Arsenal Crashes Liverpool 2-1

Arsenal Vs Liverpool 2-1, LONDON: A young team Thursday night Arsenal won seven times League Cup Champions Liverpool 2-1 in an absorbing Carling Cup tie fourth round at the Emirates Stadium.

Fran Merida thundered in a shot from 18 yards to put Arsenal ahead early in the first half of Emiliano Insua Liverpool drew 6 minutes later with an excellent dipping 25-yard strike.

Nickolas Bendtner shot in the roof of the net in the second half to secure Arsenals place in the quarter-finals.

At Stamford Bridge, Saloman Kalou gave the home side the lead, Florent Malouda scored the second a low drive sealed the victory Deco and a header from substitute Didier Drogba rounded off in style.

The 4-0 score line serves as testimony to a great performance, coherent than it was in much of Chelsea’s second string team.

In another tie of the night, crossed the Manchester City to a 5-1 victory over Championship side Scunthorpe. A midweek Serie A Juventus tie scored two victories on the bounce with a 5-1 victory over Sampdoria at the Stadio Olimpico blows.

Amauri, Giorgio Chiellini, Mauro Camoranesi and David Trezeguet goals substitute at Juventus produced his best performance of the season to leave behind Sampdoria, for which Giampaolo Pazzini grabbed a consolation second.

And in tennis, Serena Williams finished the year as world number one after Dinara Safina withdrew due to a back injury since the season-ending Sony Ericsson Championships in Doha.

The Wimbledon champion Williams later won his second match of the tournament, defeating her older sister Venus 5-7 6-4 7-6.

Serena had to win only one more game than Safina of Russia to reach the leaderboard.