Carling Cup 2011, Round 3: Manchester City, Liverpool Both Advance, Chelsea Beat Fulham On Penalties

Cardiff City vs. Leicester also went to penalties, although that was a match with rather more in the way of goals, with each team scoring in both halves to take the match to extra time and eventually spot kicks. The first 12 were all converted before Gelson Fernandes skied his shot over the crossbar. Paul Quinn planted his effort past Chris Weale to lead Cardiff to victory 2-2 (7-6).

There are 45 minutes left for someone to pull a surprise. It certainly won’t be Leeds. Are Arsenal going to survive today?

It’s round three of the Carling Cup and this time the big boys are playing. The teams that are playing in Europe get added to the mixer this time around, meaning we have Arsenals, Manchesters and... Stoke City! What fun that will be. Anyway, there’s a full slate of games scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday, and even if many teams don’t take this tournament particularly seriously, it’s still a fun chance to see the youth sides playing some good football.

The big match on Tuesday is undoubtedly Manchester United’s trip to Elland Road to face old rivals Leeds. Although United will be fielding a reserve team, their seniors having only just played on Sunday during the reigning Champions’ 3-1 victory over Chelsea, they’ll still probably be too much for their hosts. That said, Leeds always seem to save their best for United, so there could be a giant-killing in the works here.