Manchester United claimed the Carling Cup after going all the way to a penalty shoot-out with Tottenham Hotspur to complete the first hurdle in Sir Alex Ferguson's quest to lift four major trophies in one season.
CARLOS TEVEZ
The match was even throughout and both sides produced an entertaining contest despite a 0-0 scoreline after 120 minutes. Brazilian youngster Anderson scored the decisive penalty in a 4-1 shoot-ou
t win for the quadruple-chasing champions.
The first half was largely Tottenham's. Despite a bright start from the Premier League leaders, it was largely the initiative from Aaron Lennon and Luka Modric which looked likely to break the deadlock at Wembley.
Early pressure from United saw Cristiano Ronaldo go close twice, firstly from a trademark free-kick which went narrowly over, before the Portuguese winger had a shot from within the area which was saved by Heurelho Gomes.
The only other first-half efforts from Sir Alex Ferguson's side came from distance as the makeshift Spurs defence held firm after a nervy opening ten minutes.
Young midfielder Darron Gibson unleashes a venomous shot which flew just over the bar and on 25 minutes, Rio Ferdinand controlled a bouncing ball beautifully to hit a dipping half-volley which had Gomes worried.
After that it was all Tottenham. Lennon repeatedly beat his marker on the right-hand side but he could not find a cross to find the Spurs frontmen.
In all fairness to Lennon, while Darren Bent toiled endlessly, Roman Pavlyuchenko was having a nightmare afternoon, resulting in being dragged off after an hour.
The second half produced more of the same from Spurs. Both sides applied pressure at different times throughout the second 45 minutes, but it was the likes of Jonny Evans, Ferdinand, Ledley King and Michael Dawson who were on top.
The first clear-cut chance fell to Lennon after Benoit Assou-Ekotto picked him out on the edge of the area. He powered a shot to the right of keeper Ben Foster, who saved well.
It wasn't until right at the death that United threatened to score. The quick feet of world-player-of-the-year Cristiano Ronaldo took him inside the penalty area to lash a shot past Gomes. It crashed against the near post and gave Spurs a huge let-off.
ANDERSON
As legs got heavier throughout extra-time, the pace of the game dwindled. A chance for Bent was stopped by the legs of Foster, while Patrice Evra flashed a shot over the bar in the last minute.
To extra-time it went and missed spot-kicks from substitutes David Bentley and Jamie O'Hara cost Tottenham the chance to retain the Carling Cup, as Anderson slide home his side's fourth penalty to secure the silverware.
Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson said: "They took their penalties very confidently and Ben Foster made a fantastic first save which gave us a big lift.
"To be honest with you, I could have done without the extra time because we have a tough game on Wednesday (in the Premier League against Newcastle United).
"There'll be some tired legs and I need them to freshen up."
Spurs manager Harry Redknapp. "I thought we were superb. It was a great performance and it came down to a lottery in the end.
"But overall they couldn't beat us in 90 minutes plus extra time so we didn't deserve to lose and I thought we were fantastic.
"I have to be honest, we were not that Manchester United claimed the Carling Cup after going all the way to a penalty shoot-out with Tottenham Hotspur to complete the first hurdle in Sir Alex Ferguson's quest to lift four major trophies in one season.
CARLOS TEVEZ
The match was even throughout and both sides produced an entertaining contest despite a 0-0 scoreline after 120 minutes. Brazilian youngster Anderson scored the decisive penalty in a 4-1 shoot-out win for the quadruple-chasing champions.
The first half was largely Tottenham's. Despite a bright start from the Premier League leaders, it was largely the initiative from Aaron Lennon and Luka Modric which looked likely to break the deadlock at Wembley.
Early pressure from United saw Cristiano Ronaldo go close twice, firstly from a trademark free-kick which went narrowly over, before the Portuguese winger had a shot from within the area which was saved by Heurelho Gomes.
The only other first-half efforts from Sir Alex Ferguson's side came from distance as the makeshift Spurs defence held firm after a nervy opening ten minutes.
