Tottenham defender Pascal Chimbonda plans to avenge last
season's Carling Cup semi-final defeat to Arsenal when the rivals
meet at the same stage this year. Spurs were in command of the
first leg of the previous meeting in January but threw away a
two-goal lead and eventually got knocked out by the Gunners'
youngsters in extra-time.
Spurs defeated Manchester City earlier in the week to put
themselves in the last four, and confidence is appearing to return
at White Hart Lane after their disastrous start to the season.
'Everybody wants to win something and the League Cup is a great
opportunity for us. We want to go one better than we did last
year,' said Chimbonda.
'We know what we have to do. 'It hurt us a lot to lose to them last
season. We were winning 2-0 at home in the first leg and they got
it back to 2-2 and we ended up losing the second leg. 'But we have
learned from what happened and it will be different this time. We
can win the trophy this season. We can achieve anything when we
perform like we did against Manchester City.'
Spurs became the first team to win at Eastlands when they recorded
their 2-0 win on Tuesday, and Arsenal have also been impressive at
home so far. 'We would love to be the first team to beat them at
the Emirates this season,' said Chimbonda.
Chelsea defeated Liverpool to set up a semi-final against Everton,
The two-legged semi-finals take place in the weeks starting 7 and
21 January.
The three quarter-finals held this week all featured red cards for
reckless challenges. After Tottenham's Didier Zokora and Arsenal
midfielder Denilson were dismissed last night, Peter Crouch was
given a straight red at Stamford Bridge for his lunge at Mikel John
Obi tonight.
Carling Cup
Semi-Final Draw:
The two-legged semi-finals take place on the 7 and 21 of
January.
Arsenal v Tottenham
Chelsea v Everton
