Five things we learned from the Carling Cup

The return of the Carling Cup had plenty of entertainment to offer and although there will always be those who dismiss the value of English football's fourth-tier competition, there were several important lessons to be learned from what we saw this midweek.

Lesson 1: Hargeaves can come good: Roberto Mancini's signing of injury-plagued Owen Hargreaves brought the inevitable slew of crock jokes, especially in the wake of the infamous YouTube videos featuring the former Manchester United and Bayern Munich midfielder.

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