Wayne Rooney was also dismissed for two bookable offences and would subsequently miss the next match. E-mail this to a friend Printable version Tottenham 2-1 Chelsea ... Tottenham came from a goal down to beat Chelsea at Wembley and win the Carling Cup after extra-time. Fulham goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer got down to stop the shot, but the spin and pace on the ball took it over the line.

Carlos Tevez scored his penalty to give United a 2–0 lead, followed by a successful penalty from Vedran Ćorluka for Spurs. Carlos Tevez stepped up to take the penalty, sending goalkeeper Radek Černý the wrong way to open the scoring. Arsenal 4. All Rights Reserved | Sportslens, All Tottenham 2007/2008 Kits (pics) and launch dates, Barcelona in direct talks with Manchester City for Eric Garcia, Report: Tottenham Hotspur have made an official bid to Chelsea to sign Antonio Rudiger on loan with option to buy, Chelsea ready to loan out Antonio Rudiger to Spurs on one condition, Report: Jose Mourinho felt that Dele Alli’s head had been turned by links with a move away from Tottenham Hotspur, Slavia Prague president confirms that Vladimir Coufal is set to join West Ham, Ousmane Dembele edging closer to Manchester United move, Report: Ross Barkley reveals why he joined Aston Villa on loan from Chelsea, AS Roma make final £13.5m offer for Manchester United defender Chris Smalling, Jadon Sancho trying to force Manchester United transfer. Early in the second half, United lost Fábio to injury and he was replaced by fellow debutant Richard Eckersley. Carlos Tevez was brought on for Anderson early in the second half and did not disappoint, scoring a goal with a back-heeled deflected shot from Michael Carrick just three minutes after coming on. The 35-year-old now works as an ambassador for Spurs. Van der Sar was back in goal, having missed the previous two games (the League game against Blackburn and the League Cup Final against Tottenham Hotspur). Michael Carrick was fed through into the box, only to be brought down by Heurelho Gomes.

