Liverpool 3-6 Arsenal: Liverpool's Mark Gonzalez is carried off with a leg injury 10 minutes into the Carling Cup quarter-final Jeremie Aliadiere latches onto Kolo Toure's long ball and beats goalkeeper Jerzy Dudek to put Arsenal into the lead Robbie Fowler equalises from close range but Julio Baptista's 39th-minute free-kick puts Arsenal back in front Worse follows for Liverpool when defender Alexandre Song heads home his first senior goal for the Gunners Baptista nets his second goal of the night to send Liverpool in at the break 4-1 down and facing humiliation at Anfield Boss Rafael Benitez's decision to field an under-strength side backfires badly - Liverpool are booed off at half-time Baptista has a penalty saved by Dudek but fires home from 25 yards to complete his hat-trick on the hour mark Gonzalez's replacement, Luis Garcia, is himself stretchered off on 73 minutes - summing up a truly dire night for Liverpool Steven Gerrard and Sami Hyypia net for Liverpool but Baptista gets his fourth and Arsenal's sixth to cap a remarkable display Reading 3-2 Burnley: In the FA Cup third round, Reading striker Leroy Lita opens the scoring at the Madejski Stadium Reading are celebrating again eight minutes before half-time, when Shane Long puts them further ahead The Championship side's hopes of a comeback are dealt a blow when defender Sam Sodje heads in Reading's third Barnet 2-1 Colchester: Jason Puncheon gets the winner 10 minutes from time as League Two Barnet come from behind The result delights Barnet manager Paul Fairclough, whose team will face Peterborough or Plymouth in the fourth round
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