The Malaysian Insider :: Sports

Posted: 24 Aug 2011 04:59 PM PDT

LONDON, Aug 25 — Liverpool led the way into the third round of the English League Cup with a 3-1 win at third-tier Exeter yesterday after a series of surprises 24 hours earlier in which four Premier League sides including Sunderland were bundled out.

Blackburn Rovers won by the same scoreline at home to modest Sheffield Wednesday and Sheffield United followed their city rivals out of the competition, also losing 3-1, at Everton.

A big upset looked possible when fourth-tier Macclesfield Town led 1-0 at Bolton Wanderers at halftime but the Premier League side fought back to win 2-1 thanks to goals from Tuncay Sanli (56th) and Martin Petrov (73rd). Emile Sinclair had given Macclesfield an 11th minute lead. — Reuters

Arsenal survive torrid examination

Posted: 24 Aug 2011 04:11 PM PDT

Arsenal's Theo Walcott (centre) celebrates after scoring as Udinese's goalkeeper Samir Handanovic (right) reacts during their Champions League second round qualifying match in Udine on August 24, 2011. — Reuters pic

BERNE, Aug 25 — Arsenal teetered on the brink on of elimination before coming from behind to win 2-1 at Udinese and make sure of their place in the Champions League for the 14th season in a row yesterday.

Twice former European champions Benfica joined them with a 3-1 win over Twente Enschede and Olympique Lyon made it 12 appearances in succession by holding out for a 1-1 draw at Rubin Kazan in the playoff second legs.

Czech champions Viktoria Plzen qualified for the first time with a 2-1 win over FC Copenhagen and BATE Borisov completed the line-up with a 2-0 win at Sturm Graz.

Udinese, 1-0 behind from the first leg, went ahead with an Antonio di Natale goal six minutes before halftime. Robin van Persie levelled 10 minutes after the break.

The turning point came shortly afterwards when a Di Natale penalty was saved by Wojciech Szczesny before Theo Walcott scored the decisive goal in the 69th minute. — Reuters

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The Malaysian Insider :: Sports

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