Berbatov put the result beyond doubt in the 79th minute when he acrobatically volleyed Ronaldo's right wing cross into the goal. [36], After a week off for domestic cup involvements, United returned to league action on 27 January with an away fixture at West Bromwich Albion. In the 35th minute, Michael Carrick pulled the ball back to Paul Scholes on the edge of the box from a corner, and the midfielder's shot was deflected off Tom Huddlestone past a flat-footed Ben Alnwick. Despite a penalty miss from Tim Cahill, Everton ran out 4–2 winners on penalties and United's quest for five trophies was at an end. Mason Mount missed the crucial spot-kick as Tottenham edged past Chelsea on penalties after … The match, played at Old Trafford against RCD Espanyol,[15] was won by United 1–0. Both teams put out weakened lineups, but it was to United that the first chance of the game fell. The result meant that United were through to the final of the competition, in which they would face LDU Quito of Ecuador on 21 December 2008. In the end, he continued his flawless record for the entire 90 minutes as United recorded another 1–0 win. United then travelled to Villa Park to play Aston Villa on 22 November. [8], The team then left for South Africa to play in the 2008 Vodacom Challenge. Having started his professional career with Lyon, he joined Spurs after 5 years at Fulham. Dimitar Berbatov most recently played for PAOK. However, with 17 minutes to go, Cristiano Ronaldo picked the ball up on the edge of the penalty area and laid it off to Wayne Rooney on the left side of the box, who then placed the ball past Cevallos into the far corner of the net. Hugo Rodallega opened the scoring for Wigan in the 28th minute when he hit a shot past Edwin van der Sar at the near post. Darron Gibson's 20-yard shot was enough to give United victory in a 1–0 win. There were few chances in the second half, the major incident being the sending-off of Joan Capdevila for raising his studs when going into a challenge on Ronaldo. Shortly before half-time, the Baggies were reduced to ten men when Paul Robinson was shown a straight red card for an innocuous-looking foul on Park Ji-sung. Nelsen himself almost gave Blackburn the lead shortly after the break, but his effort came back off the post, and the follow-up strike from El Hadji Diouf was saved by Kuszczak. However, Gamba pulled a goal back almost immediately in the 74th minute, only for Rooney to restore United's two-goal lead a minute later. United continued to dominate the first half-hour with Almunia again saving Arsenal from going further behind – the best chance being a close-range header from Ronaldo. Carrick attempted to stay on his feet, but when United were unable to gain an advantage, referee Mark Halsey pointed to the penalty spot; Ronaldo converted the resulting penalty kick to open the scoring. [61] United ran out comfortable 4–0 winners in the Six Round Proper at Fulham.
Blackburn attempted to make a proper game of it as the match entered its final ten minutes, pulling two goals back through Matt Derbyshire and another one from Benni McCarthy, but a fourth goal for Tevez sealed a 5–3 win for United in the fourth minute of injury time, as he lashed the ball past Paul Robinson from the edge of the penalty area and sent the Red Devils into the League Cup semi-finals. United hit on the break a number of times, Ronaldo hitting a shot from over 30 yards that cannoned off the crossbar, and substitute Ryan Giggs, making his 800th appearance for United (and his first since becoming PFA Player of the Year) had a goal ruled out for offside. United remained top of the table on goal difference, needing only to better Villarreal's result on Matchday 6 to secure top spot in the group. The resulting penalty was slotted home by Robin van Persie, but Arsenal – needing four more goals to make the final – could not find momentum from the goal and the match ended 3–1, with a 4–1 aggregate win for United, who became the first team since Juventus in 1997 to reach the Champions League final the season after winning the tournament, and the first team to reach consecutive finals since Valencia in 2001. Wayne Rooney, returning from a seven-game absence due to a hamstring injury, was introduced on the hour, and scored with his first touch, poking home Park Ji-sung's misdirected shot across goal. The second half began well for both sides, with Dimitar Berbatov shooting at the keeper for United, while Raul Meireles shot over and Hulk saw his free-kick saved by van der Sar. Page last updated at 17:39 GMT, Sunday, 24 February 2008. Ivorian holding midfielder Didier Zokora hasn’t scored a goal in 12 years of professional football, which is an indication of the type of work Zokora does for the team. [5], Extra time was a more quiet affair with few really good chances, although Darren Bent brought yet another good save from Foster and Patrice Evra shot narrowly over with a couple of minutes to go. From that point on, it looked like United had dropped down a gear, a point that was emphasised when Aalborg not only equalised, but went ahead before half time. The ramshackle nature of the United defence showed as Tottenham took an early lead through a glancing header from Roman Pavlyuchenko. Hutton’s career has been up and down since then, having had loan moves to the likes of Bolton and Mallorca.
Inter had chances to score in the second half, Adriano missing an excellent chance as he shot against the inside of the upright, and Ibrahimović heading wide from close range. Manchester United's semi-final first leg was at home to Arsenal. Arsenal took the game to United, although fighting only for pride as their league position was already secured, and if it were not for some good defending by United, they could have taken the lead. United also missed chances to score a third with Giggs and Berbatov both going close, but the scoring had come to an end and United ran out 2–0 winners on the night and on aggregate. United continued to hold on for another 1–0 win to take them five points ahead of Liverpool and Chelsea, who were to play each other the following day. Polish keeper Lukasz Fabianski joins Arsenal", http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/a/arsenal/7831046.stm, "Arsenal FC | Eduardo da Silva completes Arsenal move", "Arsenal FC | Young goalkeeper signs new contract", "Arsenal FC | Diaby signs new long-term deal at Arsenal", "Kerrea Gilbert joins Leicester City on loan", "Senderos joins AC Milan on season-long loan", "Striker Simpson agrees loan move to West Brom", Arsenal FC - 'We became nervous in getting over the line, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2008–09_Arsenal_F.C._season&oldid=980770855, Short description with empty Wikidata description, Articles with unsourced statements from August 2008, Articles with unsourced statements from September 2020, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, 23 May: Physiotherapist Neal Reynolds agrees to join Arsenal from, 28 May: Arsenal are granted a work permit for striker, 9 June: Central defender/defensive midfielder, 23 August: Arsenal suffer their first defeat of the season against, 27 August: Arsenal qualify for the group stages of the Champions League by defeating Twente 4–0 at the, 27 September: Arsenal's second defeat at the Emirates Stadium was a 2–1 loss to, 24 November: Arsène Wenger announces that, 3 February: After protracted transfer negotiations, Arsenal announce the signing of, 8 February: 350 days after suffering a broken leg and open dislocation to his ankle, striker, 11 March: Arsenal progress to the quarter-finals of the Champions League after beating, 14 March: Andrey Arshavin scores his first goal for Arsenal in the club's 4–0 Premier League victory over, 18 April: Amid various injuries in defence, Arsenal are knocked out of the, 21 April: 4 goals from man of the match Andrey Arshavin dents Liverpool's Premier League title hopes. United started well, with Wayne Rooney forcing Arsenal goalkeeper Manuel Almunia into a save within the first two minutes. Emirates Stadium Attendance: Attendance 60,043. [26], The Red Devils then made the short trip up to Ewood Park the following weekend to take on Blackburn Rovers.

Neither team found the back of the net again before half-time, but Rooney soon scored a legal goal ten minutes into the second half, picking up a long through pass from Berbatov out on the left wing before cutting back into the penalty area and firing a near-post shot through Ryan Donk's legs and past the goalkeeper. Chelsea were the defending champions, having beaten Arsenal in the League Cup final in 2007.