I think GUNNERS re the better side.

COMEON ARSENAL. We can do it.

it is 1-1 up blues!!!!!!!!

poor Terry, some serious bad luck!

This was a disaster. So near yet so far.

And Jose Mourinho's 100 % record against Arsenal continues .

Mukina, where art thou again? Show ya face for some serious yabbings

i dont even know what to say about that fracas.mikel gets another red card,how come the person that was winding people up(fabrega) did not get the red card

rikkyjen:

Mukina, where art thou again? Show ya face for some serious yabbings

She is on exile from NL This is the beginning of the end for Arsenal.2 more cup competitions to go

UP BLUES!!!! UP BLUES!!!!
LIFTED THE FIRST OF OUR TROPHIES FOR THIS SEASON

The fracas not withstanding, this was some match!

I heard John Terry has a broken jaw.Good news That is the only good thing Arsenal did throughout the match

mukina2 is here and is not going anywhere

chelsea fans should be ashamed to celebrate

the ref is stupid

zigzag drogba was clearly offside for the equaliser

i am not sad . i am just pissed at the whole thing

kudos to the young guns . .you made us proud . .we love you

mukina2:

mukina2 is here and is not going anywhere

chelsea fans should be ashamed to celebrate

the ref is stupid

zigzag drogba was clearly offside for the equaliser

i am not sad . i am just pissed at the whole thing

kudos to the young guns . .you made us proud . .we love you

All that one na story!, the main thing is that the trophy is going to stamford bridge, so what do you wanna do?

Eboue should have been sent off for punching Wayne Bridge.How come it was mainly the West African players that were misbehaving?

Arsenal fans can whinge all they want but the fact is that they are empty handed.This is the same trophy we won easily last year while Arsenal fans were mocking us

rikky i want to cyber-punch you

pre-intimacy na you sabi

The young pistols went down battling though, but scorelines are bitchees!

I told you Chelsea was gonnna win, you thought I was hating. In football, the scoreline matters more than the gameplay and it's the scoreline gamblers predict, pundits, the gameplay.

Sorry gunners. Chelsea can celebrate cos these same pistols gunned liverpool, everton and the spurs. Liverpool were European Champs, Everton and Spurs have come 4th and 5th at the end of a premiership season in recent times, so they are no pushovers at all. A team with Fabregas and Eboue is a Huge team!

Now let's go back to the main cup, the premiership. End of Carling bullsh*t!

all the ants are coming out of the walls now . .

arsenal lost

I predicted earlier on this forum  after the PSV game that the next 2 weeks were going to be traumatic for Arsenal fans.They face being knocked out from all the Cup competitions.

Arsenal fans don't appreciate how far behind they have fallen.They have bought into the flawed idea that they don't have to win anything yet since they are bulding a new team .

By the time most of those young talents fail to mature and the best leave for bigger clubs where they can actually win trophies,they will realise that they have made a huge error

Why shuld we b ashamed 2 celebrateAbeg,up Bluesssss .Was quite scared 4 Terry tho,heard his much better now, thank God.

Apart from the ugly scenes toward the end of the match this was a worthy final.Arsenal played good football,made good use of space ,sweet passes ,etc.Arsenal should be proud of players like Fabregas,Viera Diaby and Denilson.They are youngsters only in age cos they play ahead of their years.Again when it really mattered the Goons lost their nerve.

At the end of the day though experience won the game.Chelsea deserved their victory because they slowly clawed their way back into the game .In the second half they were more threatening and hit the bar twice.More importantly they took their chances.Chelsea won even if Arsenal did not deserve to lose.

Offside goal?Forget it . It was marginal and I am sure many gunners came to that conclusion after 3-4 replays.Gooners demean the efforts of those boys by claiming ref's decision cost them the game.

Talking about great coaches will Prof or SAF or even David Moyes have fielded(or started) Terry today.Did you watch the first half.That guy was not fit.Mourinho will kill that guy.Quote me.

