Fans doubt Wenger's League Cup sacrifice

Arsene Wenger has put his reputation as a winner at considerable risk by sacrificing Arsenal’s chance to win the League Cup for the first time since 1993 in pursuit of more meaningful trophies.

Gunners fans’ hopes of another trip to the Millennium Stadium later this month came to grief at Middlesbrough last night where Martin Keown’s red card and new £17m (€24.8m) striker Jose Reyes’ own goal sealed a two-legged Carling Cup semi-final defeat.