West Ham thrash Manchester United out of Carling Cup
The unexpected victory of West Ham United has thrashed Manchester United out of the Carling Cup. Manchester United had been doing good this season. Comparisons were quite inevitable and Manchester United were the hot favorites but West Ham United did wonders
and over shadowed the champions.
Manchester United played with a formation of 4-4-2 and comprised of John O’Shea, Jonathan Evans, Gabriel Obertan, Tomasz Kuszczak, Darren Fletcher, Fabio Da Silva, Oliveira Anderson, Ryan Giggs, Chris Smalling, Tiago Bebe and Javier Hernandez. West Ham United
played with the formation of 4-4-2 and their line up was as follows: Jonathan Spector, Robert Green, Pablo Barrera, Julien Faubert, Matthew Upson, James Tomkins, Tal Ben-Haim, Luis Boa Morte, Radoslav Kovac, Carlton Cole and Victor Obinna.
The game started with a corner taken by Pablo Barrera and cleared by Jonathan Evans. The next moment, a free kick was awarded to Radoslav Kovac for a challenge on Spector by Hernandez. Obertan and Bebe went hard on West Ham goalkeeper Robert Green and both
shots were saved easily. It was quite early that Manchester United started building pressure. Cole was declared offside by the side referee in the 17th minute. Upson took a challenge on Hernandez and the kick was taken by Oliveira Anderson. O’Shea
conceded a free kick after committing a foul to Boa Morte.
At the 21st minute, Victor Obinna passed the ball to Jonathan Spector who turned around and scored the first goal for West Ham United thereby leading the score 1-0. Right after that a corner was taken by Ryan Giggs. At the 26th minute,
a free kick was given to Fletcher for an unfair challenge by Cole on O’Shea. At the 33rd minute, a corner was taken by Pablo Barrera. Luis Boa Morte was tackled badly by Fabio Da Silva. At the 36th minute, Jonathan Spector came from nowhere
and scored the second goal for West Ham right from inside the six yard box to the bottom left corner. West Ham United were now ahead 2-0.
At the 40th minute, assistant referee flagged for offside and the kick was taken by Robert Green. The next minute, a free kick was given to Fabio Da Silva for an unfair challenge by Boa Morte. An indirect free kick by left footed Ryan Giggs was
cleared by Cole. Before the first half whistle, Tiago Bebe goes off for Federico Macheda.
The start to second half was crucial for Manchester United. A reckless challenge by Jonathan Spector resulted in a free kick taken by Oliveira Anderson. Fabio Da Silva tried to pass the ball but was cleared by James Tomkins by a magnificent effort. At the
50th minute, an in–swinging corner was taken by Ryan Giggs and was cleared by Kovac. Fletcher made a half-hearted effort and the ball crossed over the bar. At the 51th minute, assistant referee raised the flag for offside. The kick was
taken by Jonathan Evans.
At the 54th minute, Fabio Da Silva fouled on Boa Morte and the play resumed after it was taken by Ben–Haim. A header goal was scored by Carlton Cole at the 55th minute from inside the six yard box. Gabrial Oberton conceded a free kick
for a challenge on Boa Morte. The kick was taken by Ben–Haim. Ryan Giggs gave away a free kick for a tackle on Pablo Barrera. Faubert struck well but failed to beat Tomasz Kuszczak. At the 60th minute, Ryan Giggs took an in-swinging corner cleared
by Kovac. At the 64th minute, Rafael Da Silva joined the squad thereby replacing Fabio Da Silva.
Carlton Cole scored his second for West Ham United from a ball given by Victor Obinna. After that Wes Brown came in for Jonathan Evans from Manchester United side. Winster Reid replaced James Tomkins from West Ham United. At the 75th minute, Pablo
Barerra left the pitch and was replaced by Zavon Hines. An unfair challenge from Da Silva on Boa Morte earned a free kick to be taken by Victor Obinna straight on the goal, but in vain. Ryan Giggs took a corner in the 85th minute cleared by Kovac.
Carlton Cole got replaced by Junior Stanislas. Victor Obinna fired the ball towards the goal in the 88th minute. Ryan Giggs took an in-swinging corner in the stoppage time but Faubert cleared the ball the moment referee blew the whistle.
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