In what had to be the Cup match of the decade, Tottenham Hotspurs routed Arsenal's young guns to fire themselves into the Carling Cup final.
Jermain Jenas' third minute goal was a superb effort that struck at the heart of Arsenal, and what has to be given as the own goal of the season saw Nicholas Bendter put the ball into the back of his net with a superb header.
A shame it was at the wrong of end of the pitch...though on tonight's performance, that is debatable!
Robbie Keane then scored a frankly astounding 18-yard goal to make it 3-0 in the early stages of the second half. Not too long after that, Aaron Lennon popped up to sidefoot the ball into the Arsenal net for the fourth time this evening.
The game was over by this point despite Arsenal's efforts, and though they scored a consolation goal, the misery was compounded when Steed Malbranque completed the rout.
Tottenham looked like the team they promised to be at the start of this season: powerful, skillful, and intelligent. They did not dominate the play by any means, but were strong and wise enough to take full advantage of the mistakes the flapping Gunners made. For Spurs fans this was a night to remember.
For Arsenal fans, a miserable trudge back through London awaits. Their team was poor at best with, for all their possession, a meagre and frankly sad lot of attempts on goal. While the Cup may have been lost, some will be left to wonder whether this was down to a lack of confidence—or overconfidence—or simply youthful inexperience.
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Sheikh Zakaria about 1 year ago
A fabulous opportunity for some early silverwars squandered by the Gunners...proly the easiest.
Wenger must have learnt the lesson of underestimating Spurs...
Big blow for the fledgling kids tho...
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Kyle Connolly about 1 year ago
Rather in the semi final, away from home, with the second squad
then in the 2nd round at home, with 5 first teamers, and against coventry
Wenger knows best
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dani lympo about 1 year ago
stop takin the piss ov arsenal!
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Simon Martin about 1 year ago
I'm not taking the piss...I love arsenal, I'm an admiring charlton fan - but I'm trying to write articles to further a possible career in sports journalism, and this match is crying out to be written about.
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Kyle Connolly about 1 year ago
The sad thing is, Spurs are jumping up and down, doing the lap of honour, robbie keane almost in tears cuz he called it the best match of his life
and its a semi final vs an arsenal second squad in the carling cup, the 3rd biggest domestic cup in the UK
it really is sad
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Sheikh Zakaria about 1 year ago
First of all..Coventry thrashed Blackburn 1-4 in the FA Cup..
second only Anderson Carrick and O Shea played from the first team, and perhaps Nani- i forgot!!
Anderson and Nani was a complete newcomer that time....he was crap that time and now he's just flying high..
Spurs were unlucky to beat Arsenal in the first leg had Defoe maintained his composure..
You guys had Fabrgeas, Hleb, Sagna, Gallas, 'highly overrated' walcott..and still cudn't score ore than 1.....o i forgot/and Adebayor in the final quarter or so of the second half
let's face it connoly, u guys are big time loosers ....just feel ashamed for the time being...it won't bury u guys into the soil forever..u guys will shine..hopefully.
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Sheikh Zakaria about 1 year ago
Still muttering with that Coventry loss??
dude we had newcomers in the team who barely played for 5/6 games for us-Anderson was absoluitely shit that time, so was Nani..
Carrick and O'Shea are not first team regulars are they? Carrick has tho recently got his grounds
anyways, the most pathetic aspect of Arsenal's loss was that with Fabregas, Hleb, Sagna, Gallas, and highly overrated Walcott--conceding 5 goals and reply with just 1 is totally horrendous
Just face it Connoly-u guys have burnt out of fuel....The decline is about to begin...
I knw u will grouse that only 1 game doesnt prove..bla bla bla...but i doubt whether u guys can avoid the hangover in ur next league game
Down the Arse!
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Kyle Connolly about 1 year ago
o lord, Sheikhs a spurs fan now
R.I.P
lol lets not go back 2 u guys being humiliated at home by a lower league side, i can see ur still having emotional problems. i mean, u posted twice......
we played fabregas as denilson got injured, sanga and gallas as we had no other defenders
Walcott always plays in the CC side, and he was shit.....again
Burnt out of fuel? No my friend, since we dont have this pathetic excuse 4 a cup in the way anymore. well have even more players available
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Simon Martin about 1 year ago
Sheikh I have no problem with you writing messages on my article, but leave out the trash talking like "down the arse". Please!
We are sports writers. We should be as neutral as possible, have a little dignity and decorum.
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Sheikh Zakaria about 1 year ago
emotional problems??
ha ha..that double post was by mistake...
I dont have a grudge against Spurs, i must say, but i wud rather be a Milan fan than a Spurs'
Damn Simon. ... i really can't believe that u will be up against me...
dumbfounded by the fact that u love Arsenal, and for the sake of ur love affair, u r teling me off to have a little dignity and decorum???
down the arse--what's wrong with this? If Arsenal fans like Kyle can write this (he wrote up btw), what's the problem??
that doesn't slander this artilce or it's ppl does it Simon???
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Mark Syrett about 1 year ago
Any Arsenal fan who is not humiliated by this should be looking into a mirror. It was a disgrace I don't care if 3 first team players started or 11. we were outplayed, and were thoroughly smashed! just because 5-1 in Munich meant nothing didn't mean The Germans weren't hurt or that we were not ecstatic does it.
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Anonymous about 1 year ago
Typical spurs, get one decent result in 9 years against our youngsters and think they've become a good side. Shame they'll lose the final, especially as this will be the only chance of winning anything!!
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Anonymous about 1 year ago
The lab experiment blew up in our Arses, blah blah blah
God, its not like we lost 4th spot on the last day of the season...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvn8HYp_RD0
LOL!
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Anonymous about 1 year ago
Spurs fan reaction is like that of a 70 year old who just took Viagra.
Enjoy yourself (literally) cause it won't last.
Your still the team failed to qualify for Europe on the last day of the season, Trottenham ;-)
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Matt S about 1 year ago
Great result for Spurs – you can only beat what’s put in front of you and they certainly did that.
The manner of defeat will hurt Wenger and all Arsenal fans but this was their fourth priority (compared to it being number one for Spurs) and they would have taken six points in the league rather than a trip to the Carling Cup final. So overall both teams happy? You wouldn’t guess so judging by the responses on here!
A good lesson for the young players like Hoyte and Bendtner – still a lot to do to make the step up to the first team.
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