Young midfielder Darron Gibson unleashes a venomous shot which flew just over the bar and on 25 minutes, Rio Ferdinand controlled a bouncing ball beautifully to hit a dipping half-volley which had Gomes worried.
After that it was all Tottenham. Lennon repeatedly beat his marker on the right-hand side but he could not find a cross to find the Spurs frontmen.
In all fairness to Lennon, while Darren Bent toiled endlessly, Roman Pavlyuchenko was having a nightmare afternoon, resulting in being dragged off after an hour.
The second half produced more of the same from Spurs. Both sides applied pressure at different times throughout the second 45 minutes, but it was the likes of Jonny Evans, Ferdinand, Ledley King and Michael Dawson who were on top.
The first clear-cut chance fell to Lennon after Benoit Assou-Ekotto picked him out on the edge of the area. He powered a shot to the right of keeper Ben Foster, who saved well.
It wasn't until right at the death that United threatened to score. The quick feet of world-player-of-the-year Cristiano Ronaldo took him inside the penalty area to lash a shot past Gomes. It crashed against the near post and gave Spurs a huge let-off.
ANDERSON
As legs got heavier throughout extra-time, the pace of the game dwindled. A chance for Bent was stopped by the legs of Foster, while Patrice Evra flashed a shot over the bar in the last minute.
To extra-time it went and missed spot-kicks from substitutes David Bentley and Jamie O'Hara cost Tottenham the chance to retain the Carling Cup, as Anderson slide home his side's fourth penalty to secure the silverware.
Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson said: "They took their penalties very confidently and Ben Foster made a fantastic first save which gave us a big lift.
"To be honest with you, I could have done without the extra time because we have a tough game on Wednesday (in the Premier League against Newcastle United).
"There'll be some tired legs and I need them to freshen up."
Spurs manager Harry Redknapp. "I thought we were superb. It was a great performance and it came down to a lottery in the end.
"But overall they couldn't beat us in 90 minutes plus extra time so we didn't deserve to lose and I thought we were fantastic.
"I have to be honest, we were not that confident with our penalty takers really and you looked over there and they had very confident penalty takers."
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Manchester United: Ben Foster, Rio Ferdinand, Patrice Evra, Jonny Evans, John O'Shea (Nemanja Vidic 76), Luis Carlos Nani, Darron Gibson (Ryan Giggs 90), Cristiano Ronaldo, Paul Scholes, Carlos Tevez, Danny Welbeck (Luis de Abreu Anderson 56),
Subs not used: Ji-Sung Park, Richard Eckersley, Tomasz Kuszczak, Rodrigo Possebon
Booked: John O'Shea 57, Cristiano Ronaldo 67, Paul Scholes 108
Tottenham Hotspur: Heurelho Gomes, Ledley King, Vedran Corluka, Michael Dawson, Benoit Assou-Ekotto, Luka Modric, Didier Zokora, Aaron Lennon (David Bentley 102), Jermaine Jenas (Gareth Bale 99), Roman Pavlyuchenko (Jamie O'Hara 65), Darren Bent,
Subs not used: Chris Gunter, Adel Taarabt, Ben Alnwick, Tom Huddlestoneconfident with our penalty takers really and you looked over there and they had very confident penalty takers."
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Manchester United: Ben Foster, Rio Ferdinand, Patrice Evra, Jonny Evans, John O'Shea (Nemanja Vidic 76), Luis Carlos Nani, Darron Gibson (Ryan Giggs 90), Cristiano Ronaldo, Paul Scholes, Carlos Tevez, Danny Welbeck (Luis de Abreu Anderson 56),
Subs not used: Ji-Sung Park, Richard Eckersley, Tomasz Kuszczak, Rodrigo Possebon
Booked: John O'Shea 57, Cristiano Ronaldo 67, Paul Scholes 108
Tottenham Hotspur: Heurelho Gomes, Ledley King, Vedran Corluka, Michael Dawson, Benoit Assou-Ekotto, Luka Modric, Didier Zokora, Aaron Lennon (David Bentley 102), Jermaine Jenas (Gareth Bale 99), Roman Pavlyuchenko (Jamie O'Hara 65), Darren Bent,
Subs not used: Chris Gunter, Adel Taarabt, Ben Alnwick, Tom Huddlestone
CARLOS TEVEZ
The match was even throughout and both sides produced an entertaining contest despite a 0-0 scoreline after 120 minutes. Brazilian youngster Anderson scored the decisive penalty in a 4-1 shoot-ou
t win for the quadruple-chasing champions.The first half was largely Tottenham's. Despite a bright start from the Premier League leaders, it was largely the initiative from Aaron Lennon and Luka Modric which looked likely to break the deadlock at Wembley.
