It was a very eventful night, a night which saw the joint EPL leaders crash out of the "Mickey-Mouse" cup, or the Carling Cup.
It was the first time in 26 years since Burnley had last visited Stamford Bridge, and they made the most of the opportunity, by fighting with all the little might they had fired past Chelsea into the quarterfinals on penalties (4-5). Drogba opened the scoring for Chelsea in the 27th minute, with a run into the box and a curling shot low into the bottom right corner. Well, the controversy regarding the coin erupted at this moment, with Drogba throwing back the little coin fired at him. They maintained their lead for major part of the match, but they didn't know that they had a surprise waiting for them. Akinbiyi fired in from close range to cancel out Chelsea's first, after Cudicini made a mess off Chris Eagle's impressive shot. Drogba's substitution Di Santo almost allowed Scolari's men to take the lead again, but his shot hit the side netting. Burnley were even reduced to 10 men with four minutes of extra time remaining, with their skipper being sent off for doing absolutely nothing to Malouda. The match then went into penalties with Graham Alexander, Alan Mahon, Chris Eagles, Michael Duff and Kevin McDonald scoring for Burnley and Frank Lampard, Kalou and Paulo Ferreira scoring for Chelsea. Mikel's penalty was brilliantly stopped by Jensen, ensuring their progress to the quarters and embarrassment for Scolari and his men.
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Roman Pavlyuchenko came back to haunt Liverpool as he and Fraizer Campbell took full advantage of their starting berths with a 4-2 victory for the Spurs. Hyypia and Plessis scored for the visitors in the second half, but it wasn't enough as a spirited Tottenham side reigned at White Hart Lane, leaving Redknapp with his 5th win in 6 matches in all competitions in his unbeaten start since he took over.
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spurs v reds
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