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By Marcus Bright
England defender Jonathan Woodgate capped a remarkable Tottenham fightback with an extra-time winner over Chelsea in the Carling Cup final at Wembley today.
A first-half goal from Didier Drogba, his 10th of the season, put Chelsea on the brink of a second successive Carling Cup triumph but a second-half penalty from Dimitar Berbatov sent the game into extra-time.
JOE Cole's decisive second-half strike broke Everton's hearts and sent Chelsea to their third Carling Cup final in four years.
The holders out-played the Merseysiders, who just could not find a way to cancel out Chelsea's one-goal lead from the first leg.
TOTTENHAM ended more than eight years of failure against arch-rivals Arsenal in some style with a resounding 5-1 win at White Hart Lane to book a trip to Wembley in the Carling Cup final.
Not since November 1999 and through 21 previous encounters had Spurs fans been able to laud it over the Gunners.
IT LOOKED to have been a game too far for the young Gunners as a determined Spurs team were good value for their half-time lead through Jermaine Jenas, and looked set to be the first away team to win at the Emirates in 21 matches.
Yet following the introduction of in-form Croatian striker Eduardo and regular full-back Bacary Sagna, Arsenal eventually found another gear.
By Chris Pragnell
PIT pint-sized Shaun Wright-Phillips against comparitive giant Joleon Lescott in a battle for the high ball, and the odds should favour the bigger man.
But last night the expected outcome was not to be.
Some - including Everton boss David Moyes - accused 5ft 5in Wright-Phillips of holding 6ft 2in Lescott down as the two leapt at a hopeful overhead kick from Chelsea's Michael Ballack.
LIVERPOOL and England striker Peter Crouch saw red as Chelsea progressed to the semi-finals of the Carling Cup thanks to second-half strikes from Frank Lampard and Andriy Shevchenko.
Lampard's deflected 59th minute opener was followed, seconds later, by a moment of madness from Crouch who was red-carded for a disgraceful two-footed lunge on Mikel John Obi.
ARSENE Wenger's young guns are on the march again after Croatia striker Eduardo claimed an extra-time winner to book 10-man Arsenal's Carling Cup semi-final spot at Blackburn's expense.
Wenger, typically, handed opportunities to a whole team of young fringe players and his bold selection reaped rich rewards again when Abou Diaby and Eduardo put the Gunners 2-0 ahead after 29 minutes.
JUANDE Ramos saw his 10-man Tottenham side book their place in the Carling Cup semi-finals and end City's proud 100% home record.
Goals from Jermain Defoe and Steed Malbranque either side of Didier Zokora's sending off gave them a hard-earned victory.
AYEGBENI Yakubu pounced on a defensive howler two minutes from time to book Everton a place in their first Carling Cup semi-final since 1988.
With the match seemingly heading for extra-time after a desperate second half Danny Gabbidon headed the ball past his own goalkeeper allowing the Nigerian to poke home the winner.
By Chris Pragnell
CHELSEA pulled off an incredible come-back after Leicester came within minutes of dumping the holders out of the Carling Cup.
Andriy Shevchenko fired an 87th-minute equaliser and Frank Lampard completed a hat-trick with an injury-time winner to keep the holders in the competition.
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