Congrats to Chelsea on this (only?)silverware .
Goons?sorry1 gone 3 to go.


WAN UNITED

Thubs Up,Chelsea 4 Ever

mr creamdream,as u can see d reverse is d case.SORRY! chelsea2-arsenal1,i knew;it was a mistake but u can correct urself now.chelsea 4 ever

Arsenal is still better than chelsea, their football is so crap just look at the amount of time they are playing route one football, Cech just kicking the ball into the other box 18, awful football by an awful team- rubbish

carling cup -06/07, has gone,FA cup,UEFA champions league,Premiership belong 2 me.who?chelsea of course!!!!!!!!

I hope it is still a season of 'no excuses'!!All hail the blues!!the only team competing on all four fronts

ja baby,y r u always a looser?wit ur so-called YOUNG STARS,shame on u.anyway u can make it next season wen u learn more experience 4rm me(chelsea).i told u-am always a WINNER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Manu4laif, did u say d offside was marginal? U kidding rite? Wasnt it in the same fashion Drogba stole the winner against us in Cardiff in Community shield 2005 and equally against Naija in CAN 2006? They won, no more Carling cr@p, Terry almost lost his life, shame on him and d lip, Mikel is a buffoon, reminds me of Oliseh jnr! Denilson far outplayed 'em pensioners, Diarra was fantastic 4 dem too! Diaby surely must be d best dribbler in England alongside Hleb, even Baptista had a fine 1st half, Lampard save for his thunderous shot was anonymous 4 d most part of d game, Fab had a nice game as usual, Ballack was too slow into getting d game, tho he steeled up later, Essien seems to be back to his butcher ways stamping Baptista all over, save 4 d goals Drogba looked pathetic most times and prior to d goal it seemed Senderos had him pocketed as he did at the bridge, Robben looked well conditioned 4 dis match and his unusually unselfish play helped them win, how we missed Clichy and Rosicky!! Well . . .It is well

Drogba Double Claims Carling Cup for Chelsea
Soccer: Carling Cup final: Didier Drogba settled a magnificent, madcap match match with two deadly strikes. If coming of age means learning that life can be cruel, then Arsene Wenger's young Gunners grew up today, losing a thrilling Carling Cup final that they had done so much to beautify. They had pinned Chelsea back from the very first minute but in the end conceded two goals and had two men sent off as Jose Mourinho's men killed off their challenge clinically.

It would be unfair to say Didier Drogba's two expertly-taken goals were undeserved, but it is a fact that they both came after several sequences of wonderful Arsenal play.

The first 20 minutes were all about Arsenal, whose precision, skill and movement made the reigning English champions look pedestrian. Abou Diaby and Cesc Fabregas were orchestrating matters in the middle, Julio Baptista and Jeremie Aliadiere were slippery and snappy up front and, on the right, Theo Walcott was having perhaps his best game for Arsenal, allying clever, direct passing and running to his natural pace.

Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech had already turned away powerful Fabregas and Baptista shots when, in the 11th minute, he had to pick the ball out of his net. Walcott collected a sloppy clearance 35 yards from goal, fed Diaby at the edge of the area and dashed into the box for the return ball, which Diaby duly delivered. As Cech raced off his line, the 17-year-old kept his composure to slot it past him into the corner.

Arsenal continued playing at the same rarefied height as Chelsea simply looked dizzy. But then, in the 20th minute, Chelsea suddenly drew level. Drogba peeled away from his markers in the centre and found space on the right - but had seemingly strayed slightly offside when Michael Ballack aimed a dainty chip over the top to him. The flag stayed down, however, and the Ivorian took one touch to tee himself before firing expertly past Manuel Almunia.

