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Football Weekly Extra: Fired up Tevez gives City slender advantage

Paul Doyle, Raphael Honigstein and Barry Glendenning join James to discuss a feast of midweek football action.

The Carling Cup semi-finals produced a 10 goal bonanza at Villa Park and a very tasty Manchester derby. But will Carlos Tevez' goal celebration come back to haunt him in the second leg? Will it? Eh?

In the Premier League, Arsenal went top and Liverpool showed there is life in the mangey old dog yet. Were Arsenal right to carry on after Mark Davies went down injured? And could Owen Coyle's commendable footballing philosophies spell bad news for Bolton?

There's a full round-up of the leagues in France, Germany, Italy and Spain (with a bit of help from Dr Sid Lowe) as well as the latest from Angola where the Africa Cup of Nations is reaching the knockout stages.

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