foot shot that hits the inside of the right-hand post!! So unlucky!
- 90+3' Anderson finds the marauding Evans on the right... he looks for Tevez but the ball just won't stick!
- 90+1' Three minutes of stoppage time to be played.
- 90' Anderson dribbles towards the edge of ther box and finds Tevez, but the Argentinian loses possession tamely.
- 89' Corluka finds Lennon in the box and this looks a great chance, but he loses his composure and United scramble the ball clear!
- 88' Play is back under way - can anyone conjure a dramatic winner with extra-time looming?
- 86' Ronaldo absolutely thunders the free-kick into the wall. It hits O'Hara in the chest, and the Spurs midfielder goes down like he has been shot. A bit of a stoppage now...
- 85' Evra goes down clutching his shin after a tackle in midfield... He looks to be in a lot of pain, but then he jumps back to his feet and appears fine. Some powers of recovery...
- 84' Modric seizes on a loose backpass and wins a corner off Vidic... No challenge on Foster, who makes an easy catch.
- 83' Anderson claims Jenas held him back illegally, but referee Foy does not agree...
- 81' Ten minutes to go and it has all gone eerily quiet. A weird atmosphere - who knows what the Fan-o-Meter would have to say about this?
- 80' O'Hara curls a left-footed free-kick into the United area and Foster, who has played well, makes another good catch.
- 78' Lennon tracks back really well to hound Nani. Final ball aside, he's having a great game. Incidentally, Vidic has gone into the centre of defence with Jonny Evans at right-back.
- 76' Vidic replaces John O'Shea - presumably a disciplinary decision, that.
- 75' ANDERSON!!! He cracks a powerful low shot from outside the box, and Gomes makes a decent save.
- 74' Nemanja Vidic is preparing to come on... not necessarily the match-winner United fans would want to see. Ryan Giggs is available..
- 71' Assou-Ekotto plays the ball into the box from the left and it finds Lennon in space on the right... HIS SHOT IS SAVED BY FOSTER!! Best chance of the match!
- 70' Lennon crosses low again.. and cleared again by United.
- 68' That is a potentially game-changing moment - King definitely caught Ronaldo, who admittedly made the most of the contact. Ronaldo is basically crying.
- 67' CONTROVERSY!! Ledley King clips Ronaldo inside the box and the winger goes to ground - he is booked for diving!!
- 65' The quite hopeless Roman Pavlyuchenko makes way for Jamie O'Hara. Robbie Keane is cup-tied, of course.
- 64' O'Shea goes in late with a clumsy challenge on Modric, and he is lucky not to see a second yellow card. Lenient refereeing from Chris Foy.
- 63' Ronaldo grants Anderson the rare privilege of taking a free-kick, and he goes and boots it straight out for a goal-kick. He won't get another.
- 62' Ronaldo draws a foul from Modric, gestures for a yellow card and gives the Croatian a wink. The usual, really. Anderson will deliver an inswinging free-kick.
- 61' TEVEZ!!! Tries to deflect a wayward Evans shot goalwards with an instinctive flick, but he sends the ball just wide from a couple of yards!
- 60' Zokora sprints away on the break and plays it through the left channel for Pavlyuchenko, who produces a shot almost as bad as his free-kick a few minutes ago.
- 58' O'Shea is booked for persistent fouling and Modric delivers yet another free-kick, which Foster punches well away.
- 57' Ambitious, horribly ambitious. Jenas attempts a long-range curler with the outside of his boot. Over the bar.
- 56' Manchester United bring on Anderson for Danny Welbeck... Cristiano Ronaldo may well be going up front now.
- 55' Scholes tees the ball up for a long shot, but is tackled by Jenas as he prepares to pull the trigger.
- 54' Modric draws a foul on the left, just outside the United box... he takes it himself and Ferdinand heads it over.
- 53' Gibson sees a shot deflected and wins another corner. Once again Spurs defend it solidly.
- 51' Gibson delivers a corner from the United left... headed clear.
- 50' Lennon is fouled and Pavyluchenko sends the free-kick into orbit! Awful shot! Truly, truly awful.
- 49' O'Shea plays in Ronaldo on the right side of the box and for once he doesn't shoot, opting to cross instead. Spurs clear.
- 48' Ronaldo shoots from the free-kick, obviously. It doesn't go in, obviously.
- 47' Modric fouls Ronaldo 25 yards out. Carrick, Fletcher and Rooney hold cardboard cups of coffee - they look like they are in a Starbucks ad. Rooney has recovered sufficiently from his virus to share a joke with Ryan Giggs.
