107 Steps to glory

This was the amount of Wembley steps Man. United had to climb, to get their hands on the gleaming 2009 Carling cup. Their second trophy out of a possible 5 to be won this year. It was United's 3rd league cup win under Sir Alex, and in fairness, it was a match that hardly set the pulses racing.

However tell that to Jamie O' Hara, as the tears ran down his face, as the Man Yoo players wheeled away in yet another trophy-winning celebration. In front of an 88, 217 crowd the two teams played out an 'ahem' entertaining deadlock in normal time.

Aaron Lennon was Spurs best player on the day forcing a good save from newly revealed i-pod enthusiast Ben Foster in the 1st half. Foster again had to be at his best, in only his 7th performance for United, denying a Darren Bent drive with his feet in extra time.

United could have won in normal time, that boy Ronaldo involved in both chances, battering the Spurs post with a fierce drive in the 92nd minute.

Before that having been booked for an alleged dive in the Tottenham area, but TV replays showed it was a clear foul on him by Ledly King. A case of him being ‘A victim of his past’ is how adequately Sky pundit Andy Gray put it.

As the game headed for penalties, fellow Sky pundit Rob Hawthorne twittered on about how Heurelho Gomez could become a hero in the shootout. ‘Gomez villain for most of the year could become a hero here’. However, I feel he still remains on Spurs fans least wanted players list.

With Giggs, Tevez, Ronaldo & Anderson all netting for United, Tottenham's lone reply came from Vedran Corluka and two misses from Jamie O’ Hara and David Bentley. While on YouTube Bentley's displays his footballing prowess by kicking a ball from the roof of Red Bull's headquarters into a skip in a neighbouring building, as part of a bet with his agent. His skills from 12 yards out let him down badly last Sunday, with what can be best described as a 'woeful' attempt at a penalty kick.

Most players turned up on the day, but ‘Arry Redknapp must have wondered was he watching the birth of a new number 10 Rugby great, in the form of Roman Pavlyuchenko . When he witnessed his striker's ‘free kick’ which must have landed somewhere around the confines of row Z in the Wembley stands, early in the second half. Ireland might just consider him as back up for Ronan O' Gara, if Rog suffers another bad day at the office like he did, against the old enemy last Saturday.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibu2pA8xh6g - the miracle skip shot