Liverpool lead 1-0 on aggregate.
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Last four head-to-head:
1-0 Liverpool (a) 01.11.12
0-3 City (a) 01.03.12
1-1 (h) 11.27.11
3-0 Liverpool (h) 04.11.11
Previous rounds:
Liverpool: 2-1 Chelsea (a); 2-1 Stoke (a); 2-1 Brighton (a); 3-1 Exeter (a)
City: 1-0 Arsenal (a); 5-2 Wolves (a); 2-0 Brum (h)
Last three matches:
Liverpool: 1-3 Bolton (a); 0-0 Stoke (h); 1-0 City (a)
City: 3-2 Tottenham (h); 1-0 Wigan (a); 0-1 Liverpool (h)
Goalscorers (Carling Cup):
Liverpool: Suarez 3; Maxi 2; Bellamy, Carroll, Gerrard, Kelly, Kuyt 1
City: Dzeko 2; Agüero, Balotelli, Johnson, Hargreaves, Nasri 1
Referee: Phil Dowd
Guess at a line-up:
Reina
Johnson Skrtel Agger Enrique
Gerrard Spearing
Downing Henderson Bellamy
Kuyt
What exactly did Dalglish mean by "If that's the level they [the players] expect this football club to play at, they won't be here long"?

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Last four head-to-head:
0-3 City (a) 01.03.12
1-1 (h) 11.27.11
3-0 Liverpool (h) 04.11.11
0-3 City (a) 08.23.10
Previous rounds:
Liverpool: 2-1 Chelsea (a); 2-1 Stoke (a); 2-1 Brighton (a); 3-1 Exeter (a)
City: 1-0 Arsenal (a); 5-2 Wolves (a); 2-0 Brum (h)
Last three matches:
Liverpool: 5-1 Oldham (h); 0-3 City (a); 3-1 Newcastle (h)
City: 2-3 United (h); 3-0 Liverpool (h); 0-1 Sunderland (a)
Goalscorers (Carling Cup):
Liverpool: Suarez 3; Maxi 2; Bellamy, Carroll, Kelly, Kuyt 1
City: Dzeko 2; Agüero, Balotelli, Johnson, Hargreaves, Nasri 1
Referee: Lee Mason
Guess at a line-up:
Reina
Johnson Skrtel Agger Enrique
Spearing Adam
Bellamy Gerrard Downing
Carroll
Yes, it's the Carling Cup.

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Arsenal 0 – 1 Manchester City: Match Review

During the day there was a lot of discussion whether we should take this game seriously or not.

Written by Total Arsenal

Arsenal 0 – 1 Manchester City: Match Review

During the day there was a lot of discussion whether we should take this game seriously or not.

Video highlights and reaction match report -

So Carling Cup defeat last night, and late defeat at that, but the overwhelming sense I have this morning is that of team that deserved more. Arsenal's youngsters, combined with some experience, more than held their own against the most expensively assembled squad in modern football.

Manchester City secured a place in the semi-finals of the Carling Cup as Sergio Aguero punished Arsenal on the break to give Roberto Mancini's side a 1-0 win at Emirates Stadium.

Arsenal, protecting an unbeaten home record against City that stretched for 36 years and encompassed 28 games, were the superior side in a contest between two much-changed teams, but after being denied by some superb goalkeeping from Costel Pantilimon were undone by a ruthless finish from Aguero after 83 minutes.

Arsene went with a 4-4-2 in a system that was designed to give games to players rather than a clear tactical move. Mancini retained his 4-3-3 but was surprisingly defensive in his approach with Kolarov playing as a left winger, at least for half an hour!

The first half was largely uneventful with neither side really creating many chances.

£35M Gamble Fails...Time to Walk On from Andy Carroll

I've written two articles on here before saying why I felt Fernando Torres and Raul Mereiles should be sold so that Liverpool Football Club can move forward. The vast majority of replies I had to those articles said I was losing the plot and didn't know what I was talking about.

Hargreaves, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Fowler, Beckham and six of the best Carling Cup kick-starts

When the League Cup has sparked great things...

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Like thousands of Manchester United fans and possibly many City ones, I cannot decide what to make of the shock, free transfer move by Owen Hargreaves to the blue side of town. Why? By all...
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Transfer are always the talking point during pre-season (and for many, the lack of them). Obviously we're all much more aware of what's been happening here in Albion and the big money transfers, but around Europe teams have been snapping up bargains all over the show, so we have compiled an eleven of players signed up in what may turn out to be inspired deals.

FINALLY, at long last, the Premier League has seen the light! BBC Sport reports that "The Premier League has changed their rules on so called 'weakened' teams. Top flight clubs will now be allowed...
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United spend 50m before July 1st, but who will they sign for central midfield? - originally posted on Soccerlens.com

Manchester United have taken their spending to 50m in the close season as David De Gea flew in today to undergo his medical, making him the third player to be signed in this transfer window by the 19-time English champions.

Manchester United have been missing a special player in the centre of the park for sometime. Gennaro Gattuso, Michael Essien, Michael Ballack and Mesut Özil are amongst some of the top class players we've missed out whilst our midfield has gradually deteriorated.

Gone are the days when we could afford to have players of Roy Keane and Paul Scholes' quality in the team, then still splash £28m on someone like Juan Sebastián Verón.

The Premier League have today published the names of players who are available on a free transfer this summer. Five
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Transfer rumours are a dime a dozen. Very few have genuine substance so they should always be taken with a huge amount of cynicism. Yet they cannot be completely ignored in case there's the slightest...
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International friendlies! Meaningless spectacle! Corrupt international federations profiting! Needless injuries going into the most important part of the season!

Yep, it's my favorite. It's that time of year again. That time of year when, right in the middle of the tension and drama of the season, players have to leave their clubs to go play bullshit meaningless matches that no one gives a crap about so that the corrupt international federations can have plenty of money to bribe FIFA with, and players can get injured and impact the race for trophies.