WOJCIECH SZCZESNY has warned Ipswich they can park the bus or as many tractors as they want in front of goal at Emirates Stadium tonight, but eventually Arsenal will break them down and reach the Carling Cup final.

Wojciech Szczesny has warned Ipswich they can park the bus or as many tractors as they want in front of goal at Emirates Stadium tomorrow night, but eventually Arsenal will break them down and reach the Carling Cup final.

ARSENE WENGER accepts football is very much a confidence game — but has every belief Arsenal can deliver the required performance to bounce back from their midweek Carling Cup horror show with victory at Premier League bottom club West Ham today.

ARSENAL captain Cesc Fabregas has launched an astonishing attack on Ipswich Town, accusing the Championship side of playing rugby in their Carling Cup semi-final first leg victory.

Arsene Wenger is confident his side can still reach the Carling Cup final – but conceded they must turn in a much-improved performance in the second leg to overcome Ipswich.

Chelsea 7 Ipswich 0

ROY KEANE’S Ipswich Town adventure appeared to have come to an end last night with the former Ireland skipper on the brink of parting company with the Championship club.

UNDER-FIRE boss Roy Keane guided npower Championship side Ipswich into the semi-finals of the Carling Cup — where they will meet favourites Arsenal — following a 1-0 win over top-flight West Brom last night.

ROY KEANE’S Ipswich side came from a goal behind to end Northampton’s brave Carling Cup run last night.

Ipswich 3 Northampton 1

EVERTON crashed out of the Carling Cup at the third round stage last night, beaten 4-3 in a penalty shoot-out by League One strugglers Brentford after a 1-1 draw. Jermaine Beckford and Phil Jagielka failed from 12 yards for David Moyes’ men.

Gordon Strachan had no complaints after his new-look Middlesbrough side stumbled to a 3-1 opening-day npower Championship defeat at home to Ipswich.

Millwall celebrated their return to the npower Championship by subjecting David James to a torrid afternoon in a 3-0 victory over Bristol City at Ashton Gate.

Goalkeeper Marton Fulop has completed his transfer from Sunderland to Ipswich to link up with former Black Cats boss Roy Keane.

QPR 0 Newcastle 1

Middlesbrough 3 Ipswich 1

LUCKLESS Steven Reid suffered another injury setback last night.

An uninspiring Coca-Cola Championship clash between Ipswich and Leicester ended goalless at Portman Road.

IPSWICH manager Roy Keane blasted his side’s defending as they began the Coca-Cola Championship season with a 2-1 defeat at Coventry yesterday.

Coventry 2 Ipswich 1

Hat-trick hero Nicolas Anelka insists Chelsea’s 3-1 FA Cup victory over Watford can become the turning point of their season.

Watford 1 Chelsea 3

GLEN ROEDER challenged Norwich to improve their consistency after the East Anglian derby win over Ipswich at Carrow Road yesterday.

Watford 1 Tottenham 2

TWO GOALS from Liverpool midfielder Xabi Alonso ensured European champions Spain completed preparations for their World Cup qualification campaign on a high.

Hull 4 Watford 1 (Hull win 6-1 on aggregate)

Coca-Cola Championship leaders Watford came from two goals down to beat Colchester 3-2 at Layer Road and extend their advantage at the summit to four points.

Watford welcome back defender Clarke Carlisle for their final match of the season, against Newcastle at Vicarage Road on Sunday.

Sheffield United 1 Watford 0

It was unfortunate that Ben Foster – Watford’s best player this season – should make the mistake that ensured Adrian Boothroyd’s team would be relegated to the Coca-Cola Championship.

WATFORD boss Adrian Boothroyd believes yesterday’s 4-2 win over Portsmouth was a crucial result ahead of Saturday’s FA Cup semi-final against Manchester United.

Watford 4 Portsmouth 2

Middlesbrough 4 Watford 1

Hameur Bouazza lashed into the roof of the net to end Plymouth’s brave FA Cup journey and have Watford dreaming of an unlikely European campaign.

Watford moved off the bottom of the Premiership for the first time since early December but the 2-2 draw with Charlton effectively pushes both sides nearer to the drop.

Alan Pardew made his second visit to Watford this season having seen the club he started the season with, West Ham, draw 1-1 in August.

STAND-IN strikers Kevin Kuranyi and Mario Gomez led Germany to a 3-1 win over Switzerland in a friendly international last night, but there was bad news for Chelsea as Michael Ballack limped off injured a minute before the break.

Watford striker Ashley Young was left out of the line-up to face Aston Villa ahead of his expected move to the midlands club.

Watford boss Adrian Boothroyd could give a debut to Moses Ashikodi in tomorrow’s FA Cup third round tie at home to Stockport.

Watford survived a ferocious first-half onslaught in an incident-packed Barclays Premiership clash with Fulham to leave Craven Cottage with a point.

Moritz Volz scored the 15,000th goal in Premiership history when he gave Fulham a shock lead against champions Chelsea at Stamford Bridge.

Portsmouth 2 Watford 1