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2009 Football League Cup Final
Event	Football League Cup 2008–09
	Manchester United won 4–1 on penalties
Date	1 March 2009
Venue	Wembley Stadium, London
Man of the Match	Ben Foster (Manchester United)
Referee	Chris Foy (Merseyside)
Attendance	88,217
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The 2009 Football League Cup Final was the final match of the 2008–09 Football League Cup, the 49th season of the Football League Cup, a football competition for the 92 teams in the Premier League and The Football League. The match was played at Wembley Stadium on 1 March 2009, and was contested by Tottenham Hotspur, who won the competition in 2008, and Manchester United,^[1] who last won the competition in 2006. The two joint-top goalscorers played for each of the finalists. Roman Pavlyuchenko of Tottenham Hotspur, who scored in every match in which he played in the tournament up to the final, and Manchester United's Carlos Tévez; both players have six goals each.

Manchester United won 4–1 on penalties, after the match ended as a goalless draw in normal time. United converted all four of their penalties, while Tottenham missed two of their three. It was only the second time that the League Cup Final had been decided by a penalty shootout.^[2]

The man of the match was Manchester United goalkeeper Ben Foster, who became the first goalkeeper since Jerzy Dudek in 2003 to win the Alan Hardaker Award.^[3]

[edit] Match details

1 March 2009 15:00 GMT	Manchester United	0 – 0 (a.e.t.)	Tottenham Hotspur	Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 88,217 Referee: Chris Foy (Merseyside)^[4]
		Report

		Penalties
	Giggs Tévez Ronaldo Anderson	4 – 1	O'Hara Ćorluka Bentley

Manchester United

Tottenham Hotspur


MANCHESTER UNITED:
GK	12	Ben Foster
RB	22	John O'Shea	57'	76'
CB	23	Jonny Evans
CB	5	Rio Ferdinand (c)
LB	3	Patrice Evra
RM	7	Cristiano Ronaldo	67'
CM	18	Paul Scholes	108'
CM	28	Darron Gibson		91'
LM	17	Nani
CF	32	Carlos Tévez
CF	19	Danny Welbeck		56'
Substitutes:
GK	29	Tomasz Kuszczak
DF	15	Nemanja Vidić		76'
DF	42	Richard Eckersley
MF	8	Anderson		56'
MF	11	Ryan Giggs		91'
MF	13	Park Ji-Sung
MF	34	Rodrigo Possebon
Manager:
Sir Alex Ferguson


TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR:
GK	1	Heurelho Gomes
RB	22	Vedran Ćorluka
CB	20	Michael Dawson
CB	26	Ledley King (c)
LB	32	Benoît Assou-Ekotto
RM	7	Aaron Lennon	102'
CM	8	Jermaine Jenas	98'
CM	4	Didier Zokora
LM	14	Luka Modrić
CF	10	Darren Bent
CF	9	Roman Pavlyuchenko	65'
Substitutes:
GK	27	Ben Alnwick
DF	3	Gareth Bale	98'
DF	16	Chris Gunter
MF	5	David Bentley	102'
MF	6	Tom Huddlestone
MF	19	Adel Taarabt
MF	24	Jamie O'Hara	65'
Manager:
Harry Redknapp

MATCH OFFICIALS

Assistant referees:
- Peter Kirkup (Northamptonshire)
- Andy Butler (Lancashire)
Fourth official: Andre Marriner (West Midlands)
Reserve assistant referee: Robert Pollock (Merseyside)

MAN OF THE MATCH

Ben Foster (Manchester United)

MATCH RULES

90 minutes.
30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
Seven named substitutes.
Maximum of three substitutions.

[edit] Road to Wembley

[edit] Manchester United

Round 3^[5]	Manchester United	3–1	Middlesbrough
Round 4	Manchester United	1–0	Queens Park Rangers
Round 5	Manchester United	5–3	Blackburn Rovers
Semi-final (1st leg)	Derby County	1–0	Manchester United
Semi-final (2nd leg)	Manchester United	4–2	Derby County
Semi-final (2nd leg)	(Manchester United won 4–3 on aggregate)

[edit] Tottenham Hotspur

Round 3^[5]	Newcastle United	1–2	Tottenham Hotspur
Round 4	Tottenham Hotspur	4–2	Liverpool
Round 5	Watford	1–2	Tottenham Hotspur
Semi-final (1st leg)	Tottenham Hotspur	4–1	Burnley
Semi-final (2nd leg)	Burnley	3–2	Tottenham Hotspur
Semi-final (2nd leg)	(Tottenham won 6–4 on aggregate)

[edit] References

^ "Burnley face holders Spurs in cup". BBC Sport. 6 December 2008. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/league_cup/7769023.stm. Retrieved 7 January 2009.
^ "Man Utd 0-0 Tottenham (aet)". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). 1 March 2009. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/league_cup/7905889.stm. Retrieved 21 September 2009.
^ "Carling Cup Final report". carlingcup.premiumtv.co.uk. 1 March 2009. http://www.carlingcup.premiumtv.co.uk/page/News/0,,11995~1572476,00.html. Retrieved 1 March 2009.
^ "Officials named for Carling Cup Final". football-league.co.uk (The Football League). 26 January 2009. http://www.football-league.co.uk/page/News/CarlingCupNews/0,,10794~1534088,00.html. Retrieved 30 January 2009.
^ ^a ^b Clubs competing in UEFA competitions receive a bye to the third round

[0] "Burnley face holders Spurs in cup". BBC Sport. 6 December 2008. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/league_cup/7769023.stm. Retrieved 7 January 2009.

[1] "Man Utd 0-0 Tottenham (aet)". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). 1 March 2009. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/league_cup/7905889.stm. Retrieved 21 September 2009.

[2] "Carling Cup Final report". carlingcup.premiumtv.co.uk. 1 March 2009. http://www.carlingcup.premiumtv.co.uk/page/News/0,,11995~1572476,00.html. Retrieved 1 March 2009.

[3] "Officials named for Carling Cup Final". football-league.co.uk (The Football League). 26 January 2009. http://www.football-league.co.uk/page/News/CarlingCupNews/0,,10794~1534088,00.html. Retrieved 30 January 2009.

[bye-4] Clubs competing in UEFA competitions receive a bye to the third round

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Contents

[edit] Match details

[edit] Road to Wembley

[edit] Manchester United

[edit] Tottenham Hotspur

[edit] References