• Chelsea to host Newcastle United at Stamford Bridge
• United travel to Scunthorpe; Liverpool take on Northampton

Tottenham will host their north London neighbours Arsenal in the third round of the Carling Cup after this afternoon’s draw paired them together.

The two clubs last faced each other in the semi-finals of the competition in 2008, with Tottenham emerging victorious, winning a tumultuous second leg 5-1 at White Hart Lane. Then managed by Juande Ramos, they went on to beat Chelsea 2-1 in the final.

Other ties of note include Newcastle United’s trip to Chelsea, while Blackburn Rovers will be looking for revenge for their semi-final defeat to Aston Villa last season when they travel to Villa Park.

Scunthorpe and Northampton Town face daunting games, the former hosting the holders Manchester United, and the latter taking on Liverpool at Anfield.

Carling Cup third round draw

Brentford v Everton

Portsmouth v Leicester

Stoke v Fulham

Chelsea v Newcastle

Aston Villa v Blackburn

Tottenham v Arsenal

Millwall v Ipswich

Wolves v Notts County

Burnley v Bolton

Birmingham v MK Dons

Liverpool v Northampton

Scunthorpe v Man Utd

West Brom v Man City

Sunderland v West Ham

Peterborough v Swansea

Wigan v Preston

Ties to be played week commencing 20 September

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Jack Rodwell appears intent on making life a little harder for his manager David Moyes. The Everton teenager seized on his opportunity of a first start of the season to provide a timely selection dilemma.

Rodwell, 19, provided a virtuoso midfield display, albeit against League One opposition, scoring once and winning a penalty to ensure Huddersfield were not as irksome as they briefly threatened to be, on the way to the third round of the Carling Cup.

Marouane Fellaini and Rodwell, two of the six players drafted in by Everton, appeared to have settled the contest inside the opening quarter-of-an-hour with some clinical finishing.

Belgian Fellaini’s ability to get beyond the forwards paid dividends inside seven minutes when his hulking frame stretched sufficiently for him to nod debutant Magaye Gueye’s first-time centre from the left beyond Alex Smithies.

In contrast, Rodwell’s goal was all his own creation: receiving a pass from Stephen Pienaar midway into visiting territory, he ghosted left and produced a drag-back to shrug off the attentions of Damien Johnson before leaving England Under-21 call-up Smithies helpless with a right-footed drive from 20 yards.

The favourable impression provided by French Under-21 Gueye, a £1m summer purchase from Strasbourg, was matched by fellow fresher Jan Mucha, Slovakia’s World Cup goalkeeper, who had to be alert to push away a fourth-minute header by Huddersfield defender Jamie McCombe.

That early escapade roused the impressive 5000-plus away following and despite a conservative selection by manager Lee Clark – who opted to leave strikers Jordan Rhodes and Lee Novak, who struck 37 times between them last season, on the bench, with an eye no doubt on Saturday’s encounter with fellow promotion chasers Charlton – they halved the deficit before half-time.

Lee Croft had just hit the post with a volley when another striking of the woodwork proved decisive: Gary Roberts deflected the ball onto the bar via his chest and Johnny Heitinga inadvertently bundled the into the corner of his own net.

Five minutes into the second half, Rodwell surged onto Steven Pienaar’s square ball and lost his legs thanks to Johnson’s crude tackle from behind. Jermaine Beckford sent substitute goalkeeper Ian Bennett the wrong way from 12 yards. And although Heitinga missed another spot-kick, substitute Louis Saha and Leon Osman were on target to seal the win.

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