English League Cup Review

23rd September 2010

So another round of the English League Cup is over. A quick review of the games.

Straight forward wins for Arsenal, Aston Villa and Manchester United. Arsenal should have won in 90 minutes as Kieran Gibbs was flagged offside when he was clearly on, and Robbie Keane who was offside but allowed to play on. Scunthorpe actually gave Man Utd a run for their money. The scoreline doesn't show it but Scunthorpe played well and actually had 29 shots at goal with 19 of them on target. Not too shabby.

Goodbye to Chelsea, Liverpool, Everton and Manchester City. Chelsea, maybe a case of over confidence, but also prioritizing their matches, you can forgive them for playing their 2nd stringers. Losing to a premiership side, and with big matches coming up, can't really fault them too much. Man City should win these games if they want to challenge for anything at all. Liverpool, tsk tsk, can't even beat Northampton. And Everton, can't kill off their game with Brentford. Early exits for these premiership teams.

As an Arsenal fan, this is good news for us. We have some depth this year with some of the youngsters not so "young" anymore. Some teenagers already have 20-30 games on their belt by now. As long as the team is fit, they should have a good run for the league cup. Might be a potential mouth watering final with Man Utd? Hmm...

If I were you, I would put money on Arsenal to win the League Cup.