Early pressure from United saw Cristiano Ronaldo go close twice, firstly from a trademark free-kick which went narrowly over, before the Portuguese winger had a shot from within the area which was saved by Heurelho Gomes.
The only other first-half efforts from Sir Alex Ferguson's side came from distance as the makeshift Spurs defence held firm after a nervy opening ten minutes.
Young midfielder Darron Gibson unleashes a venomous shot which flew just over the bar and on 25 minutes, Rio Ferdinand controlled a bouncing ball beautifully to hit a dipping half-volley which had Gomes worried.
After that it was all Tottenham. Lennon repeatedly beat his marker on the right-hand side but he could not find a cross to find the Spurs frontmen.
In all fairness to Lennon, while Darren Bent toiled endlessly, Roman Pavlyuchenko was having a nightmare afternoon, resulting in being dragged off after an hour.
The second half produced more of the same from Spurs. Both sides applied pressure at different times throughout the second 45 minutes, but it was the likes of Jonny Evans, Ferdinand, Ledley King and Michael Dawson who were on top.
The first clear-cut chance fell to Lennon after Benoit Assou-Ekotto picked him out on the edge of the area. He powered a shot to the right of keeper Ben Foster, who saved well.
It wasn't until right at the death that United threatened to score. The quick feet of world-player-of-the-year Cristiano Ronaldo took him inside the penalty area to lash a shot past Gomes. It crashed against the near post and gave Spurs a huge let-off.
ANDERSON
As legs got heavier throughout extra-time, the pace of the game dwindled. A chance for Bent was stopped by the legs of Foster, while Patrice Evra flashed a shot over the bar in the last minute.To extra-time it went and missed spot-kicks from substitutes David Bentley and Jamie O'Hara cost Tottenham the chance to retain the Carling Cup, as Anderson slide home his side's fourth penalty to secure the silverware.
Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson said: "They took their penalties very confidently and Ben Foster made a fantastic first save which gave us a big lift.
"To be honest with you, I could have done without the extra time because we have a tough game on Wednesday (in the Premier League against Newcastle United).
"There'll be some tired legs and I need them to freshen up."
Spurs manager Harry Redknapp. "I thought we were superb. It was a great performance and it came down to a lottery in the end.
"But overall they couldn't beat us in 90 minutes plus extra time so we didn't deserve to lose and I thought we were fantastic.
"I have to be honest, we were not that Manchester United claimed the Carling Cup after going all the way to a penalty shoot-out with Tottenham Hotspur to complete the first hurdle in Sir Alex Ferguson's quest to lift four major trophies in one season.
CARLOS TEVEZ
The match was even throughout and both sides produced an entertaining contest despite a 0-0 scoreline after 120 minutes. Brazilian youngster Anderson scored the decisive penalty in a 4-1 shoot-out win for the quadruple-chasing champions.
The first half was largely Tottenham's. Despite a bright start from the Premier League leaders, it was largely the initiative from Aaron Lennon and Luka Modric which looked likely to break the deadlock at Wembley.
Early pressure from United saw Cristiano Ronaldo go close twice, firstly from a trademark free-kick which went narrowly over, before the Portuguese winger had a shot from within the area which was saved by Heurelho Gomes.
The only other first-half efforts from Sir Alex Ferguson's side came from distance as the makeshift Spurs defence held firm after a nervy opening ten minutes.
Young midfielder Darron Gibson unleashes a venomous shot which flew just over the bar and on 25 minutes, Rio Ferdinand controlled a bouncing ball beautifully to hit a dipping half-volley which had Gomes worried.
