Arsenal took on Manchester City in the Carling Cup quarterfinals as both the teams looked to gain a place in the final four teams of the tournament by gaining a win on Tuesday night in London at the Emirates stadium. Manchester
City who were the away team on the night fielded a strong team as http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Adam-Johnson-c3537 as their three front men.
In midfield, Nasri played as Manchester City’s offensive midfielder with http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Owen-Hargreaves-c28918 and De Jong doing the dirty work in front of the back four. In City’s defence, Toure and Savic were entrusted to keep things clean at the
back with Onouha and Zabaleta pushing forward in support of midfield from their wing back positions. For http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Marouane-Chamakh-c24294 whose presence was complimented by the much more mobile Park.
In midfield Benayoun, Chamberlin, Coquelin and Frimprong tried to provide ammunition to their team’s two strikers. In defence, Wenger counted on the young Koscielny and the experienced Squillaci to keep Dzeko and co. at bay. In
the 10th minute, Adam Johnson had a good chance to give his team the lead but the score line remained at 0-0 as his shot from the right hand side missed the Arsenal goal by a few inches.
Both the teams tried to create goal scoring opportunities but most of the football was played in the midfield area where Arsenal cancelled out Manchester City’s lack of offensive input. In the 47th minute, Dzeko came
close to getting a goal for City as he tried to curl one past the Arsenal goalkeeper, Fabiaski but his shot missed the target.
Nonetheless City did find a way to get the lead right at the death in the 83rd minute when Adam Johnson broke away to lead a Manchester City counter attack and then the winger squared the ball to Aguero who finished
the move off with a wonderfully slotted shot past Fabiaski in the Arsenal goal. Arsenal tried their best to build a way back into the match but the encounter ended in their elimination from the Carling Cup as City secured a 1-0 win at the Emirates stadium.
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