46' United kick off the second half, with the posh seats still almost entirely empty. No changes in personnel from either manager.- - NEWSFLASH! Tottenham have taken the lead on the Fan-o-meter. That says it all about the way this game has been going.
- 45+2' It is goalless at the break, although both sides have had their moments. Tottenham will be the happier side going into the dressing rooms.
- 45+1' Lennon delivers another low cross that Ferdinand clears for a corner - the United captain is furious with his team-mates.
- 45' Tevez does really well to keep hold of the ball and finds Gibson, who appears to be fouled but referee Foy says play on. Great pressure from Tottenham.
- 44' Fabio Capello is in the crowd, wearing the same expression he always does. How do we know it isn't just a Capello waxwork dummy?
- 42' Ronaldo slips a ball down the right channel for O'Shea who pulls back to TEVEZ! His shot is blocked.
- 40' United leave Lennon in acres of space on the Spurs right. This time he cannot create anything but he had plenty of grass to run into.
- 39' Nani curls a weak shot straight at Gomes - even the Brazilian looks comfortable fielding that one.
- 37' Corluka picks the ball up on the byline and is somehow awarded a free-kick! Not Chris Foy's finest moment.
- 36' Zokora is forced to clear behind for a corner with Welbeck bearing down on him. It comes to nothing.
- 35' Disappointing delivery from Modric, straight at a defender. Pavlyuchenko then follows it up by failing to get a header on target.
- 34' O'Shea fouls Zokora 30 yards from goal and this is another real chance for Tottenham...
- 32' Lennon again!! Nicks it outside Nani and crosses low across the six-yard box... cleared, but Lennon is causing United some real problems.
- 30' Well, United have certainly dominated the first half-hour but there are still no goals. Incidentally, the fan-o-meter is 55-45 in United's favour. No idea what that actually means.
- 28' Modric finds Bent on the right side of the box. His shot is deflected but straight at Foster. Better from Tottenham, though.
- 26' Ridiculous showboating from Ronaldo, Nani and Welbeck, who attempts one party piece but forgets to take the ball with him. Steady on, chaps - it is still goalless after all.
- 25' Aaron Lennon skins Patrice Evra down the right and crosses... over Bent's head, but good play from the winger nonetheless.
- 24' RIO FERDINAND!!! He controls a clearance on his knee and unleashes a dipping 35-yard volley that drops inches over the bar! What an effort.
- 22' Ronaldo sprints down the right to win a 50-50 ball and pulls back for Tevez... cleared for a corner.
- 20' Dawson crocks Tevez by sliding in from behind... Scholes takes it short and United look to build the pressure once again.
- 19' Foul by Evra, and Lodric will deliver the free-kick into the box... Evans clears to Ronaldo and here come United again. Good tempo to this game.
- 18' Chance for Tottenham! Lennon runs inside from the right to receive a ball into the box and pulls it back towards Pavlyuchenko, but Ferdinand clears.
- 17' The ball pings around the Tottenham box and it takes some desperate defending to stop anyone getting a shot away. Harry Redknapp's men are right under the cosh.
- 15' NANI!! Cuts inside Lennon and fires low towards the near post, Gomes tips it wide!
- 14' Ronaldo cuts inside from the left and crosses low.. cut out. Strong start from the Portuguese.
- 13' GIBSON!!! He is not closed down and fires off a powerful shot from 25 yards... JUST WIDE! Great strike, unlucky.
- 11' Another Scholes pass that is too good for its recipient - a raking 50-yarder that rebounds off a seemingly startled Nani.
- 10' Spurs are trying to get Luka Modric involved, and well they might. He might be the one Tottenham player capable of prising open this United defence.
- 8' Wonderful diagonal ball from Scholes to Welbeck, who loses his composure and his footing and the chance goes begging.
- 7' Ronaldo again! Fires another shot from the right side of the box but it is straight at Gomes.
- 6' RONALDO!! Smashes a powerful shot just over. There's a surprise...
- 5' A pretty dull start, all told, but now Zokora pushes Tevez over and Ronaldo will probably have a shot from this free-kick, almost dead centre 30 yards out.
- 3' Evra gets the better of Corluka and crosses low from the left... Welbeck is there but Dawson puts it out for a corner.
- 2' Early touches also for Danny Welbeck and Darron Gibson. A big day also for Carlos Tevez, who has had such a disappointing season so far.
