30 METROSPORT Thursday, December 3, 2009 D Europa lEaguE group C Celtic.............. 2 H Tel-Aviv .......0 Samaras 22 Robson 68 Hamburg........ 2 Rapid Vienna..0 Jansen 46 Berg 53 P W D L F A Pts Hamburg 5 3 1 1 7 5 10 Hapoel 5 3 0 2 12 8 9 Celtic 5 1 2 2 4 4 5 Rapid 5 1 1 3 5 11 4 group I AEK Athens ... 0 Everton...........1 Bilyaletdinov 6 BATE Borisov 1 Benfica ...........2 Sosnovskiy 69 Saviola 46 Fabio Coentrao 63 P W D L F A Pts Benfica 5 4 0 1 11 2 12 Everton 5 3 0 2 7 8 9 BATE 5 1 1 3 6 9 4 AEK Athens 5 1 1 3 4 9 4 CarlINg Cup QuarTEr-FINalS Blackburn...... 3 Chelsea ..........3 Kalinic 9 Drogba 48 Emerton 64 Kalou 52 McCarthy 93pen Ferreira 120 (aet, Blackburn win 4-3 on pens) Man City ........ 3 Arsenal ...........0 Tevez 50 Wright-Phillips 69 Weiss 89 lEaguE TWo Chesterfield... 2 Crewe .............3 FOOTBALL (7.45pm unless stated) Europa League Group E Fulham v CSKA Sofia........(8.05pm) Roma v Basle ....................(8.05pm) GOLF (until Sunday) Australian Open (NSW Golf Club) USPGA Chevron World Challenge (Sherwood CC, California) HORSE RACING Leicester, Market Rasen, Wincanton, Wolverhampton City silence gunners and storm into semis man city 3 arsenal 0 MARK HUGHES accusedArsene Wenger of being ungracious after the Arsenal manager saw his side dumped out of the Carling Cup by Manchester City last night. Two moments of quality from Carlos Tevez and Shaun Wright-Phillips set City on course for a last-four showdown with arch-rivals Manchester United the clubs first domestic cup semi-final since 1981. And the comfortable victory, Citys first against top-flight opposition since Septem- ber, was sealed with a cracking late third from substitute Vladimir Weiss. But Hughes, while delighted at the result, admitted he was disappointed with the reac- tion of his opposite number Wenger who vanished down the tunnel as the City boss at- tempted a final-whistle handshake. You have to be gracious when you win and gracious in defeat and maybe Arsene wasnt too gracious, said Hughes, who instead waved to his rival. I can understand it, maybe hes used to winning games and when he does get beaten sometimes he doesnt know how to behave. Wenger said: I have nothing to say. I am free to shake hands with whom I want. But he admitted his side were beaten by the better team and added: They scored two quality goals. Sometimes you just have to hold your hat up to that. City looked dangerous in the final third but our young players tired after an hour. Man City: Given, Richards, Toure, Lescott, Bridge, Wright-Phillips (Weiss 77), Ireland, Barry, Bellamy, Tevez (Kompany 74), Adebayor. Booked: Kompany, Bellamy. Arsenal: Fabianski, Eboue, Song, Silvestre, Traore, Eastmond (Watt 68), Merida, Ramsey, Rosicky, Wilshere, Vela. Booked: Traore, Song, Eastmond, Silvestre, Ramsey, Wilshere. Ref: Chris Foy MATCH FACTS Pace setter: Goalscorer Shaun Wright-Phillips gets away from Arsenals Armand Traore Picture: Action Images By CHRIS STOCKS fixtures results world cup Maradona is told to stay away Diego MaraDona has been told not to try to negotiate his way around a two-month ban from football activities by turning up to tomorrows World Cup draw with media accreditation. The argentina coach was banned for an X-rated outburst live on television following his teams last- gasp qualification for the finals. and Fifa general secretary Jerome Valcke warned: if he shows up for accreditation no way. its not just football matches he has been banned by the disciplinary committee but for all football activities. There has been rumours he could join the argentina delegation but we will say please be aware he is banned and make sure he is not coming. He can come to South africa but not into the Fifa system. He will be here