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| Wednesday, November 6, 2002 20:37 EST |
West Ham, Arsenal, Newcastle and Spurs go out
[Reuters]
LONDON -- Premier league strugglers West Ham
United suffered a humiliating home defeat in the third round of
the English League Cup on Wednesday when it was beaten 1-0 at
home by second division Oldham Athletic on a night of shocks.
Arsenal, fielding a virtual reserve side, led Sunderland 2-0
at Highbury but lost 3-2, while first division Sheffield United
scored twice in the last two minutes to beat Yorkshire rivals
Leeds United 2-1.
Last season's runner-up Tottenham Hotspur also went out,
losing 2-1 at Burnley, while fellow first-division side Ipswich
Town claimed another premier league scalp with a 3-1 home win
over Middlesbrough.
Defending champions Blackburn Rovers edged past first
division strugglers Walsall on penalties after a 2-2 draw at
Ewood Park. Everton also got through on a shootout after a 3-3
draw with Newcastle United at St James' Park, while Liverpool,
winners in 2000, beat Southampton 3-1 at Anfield.
The dream ended for the two remaining third division clubs
as Oxford lost 3-0 at home to Aston Villa and Bury lost 3-1 at
Fulham.
The woe continued for West Ham manager Glenn Roeder, whose
team has won just three games in the premier league and none at
home.
Roeder put out a full-strength side but it created very
little in another disappointing display.
Oldham, flying high in second place in division two and
unbeaten away in the league, got the only goal three minutes
before halftime when Canada striker Carlo Corazzin powered a
header from a corner past England goalkeeper David James.
Goals for Robert Pires and striker Francis Jeffers had a
virtual Arsenal reserve team two up at the break against
Sunderland.
The visitors, also playing an unfamiliar lineup, pulled one
back through Kevin Kyle in the 56th minute and Marcus Stewart
levelled with a 70th-minute header.
Two minutes later defender Darren Williams scored with a
bullet header to hand Arsenal its fifth defeat in six games.
Blackburn took a first-half lead at home to Walsall with a
Corrado Grabbi penalty but Zigor Aranalde equalized for the
first division side with another penalty the 67th minute.
The game went into extra time when Australia striker David
Zdrilic raised Walsall's hopes only for an Ian Roper own goal to
take the game to penalties. Blackburn won the shootout 5-4.
A Steve Yates own goal gave Leeds the lead after 24 minutes
at Bramall Lane but Phil Jagielka equalized for Sheffield United
with a spectacular 30 meter effort in the 90th minute.
Peter Ndlovu stunned under-pressure Leeds boss Terry
Venables by scrambling in the winner seconds later.
"We lost the lead through one of the best strikes I've ever
seen," said Venables.
"Scoring again at the end was a bigger blow."
Gus Poyet headed Spurs into a 17th minute lead but Robbie
Blake got a deserved equalizer in the 57th and Steve Davis
headed Burnley's winner three minutes later.
Ireland striker Robbie Keane missed a hat trick of great
chances for Spurs when clean through then crashed a spectacular
volley from 25 meters against the bar in injury time.
But Burnley held out to collect a famous victory in the
100th meeting of the clubs.
"We didn't deserve anything tonight, Burnley were the better
side," said Spurs boss Glenn Hoddle.
Chris Kirkland produced an astonishing display in his first
match of the season for Liverpool, the young English goalkeeper
making endless great saves to deny Southampton.
Liverpool then went ahead just before halftime with a
deflected Patrik Berger free kick.
Kirkland produced a remarkable triple save early in the
second half but was beaten at the fourth attempt as Agustin
Delgado scored in the 55th minute.
But Liverpool restored its lead immediately through El
Hadji Diouf and Milan Baros tucked in the third to leave
Southampton down and out and wondering just how the team lost.
At St James', Everton went ahead with a Kevin Campbell header
after 11 minutes before England winger Kieron Dyer scored two in
a minute to swing it round only for Steve Watson to equalize for
Everton in the 85th to take the game into extra time.
An Alessandro Pistone own goal edged Newcastle ahead but a
David Unsworth penalty took the game to a shootout where the
hosts scored their first two spot-kicks then missed the next
three to give Everton a 3-2 win.
Seventeen-year-old Wayne Rooney was one of Everton's
on-target penalty takers but Newcastle's 18-year-old debutant
Michael Chopra blazed his over the bar.
Carlton Cole, Chelsea's 18-year-old striker, made the most
of his first start of the season by scoring both goals in its
2-1 home win over Gillingham.
Andy Johnson was another two-goal man as he took his tally
to 10 in five games in Crystal Palace's 3-0 home win over
Coventry City.
Latvian international striker Andrejs Stolcers got two in
Fulham's defeat of Bury with Lee Clark also on target.
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