1' GAME ON! Spurs kick off and immediately knock it long, giving United keeper Ben Foster an early touch.- - Sadly, we do not have a fan-o-meter, measuring the relative decibel levels of the two sets of fans. Luckily, Sky do. United have 53% 'possession' of the noise so far.
- - A blonde soprano sings the national anthem as fans hold up coloured pieces of cards spelling out the word 'believe'. Stirring stuff. If you like that sort of thing.
- - United skipper Rio Ferdinand introduces some corporate dignitaries to the men in red. Fergie looks very pleased with himself, then resumes chewing intently.
- - This competition is derided by many, but there is an electric atmosphere inside a full Wembley Stadium. Further evidence that those who prioritise finishing 12th in the league ahead of trophies are fools.
- - Injury news: Jonathan Woodgate has an achilles injury, while a virus has sidelined Wayne Rooney. Both men would have started.
- - Tottenham go for an attacking 4-4-2 formation with Darren Bent and Roman Pavlyuchenko up front. The scorer of last year's winner, Jonathan Woodgate, is not involved.
- - The first major piece of silverware of the season is at stake but Manchester United boss Alex Ferguson has kept his promise to stick with the players that featured in the earlier rounds. Danny Welbeck, Darron Gibson and Ben Foster all start - mind you, so do Cristiano Ronaldo, Rio Ferdinand and Paul Scholes.
- - Welcome to LIVE coverage of the Carling Cup final from Wembley!
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Summary
- - As the celebrations continue on the Wembley pitch, it just remains to thank you for joining us this afternoon. Manchester United are the Carling Cup-winners!
- 4-1 Anderson to win it... SCORES!!!! MANCHESTER UNITED WIN THE CARLING CUP!!!
- 3-1 David Bentley... MISSES!!!! WIDE OF THE LEFT-HAND POST!!
- 3-1 Cristiano Ronaldo... SCORES!!! Gomes dives the wrong way!
- 2-1 Vedran Corluka... SCORES!!! DOWN THE MIDDLE!
- 2-0 Carlos Tevez... SCORES!!! Bottom-right corner!
- 1-0 Jamie O'Hara... SAVED!! Foster dives to his left!
- 1-0 Ryan Giggs steps up... SCORES! In off the post!
- 119' EVRA!! Meets Evans's cross from the right with a rising left-foot effort that flashes just over the bar! And we have a change of linesman...
- 115' Ronaldo gives the ball away and admonishes himself... Modric races into the box and Ferdinand blocks his shot. It comes to BENT!!! FOSTER SAVES WITH HIS LEGS!
- 90+3' RONALDO HITS THE POST!!! He jinks inside from the right and batters a left-foot shot that hits the inside of the right-hand post!! So unlucky!
- 75' ANDERSON!!! He cracks a powerful low shot from outside the box, and Gomes makes a decent save.
- 71' Assou-Ekotto plays the ball into the box from the left and it finds Lennon in space on the right... HIS SHOT IS SAVED BY FOSTER!! Best chance of the match!
- 64' O'Shea goes in late with a clumsy challenge on Modric, and he is lucky not to see a second yellow card. Lenient refereeing from Chris Foy.
- 61' TEVEZ!!! Tries to deflect a wayward Evans shot goalwards with an instinctive flick, but he sends the ball just wide from a couple of yards!
- 24' RIO FERDINAND!!! He controls a clearance on his knee and unleashes a dipping 35-yard volley that drops inches over the bar! What an effort.
- 18' Chance for Tottenham! Lennon runs inside from the right to receive a ball into the box and pulls it back towards Pavlyuchenko, but Ferdinand clears.
- 15' NANI!! Cuts inside Lennon and fires low towards the near post, Gomes tips it wide!
- 13' GIBSON!!! He is not closed down and fires off a powerful shot from 25 yards... JUST WIDE! Great strike, unlucky.
- 7' Ronaldo again! Fires another shot from the right side of the box but it is straight at Gomes.
- 6' RONALDO!! Smashes a powerful shot just over. There's a surprise...
- - Injury news: Jonathan Woodgate has an achilles injury, while a virus has sidelined Wayne Rooney. Both men would have started.
- - Welcome to LIVE coverage of the Carling Cup final from Wembley!
