Carling Cup 09/10: Quarter final fixtures released

The fixtures for the fifth round of matches in the Carling Cup tournament 2009-10 has been announced.

The fixtures will take place in the week beginning November 30.

The eight teams that have proceeded to the fifth round or the quarter-final round are:

Manchester United

Arsenal

Chelsea

Manchester City

Tottenham Hotspur

Blackburn Rovers

Portsmouth, and

Aston Villa

Any one of these eight teams, which are playing in the Premier League, will be picking up the silverware this year.

All the four matches will be played on Tuesday, the 1st of December 2009.

Blackburn Rovers will host Chelsea

Manchester United invite Tottenham Hotspur to Old Trafford

Arsenal will travel to Manchester City, and

Portsmouth will entertain Aston Villa.

From today, precisely one month is there for the teams to prepare for the quarter-finals, from which four will have their hopes vanished at the end, while the balance four teams will go to the next round - the semi-finals.

While all the fixtures are really interesting and would present an interesting battle, the mouth-watering game would be between the Gunners and the high-spending Manchester City, and the game will be on City's home ground.

Champions, Manchester United will invite Tottenham Hotspur in what is going to be a repeat of last year's Finals where Manchester United lifted the trophy after prevailing over Tottenham Hotspur - 4-1 in a penalty shoot out.