Carling Cup 3rd Round Draw And Man Utd To Travel To Elland Road

Leeds United will host Manchester United in a Carling Cup in the most anticipated draw of the 3rd round and the last time the two old foes met was in the FA Cup in January 2010 and Leeds heroically beat their Premier League counterparts 1-0 at Old Trafford.

One of four all Premier League ties of the round pits Chelsea with Fulham at Stamford Bridge while Everton host West Brom at Goodison Park at the Britannia Stadium, Stoke will take on Tottenham with the Aston Villa at home to Bolton completing the list of duels between top tier clubs.

Holders Birmingham will have to defend their title the hard way for the travel to big spenders Manchester City and liverpool face a difficult trip to Gus Poyet's high-flying Brighton and the Wolves welcome Millwall and Newcastle travel to the City Ground to take on Steve McClaren's Nottingham Forest of a arsenal welcome League Two side Shrewsbury Town and Championship duo Cardiff and Leicester meet in a Welsh capital.

Crystal Palace will host the winner of Wigan and Middlesbrough for Burnley host Milton Keynes Dons and the winner of Aldershot and Carlisle will host giant-killers Rochdale, who conquered Queens Park Rangers in Loftus Road in the 2nd round and the Finally Swindon or Southampton will host winner of Charlton and Preston and all 3rd round ties to be played week commencing 19th September.

Draw in full:

Cardiff v Leicester, Wolverhampton v Millwall, Chelsea v Fulham,

Aldershot/Carlisle v Rochdale, Arsenal v Shrewsbury, Burnley v MK Dons,

Leeds v Man Utd, Brighton v Liverpool, Nottm Forest v Newcastle,

Man City v Birmingham, Blackburn v Leyton Orient/Bristol Rovers,

Swindon/Southampton v Charlton/Preston, Everton v West Brom,

Crystal Palace/Wigan v Middlesbrough, Aston Villa v Bolton and

Stoke v Tottenham

Robin van Persie calls for signings for Arsenal but believes they can challenge for honours next season

Robin van Persie has voiced his frustration after another familiar tale of disappointment at the Arsenal but believes they can challenge for honours next season if a number of new players arrive and the Gunners' latest campaign followed a similar pattern to many others in recent years as a promising situation unravelled from February onwards.

Arsene Wenger's side have not to be won a trophy for 2005 FA Cup and Van Persie believes they should no longer to be considered among the favourites for the Premier League title.
Dutch striker is to be confident Arsenal will be able to compete over the next 12 months if Wenger is active in the transfer market and the every year it goes wrong in an identical way and that is frustrating," Van Persie said in The Sun.

It's still unbelievable we didn't win a Carling Cup and that was the breakthrough moment, showing everyone we could win a cup and create a belief within the team.

Robin van Persie told When you look at the results in a last years, Arsenal shouldn't be talking about winning the league because too many times that has gone wrong.