After that it was all Tottenham. Lennon repeatedly beat his marker on the right-hand side but he could not find a cross to find the Spurs frontmen.
In all fairness to Lennon, while Darren Bent toiled endlessly, Roman Pavlyuchenko was having a nightmare afternoon, resulting in being dragged off after an hour.
The second half produced more of the same from Spurs. Both sides applied pressure at different times throughout the second 45 minutes, but it was the likes of Jonny Evans, Ferdinand, Ledley King and Michael Dawson who were on top.
The first clear-cut chance fell to Lennon after Benoit Assou-Ekotto picked him out on the edge of the area. He powered a shot to the right of keeper Ben Foster, who saved well.
It wasn't until right at the death that United threatened to score. The quick feet of world-player-of-the-year Cristiano Ronaldo took him inside the penalty area to lash a shot past Gomes. It crashed against the near post and gave Spurs a huge let-off.
ANDERSON
As legs got heavier throughout extra-time, the pace of the game dwindled. A chance for Bent was stopped by the legs of Foster, while Patrice Evra flashed a shot over the bar in the last minute.
To extra-time it went and missed spot-kicks from substitutes David Bentley and Jamie O'Hara cost Tottenham the chance to retain the Carling Cup, as Anderson slide home his side's fourth penalty to secure the silverware.
Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson said: "They took their penalties very confidently and Ben Foster made a fantastic first save which gave us a big lift.
"To be honest with you, I could have done without the extra time because we have a tough game on Wednesday (in the Premier League against Newcastle United).
"There'll be some tired legs and I need them to freshen up."
Spurs manager Harry Redknapp. "I thought we were superb. It was a great performance and it came down to a lottery in the end.
"But overall they couldn't beat us in 90 minutes plus extra time so we didn't deserve to lose and I thought we were fantastic.
"I have to be honest, we were not that confident with our penalty takers really and you looked over there and they had very confident penalty takers."
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Manchester United: Ben Foster, Rio Ferdinand, Patrice Evra, Jonny Evans, John O'Shea (Nemanja Vidic 76), Luis Carlos Nani, Darron Gibson (Ryan Giggs 90), Cristiano Ronaldo, Paul Scholes, Carlos Tevez, Danny Welbeck (Luis de Abreu Anderson 56),
Subs not used: Ji-Sung Park, Richard Eckersley, Tomasz Kuszczak, Rodrigo Possebon
Booked: John O'Shea 57, Cristiano Ronaldo 67, Paul Scholes 108
Tottenham Hotspur: Heurelho Gomes, Ledley King, Vedran Corluka, Michael Dawson, Benoit Assou-Ekotto, Luka Modric, Didier Zokora, Aaron Lennon (David Bentley 102), Jermaine Jenas (Gareth Bale 99), Roman Pavlyuchenko (Jamie O'Hara 65), Darren Bent,
Subs not used: Chris Gunter, Adel Taarabt, Ben Alnwick, Tom Huddlestoneconfident with our penalty takers really and you looked over there and they had very confident penalty takers."
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Manchester United: Ben Foster, Rio Ferdinand, Patrice Evra, Jonny Evans, John O'Shea (Nemanja Vidic 76), Luis Carlos Nani, Darron Gibson (Ryan Giggs 90), Cristiano Ronaldo, Paul Scholes, Carlos Tevez, Danny Welbeck (Luis de Abreu Anderson 56),
Subs not used: Ji-Sung Park, Richard Eckersley, Tomasz Kuszczak, Rodrigo Possebon
Booked: John O'Shea 57, Cristiano Ronaldo 67, Paul Scholes 108
Tottenham Hotspur: Heurelho Gomes, Ledley King, Vedran Corluka, Michael Dawson, Benoit Assou-Ekotto, Luka Modric, Didier Zokora, Aaron Lennon (David Bentley 102), Jermaine Jenas (Gareth Bale 99), Roman Pavlyuchenko (Jamie O'Hara 65), Darren Bent,
Subs not used: Chris Gunter, Adel Taarabt, Ben Alnwick, Tom Huddlestone
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