Graham Poll, who was criticised by Jose Mourinho for allowing Thierry Henry’s audacious free-kick at Highbury, was today revealed as the official who gave Chelsea pre-season refereeing advice.

Southampton 2 Middlesbrough 2

Newcastle 1 Sporting Lisbon 1

Office and factory staff are switched on to working harder if they can listen to the radio at the same time, new research showed today.

Rangers 0 Auxerre 2

Chelsea and West Ham have been charged by the Football Association following alleged incidents of missile-throwing by fans during their Carling Cup tie at Stamford Bridge.

Rafael Benitez is becoming increasingly concerned by Liverpool’s inability to finish off their opponents.

Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez refused to blame goalkeeper Jerzy Dudek for the error which led to the loss of two valuable points tonight.

Liverpool 1 Portsmouth 1

The Football Association have tonight launched an inquiry into alleged comments from Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech, criticising referee Graham Poll.

Referee Graham Poll has been backed by the Premier League over his decision to allow Thierry Henry’s quickly taken free-kick against Chelsea to stand.

Chelsea’s Icelandic striker Eidur Gudjohnsen has today joined the row over Thierry Henry’s quickly-taken free kick by accusing referee Graham Poll of going back on a promise to blow the whistle before allowing the game to restart.

Arsene Wenger has admitted Manchester United deserve their place in the Carling Cup semi-finals – but he does not think much of the tactics used to win it.

Tottenham 3 Liverpool 4 on penalties (1-1 after extra time)

Manchester United 1 Arsenal 0

Watford 3 Portsmouth 0

Rotherham 1 Leeds 0

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has told the first news conference of her whistle-stop visit to the UK: "This is my first step on what is indeed going to be a bit of a whirlwind around Europe and the Middle East.

Blackburn 0 Chelsea 1

Birmingham 2 Southampton 1