City draw Arsenal in Carling Cup

October 31, 2009

MANCHESTER City have been drawn at home against Arsenal in the Carling Cup quarter-finals.

City have already beaten the Gunners once this season, winning 4-2 in the Premier League at Eastlands.

Full draw:

Blackburn v Chelsea
Manchester United v Tottenham Hotspur
Portsmouth v Aston Villa
Manchester City v Arsenal

Matches to be played the week commencing November 30.

Will City beat Arsenal? Have your say.

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Sam Haggar-Feed the Goat and he will score (31/10/2009 at 12:38)

good draw Adebayor against former club again this fixture will be all about adebayor but will arsenal play there kids.

a dictata in superbia , Manchester (31/10/2009 at 12:39)

Very exciting draw! At home we will beat them.

Brisbane Blue (31/10/2009 at 12:39)

Bring it on brother

Reidus, Cambridge (31/10/2009 at 12:40)

tasty for adebayor! arsenal will play their reserves but they are a collecton of no fear, fast and technically competent youngsters who will be dangerous!

g2thesmith (31/10/2009 at 12:44)

interesting...arsenal kids are class with no fear, we could find it really tough however city at home should be too much if everyone performs well.

steveblue, doncaster (31/10/2009 at 12:45)

come on city, lets beat there res and ade to score

Lord give me strength!!, Lincoln (31/10/2009 at 12:47)

This is a great draw for City!

Chelsea could easily dip out at Blackburn and Villa could fall at Portsmouth. I can see both City and United in the Semi Finals and are both showing 4-1 for the cup. Chelsea only marginal favourites at 100/30.

The bookies seldom get it wrong and deep down I sense that we are off to Wembley to bring back the League Cup!

david moran (31/10/2009 at 12:47)

Good home draw, but what a draw with Spurs at the Scum. They must be made to play on Tuesday and CITY weds.

paul woodhouse - , gorton (31/10/2009 at 12:48)

think any draw at home, at this stage of the competiton is a great draw, if wenger continues to play his youth team, we stand a very good chance of progressing, and over two legs, in the semi,s i would fancy us against anyone, even chelsea,,,

Whaley Bridge cynic. (31/10/2009 at 12:49)

Time for City to be positive and a little nasty.

david pollard (31/10/2009 at 12:50)

This will be no easy tie...hope we keep the ball a whole lot better than we did in the 1st half against Scunthorpe when the passing was often sloppy and inaccurate.

david pollard (31/10/2009 at 12:53)

This will be no easy tie...I hope we keep the ball a whole lot better than we did in the 1st half against Sunthorpe when the passing was often sloppy and inaccurate.

Portsmouth Blue (31/10/2009 at 13:05)

No sweat we are in the semis it was written we would pull Arsenal.

bludarnsarf (31/10/2009 at 13:14)

Arsenal have Chelsea on the sunday before this game and are in a spate of playing Champions League in the week before and after. Likelihood is that Whinger will play his kids.

However, saying that the kids play good football so it should be a good game. Still these are the types of games we should be relishing and winning at home.

camp bleu, Prestwich (31/10/2009 at 13:16)

aaarrgh!

camp bleu, Prestwich (31/10/2009 at 13:18)

aaaargh!!

tim chorlton, chorlton (31/10/2009 at 13:20)

Great initiative at man united, "kids for 35 quid".

Squeezing every penny out of priviliged kids in the community and getting as much mileage out of every competition.

Looking out for those sons and daughters of board directors who've spent their last tenners on new blackberries.

young blue (31/10/2009 at 13:28)

The fact that we're at home is a great advantage against a young but great to watch Arsenal team. With a cup QF, there should be a great turnout and atmosphere at Eastlands, hopefully we'll play a full strength team and have enough to win.

Premchamps 2010 !, Whitefield (31/10/2009 at 13:32)

Can't wait !

Great opportunity for Ade to redeem himself - and finally put to rest the furore following his moments of madness last time the Gooners came.

I hope he gets M.O.T.M. and scores a hat trick !

young blue (31/10/2009 at 13:49)

The fact that we're at home is a great advantage against a young but great to watch Arsenal team. With an incommon QF, there should be a great turnout and atmosphere at Eastlands, hopefully we'll play a full strength team and have enough to win.

DreamBrother28, Macclesfield (31/10/2009 at 13:51)

If we had to play one of the three remaining big teams we'd all chose Arse @ home, so we can't be disappointed with the draw.
We'll have to play well mind, but we can get the better of their fringe players.

Norvaner, Vancouver (31/10/2009 at 14:22)

Woodhouse...........funny !!

Algernon Blabbermouth, eccles (31/10/2009 at 14:22)

Well,you did'nt get Utd reserves..Arsenal youth will still tonk you and the wait for silver will still go on.34/35yrs!

Jonesy M.C.F.C.City`til i die (all rags games are fixed) , Lancaster Lancs (31/10/2009 at 14:35)

Going to be an all Manchester final. Revenge is in the air!!

karen tyler (31/10/2009 at 14:54)

Avoided United or Chelsea away so happy with the draw
Next play Villa over two games
Sensing a City V United final!!

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