Chelsea gradually began to assert themselves more, though stars such as Shevchenko and Frank Lampard still looked ponderous against their far more zippy opponents. Fabregas, Baptista and Aliadiere all brought smart stops from Cech, and at the break Mourinho apparently decided that the best way to keep Arsenal at bay would be to force them onto the back front, so he threw on Arjen Robben in palce of Cluade Makalele. The Dutchman's impact was almost immediate, as he slalomed past three defenders in the 48th minute and narrowly failed to find Shevchenko with a clever through-ball.

There was a lull in the play in the 55th minute, when Terry attempted to head goalward from a corner but was caught, accidentally, in the Diaby's boot. The England captain was knocked out cold and, after several minut4s' treatment, was stretchered off and taken to hospital. Happily, reports said he regained consciousness before entering the ambulances.

When play resumed, it did so at the same cracking pace as before. Chelsea had lost the forward momentum of Essien, who retreated to defence in place of Terry as John Obi Mikel came on in the middle, but Robben was linking up well with Drogba and making sure Arsenal couldn't commit themselves totally to attack.

Though Arsenal were enjoying the majority of possession, it was Chelsea who were proving more penetrative. Lampard almost came out of the shadows in spectacular fashion in the 77th minute, crashing a 25-yard drive off the crossbar.

Seven minutes later, Chelsea took the lead. Essien pounced on a loose ball in the middle and instantly fizzed it wide on the right to Robben, who took one touch, looked up and arrowed a wicked cross towards Drogba in the box. The Ivorian masterfully directed his header into the far corner.

Arsenal's attacking grew more desperate, and with regular first-teamers Emmanuel Adebayor, Emmanuel Eboue and Aleksander Hleb having come on, they were still pressurizing the Chelsea box. But Chelsea almost snatched a third with another simple, devastatingly incisive counter-attack. Dorgba flicked on a long Cech kick, Shevchenko controlled it, held off the defender and walloped the ball past Almunia. It cannoned back off the bar and the game was still alive.

As the match ticked into the first of 11 minutes injury time, the final ingredient of a classic cup tie was introduced: controversial red cards. Mikel started it by tugging Kolo Toure's shirt, the Ivorian reacted by pushing the Nigerian in the chest - and then the other 20 players joined the melee. Amid the pandemonium, Wayne Bridge was sent sprawling to the ground, and both managers and several officials had to separate jostling footballers. It took several minutes to restore order, and when the smoke had cleared the referee sent off Mikel, Toure and, after a tip-off from his assistant, Adebayor too.

Play resumed long enough for Arsenal to launch a few 'Hail Mary' passes into Chelsea's box, but Carvalho and Cech dealt with everything they could hurl, and when the final whistle eventually sounded, Arsenal were all punched out. Chelsea, meanwhile, could begin clinching the first trophy of what may yet be a historic quadruple-winning season.

Chelsea takes Carling Cup
February 25, 2007

Drogba headed in the winning goal at Millennium Stadium in the 84th
minute from a cross from Arjen Robben.
CARDIFF, Wales (AP) -- Chelsea won the Carling Cup final with a 2-1 victory over Arsenal on Sunday, getting two goals from Didier Drogba and overcoming a frightening head injury to captain John Terry.

Terry was taken off the field on a stretcher after Arsenal defender Abou Diaby kicked him in the head in the 58th minute.

Drogba headed in the winning goal at Millennium Stadium in the 84th minute from a cross from Arjen Robben. He also scored in the 20th, eight minutes after Theo Walcott had give the Gunners a 1-0 lead with his first goal for Arsenal.

"In the second half , we dominated the game and at the end of the day we deserved the victory," Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho said. "They played very good. They have a great coach, great players. But football is about winning and the cup goes to us."

An injury-time brawl left Arsenal with nine men and Chelsea with 10. John Obi Mikel, who replaced Terry, was sent off along with Arsenal defender Kolo Toure. Emmanuel Adebayor was then also sent off before play restarted.

Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard and Arsenal midfielder Cesc Fabregas were given yellow cards.

"The pity was what happened in the final minutes," Mourinho said. "I don't know what happened but it was not nice."