for the World Cup. pot luck Pot 1 (seeds): South Africa, Brazil, Spain, Holland, Italy, Germany, Argentina, England. Pot 2 (Asia, Oceania and Concacaf): Japan, S Korea, N Korea, Australia, N Zealand, USA, Mexico, Honduras. Pot 3 (Africa/S America): Ivory Coast, Ghana, Cameroon, Nigeria, Algeria, Paraguay, Chile, Uruguay. Pot 4 (Europe): France, Portugal, Slovenia, Switzerland, Greece, Serbia, Denmark, Slovakia. Delight: McCarthy and Emerton Robinson is spot on to deny Chelsea Blackburn: Robinson, Salgado, Samba, Nelsen, Chimbonda, Emerton, Nzonzi (Van Heerden 91), Pedersen (Grella 62), McCarthy, Roberts (Hoilett 70), Kalinic. Booked: Grella. Chelsea: Hilario, Belletti (Bruma 46), Ivanovic, Ferreira, Zhirkov, Mikel, Ballack, Deco (Drogba 46), J Cole (Kakuta 46), Kalou, Malouda. Booked: Bruma. Ref: Alan Wiley blackburn 3 chelsea 3 (aet, blackburn win 4-3 on pens) BLaCKBUrn booked a Carling Cup semi-final against aston Villa after a dramatic penalty shoot-out win over Chelsea at ewood Park. Paul robinson was the hero as he saved from gael Kakuta to seal the victory 4-3 on penalties, after the game had finished 3-3 following Paulo Ferreiras dramatic leveller for the Premier League leaders in the final minute of injury time. rovers took the lead after nine minutes when nikola Kalinic steered home Pascal Chimbondas cross. it remained 1-0 at half-time and Chelsea boss Carlo ancelotti made three changes at the break, introducing Jeffrey Bruma, Kakuta and in-form Didier Drogba. it took the ivory Coast striker just three minutes to level, rising highest to head home Florent Maloudas cross for his 15th goal of the campaign. Within five minutes Chelsea were ahead as Salomon Kalou raced through and he slotted past robinson. Brett emertons cross flew straight in over Chelsea keeper Hilario with 26 minutes left and the Blues finished normal time with just ten men as Kalou limped off with no substitutes remaining. Three minutes into the first extra period Benni McCarthy scored from the spot to put rovers in the driving seat. Chelsea somehow found a way back in the dying seconds through Ferreira but robinson then stepped up to send the hosts into the last four. soccer CARLING CUP premier league LIVERPooL captain Steven Gerrard has admitted a top-four finish is now a more realistic aim than winning the Premier League this season. The Reds, one of the pre-season title favourites after finishing second last year, are 13 points behind leaders Chelsea following a poor run. Rafael Benitezs side have also been knocked out of the Champions League and Gerrard accepts trying to qualify for Europes elite competition again next year must be their top priority. Liverpool are just two points behind fourth-placed Arsenal after their derby win at Everton last weekend and the Reds skipper said: I think we have to be realistic. At the moment were out of the title race, but we will keep trying to get back in it. There is still a lot of football to be played and it is possible to turn it around, but I think Chelsea are looking really strong at the moment. But our main target is to get back into the top four. Were coming off the back of a fantastic win at Everton and we want to continue that against Blackburn [on Saturday] and try and go on a run of games where we can get closer to the teams above us. Gerrard, 29, is due to make his 500th appearance for the Anfield club against Blackburn at Ewood Park. The homegrown product made his debut against the same opposition as a substitute 11 years ago. He added: Im a local boy and my dream when I was young was always just to play one game for Liverpool. So to reach this milestone is a proud moment for my family and myself. 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