Live Team Line-Up
- Referee: Chris Foy
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Manchester UnitedManager: Alex Ferguson
Captain: Rio Ferdinand
Starting line-up
- B. Foster
- J. O'Shea
- J. Evans
- R. Ferdinand
- P. Evra
- C. Ronaldo
- P. Scholes
- D. Gibson
- .. Nani
- D. Welbeck
- C. Tevez
Subs
- R. Giggs
90′ - T. Kuszczak
- J. Park
- N. Vidic 76′
- O. Anderson 56′
- R. Possebon
- R. Eckersley
Injured
- O. Hargreaves
Suspended
None
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Tottenham HotspurManager: Harry Redknapp
Captain: Ledley King
Starting line-up
- H. Gomes
- V. Corluka
- M. Dawson
- L. King
- B. Assou-Ekotto
- A. Lennon
- D. Zokora
- J. Jenas
- L. Modric
- D. Bent
- R. Pavlyuchenko
Subs
- D. Bentley 102′
- B. Alnwick
- T. Huddlestone
- J. O'Hara 65′
- A. Taarabt
- G. Bale 99′
- C. Gunter
Injured
- J. Woodgate
- J. Defoe
- A. Hutton
Suspended
None
to all liverpool gimp supporters i am glad you saw a real team of winners in man utd
winning another cup please take note how to do it because YOU wont win anything this year ha ha ha ha ha ha come on man u !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
MAN UTD GOOD JOB!WELL DONE RONALDO,GIGGS,ANDERSON,TEVEZ AND FOSTER!!!
Nice one! man. udt.
and to all u sore losers out there,football is all about gettin result of which what MAN UTD is doin right now.a tip to all football club owners,get a decent manager and stick with him.patience is a virtue,not just money u idiot...GO DEVILS.....
go wan# urself senseless u jeremy idiot.MAN UTD WILL RULE 4EVER.....
Glory glory Man Utd ....... Spurs put up a good challenge just ran out of luck.
Wishing happy birthday to Harry Redknapp ........ Cheers Dude !!!!
true but who cares, Glory2 Man Utd!
MAN UTD HARVESTS WHAT THEY .......,SO LETS START THE COUNTING SIR ALEX MAKE SURE THE
CUPBOARD IS MADE BIGGER AND WIDER..MAN UTD OYEEEE!!!!!!!!
amooti peter uganda fan
whos the man of the match?
"how many United fans come from Manchester. I could say the same about any club, Liverpool have their share of glory hunter fans as do Chelsea and Arsenal. I would, however, ask you this. How many Beatles fans came from Liverpool from their millions of fans?"
Ok dumbo, I'll explain why you are wrong. For a start this is football not music, so it's a completely different issue. In the World Cup or Euros you support your home nation right? As do those from every other nation! The same goes for real football supporters on a local level. The majority of real football fans go to see their local team with their folks etc and the support is handed down generation to generation, not because their team is winning everything. Glory hunters on the other hand, (people like you) are the kiddies who chose 'their' team on the basis of who was winning at the time. They were never true football fans, hunting the glory of being part of the support of the winning team is very childish and sad. When you hear the excuses for why the glory hunter support a team 300 miles from where they grew up, when there were other fine teams on their doorsteps you have to laugh. It's pathetic because you are kidding yourselves. Sorry if the truth hurts!
Incidentally, wasn't Bentley's miss a splendid moment when United and Arsenal fans could unite in mutual joy? Israel and Gaza take note - find a mutually-hated scapegoat and rip the p1ss out of it. Job done.
'Yahoo's "Invalid Comment" system is absolute Clown Shoes.' The man makes a very fair point. No wonder the company is going down the khazi...
Yahoo's "Invalid Comment" system is absolute Clown Shoes. You are TERRIBLE, Yahoo! Posts about football are invalidated, and yet, spam posts are allowed! What a stupid joke, Yahoo!
Manchester United we stand
Thank you Sir Alex.
What will they offer him when he wins all the trophies this year? Cannot be a Knighthood, not being made a Lord,
Got it, perhaps he should give that gutless scots idot some advice on how to run a country. How to manage a team of MP's How to make money, how to bring success. Possibly make him Head of the Bank of England, even though he is a scot.
What a guy, Fergie, we love you mate.Man. U rules!!! Thanks 2 Anderson n the rest.Will never 4get u Fergie, i luv y'all.
glory, glory M.U.,RESPECT.
oh my god!!!!!!
i am very goodddddddddddddddd!!!!!!!
TANK YOU MANCHESTER UNITED YOU ALWAYS HERO !!!! Glory Glory MAN UNITED
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