Five reasons why Tottenham could retain the Carling Cup
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We’re not suggesting for a second that you spend your whole month’s wages betting on a Tottenham triumph at Wembley on Sunday, but here are five reasons why a Manchester United victory isn’t inevitable, thanks to our friends at chickendinner:
1. Tottenham have a brilliant record against the Big Four and have only lost one of their seven meetings with them this season – the 2-1 FA Cup loss to Manchester United when they played their “mish-mash” side.
2. And Spurs have already got past the other three Big Four sides in this competition over the last fourteen months – beating Arsenal in last season’s semi-finals, Chelsea in the final and Liverpool in this year’s fourth round.
3. Both sides have contested six League Cup finals, but Tottenham have a 67% win rate in them compared to Manchester United’s 33%. Spurs have triumphed on four occasions, with United lifting the cup just twice.
4. Spurs have won five of their six clashes with Manchester United in this competition, including each of the last four.
5. Tottenham and Harry Redknapp both have strong records at Wembley. Spurs beat Chelsea in last year’s Carling Cup final while Redknapp’s Portsmouth beat West Brom and Cardiff there in the FA Cup. He also held Manchester United for ninety minutes in the Community Shield before losing on penalties.
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Ryan Failey // February 27, 2009 at 5:54 pm
this has to be the first positive spurs article i’ve read over here.
pretty sure spurs will find a way to dick this up though. they’re playing gibson and welbeck for christ sakes. we should be able to get something off them.
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