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Villa knocks out Man City
Published in The Saudi Gazette on 27 - 09 - 2012

Manchester City's James Milner (L) tackles Aston Villa's Charles N'Zogbia during their English League Cup match at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester Tuesday. — AP
LONDON — Premier League champion Manchester City was eliminated from the League Cup at the first hurdle by Aston Villa Tuesday, and Everton was beaten by second-tier club Leeds.
Villa beat City 4-2 after twice coming from behind to force the game into extra time, when Charles N'Zogbia and Gabriel Agbonlahor scored.
Goals from Aidy White and Rodolph Austin put Leeds into the fourth round with a 2-1 victory over Everton, which is third in the Premier League.
But it was completely one-sided at Chelsea, with Fernando Torres among six different scorers as the Premier League leader crushed Wolves 6-0.
Man City's patchy form in the league, however, extended into the first domestic cup competition of the season.
Despite manager Roberto Mancini making 10 changes from Sunday's 1-1 draw with Arsenal, the team's combined value was still more than $200 million.
Mario Balotelli gave a strong City side the lead in the 27th minute, but the visitors drew level thanks to an own goal by former Villa midfielder Gareth Barry in the second half.
Aleksandar Kolarov restored City's lead before Villa equalized again when Agbonlahor scored his first of the night in the 70th.
N'Zogbia scored six minutes into the first extra period with a low shot from close range, and Agbonlahor sealed victory with a fine strike near the end.
Mancini exchanged heated words in the second half with Villa manager Paul Lambert after complaining to the fourth official about a tackle on Barry by Joe Bennett.
“It is a massive result for us. I thought the way we played was excellent,” Lambert said.
At Elland Road, Leeds stormed in front after four minutes when Aidan White weaved his way through the visiting defense before unleashing a fierce drive into the net.
Leeds doubled its lead with 20 minutes remaining when Danny Pugh's shot was backheeled into the net by Rodolph Austin, ensuring Sylvain Distin's late header was only a consolation.
At Stamford Bridge, Chelsea captain John Terry played after appearing in front of a Football Association racism hearing for a second day.
Gary Cahill, Ryan Bertrand and Juan Mata all scored inside the opening 17 minutes against a heavily weakened Wolves side, while Oriol Romeu netted from the penalty spot earlier in the second half before Torres and Victor Moses added further goals.
Also Tuesday, Swansea was spared from embarrassment late on at Crawley, coming from behind and scoring in stoppage time to beat the third-tier side 3-2.
Wigan eliminated West Ham with a 4-1 victory, Southampton defeated Sheffield Wednesday 2-0, and Sunderland won 2-0 at MK Dons.
Ex-City manager Bond dies
One of the most colorful club managers in English football from the 1970's and 1980's John Bond died Wednesday aged 79.
Bond – always dapperly dressed and often seen smoking a cigar - was known for his teams pleasing football style and was instrumental in turning unfashionable Norwich City into an established First Division (now the Premier League) side in the 1970's.
He took them to the 1975 League Cup final where they lost to Aston Villa. His impressive work at Norwich earned him a more high profile managerial post at Manchester City - where he replaced the equally flamboyant Malcolm Allison - in 1981 and took them to that season's FA Cup final against Spurs. — Agencies


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