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger said he regretted the brawl.

"We lost our nerve and that is part of the learning process. That is not what we want," Wenger said. "A few players were involved but I am not sure if the referee picked the right ones out. I feel he did not have the best of games, especially with Chelsea's first goal."

Terry was attempting to head a corner from Robben when Diaby went for the ball with his foot. Terry then fell to the ground and appeared to be unconscious. Players from both teams immediately called for medical assistance from the benches.

The Chelsea defender was put on a stretcher with an oxygen mask placed over his mouth and a brace around his head. Play was halted for six minutes before Terry was carried off the field and the game resumed.

"Today is strange," Drogba said. "We won and we're happy because we've got the cup but we are also scared because we don't know what to expect when we saw JT on the floor. I think more about JT than the cup."

Walcott gave Arsenal the lead after exchanging passes with Diaby and sending a rising shot into the far corner. Drogba levelled when he took a pass from Michael Ballack and beat Arsenal goalkeeper Manuel Almunia.

Arsenal played its youthful second team -- with Henry, Jens Lehmann, Gilberto and Tomas Rosicky not even in the squad.

"They played a very good game," Mourinho said. "They beat Liverpool, Everton and Tottenham with this team."

Chelsea, however, fielded the same lineup that started the 1-1 Champions League draw at FC Porto on Wednesday.

In the Premier League, Tottenham beat fifth-place Bolton 4-1 at White Hart Lane, with Robbie Keane scoring twice before being sent off in the 36th for handling a header from Ivan Campo on the line.

Jermaine Jenas and Aaron Lennon also scored for Spurs, and Gary Speed's penalty gave Bolton its goal in the 37th.

Shabani Nonda scored twice in the first 20 minutes and Stephen Warnock added a third as Blackburn outplayed Portsmouth 3-0.

Wigan improved its chances of avoiding relegation by edging Newcastle 1-0.

Matt Taylor scored the only goal at the JJB stadium in the 40th minute. Twelve minutes earlier, Wigan goalkeeper John Filan had saved a penalty from Nolberto Solano.



Arsenal enjoyed most of the possession in the first half of the Carling Cup final, and Julio Baptista had a shot palmed away by Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech before Walcott scored.

Last year, the 17-year-old Walcott was named in England's World Cup squad without ever playing a game for the Gunners. His selection was widely criticized and he didn't make an appearance in Germany. He has since been demoted to England's under-21 squad.

"It will help Theo Walcott that he scored a goal like that," Wenger said.

In the second half, Mourinho replaced defensive midfielder Claude Makelele with Robben.

Chelsea improved, but Arsenal still had the better early second-half chances, with Baptista forcing Cech to save a shot and Fabregas sending a diagonal shot wide.

Chelsea played well after Terry's injury, with Lassana Diarra setting up Drogba with a shot that was saved by Almunia in the 67th. Soon after, Diaby, who had been visibly upset after his challenge on Terry, was replaced by Alexander Hleb.

Lampard sent a powerful shot off the Arsenal crossbar in the 74th, and Andriy Shevchenko hit the corner of the post and crossbar in the 88th.

Wenger is still waiting for his first win over Mourinho. Arsenal has now lost four and drawn three since the Portuguese coach took over at Chelsea in 2004.

Wenger stuck with the squad he's used throughout the Carling Cup. The 29-year-old Almunia was the most experienced player in the starting lineup -- the average age of the other 10 was only 20.

The Carling Cup was the first trophy won by Jose Mourinho as Chelsea manager, in 2005. The Blues are also in contention for three more this season.

U still get more to post?

Well Done Chelsea.

Also well done my boys, you have done me proud and you went down fighting.

I wish the Senior team shows the same amount of appettie.

Now time for the FA Cup.

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omg see what happened 2 terry gutted or what Bleep hit me back if youz luvin arsenal

Those gunners abi guns would always have something to say.