Gardner became a hero for City with the winner in the Carling Cup semi-final second leg triumph over West Ham in midweek.
Swansea City's Capital One Cup semi-final second leg against Chelsea at the Liberty Stadium went ahead as planned, despite the weather problems.
O'Shea scored from close range after Arsenal failed to clear a corner - giving United a slender but fully deserved advantage to take into the semi-final second leg at the Emirates next Tuesday.
Pool enjoyed a period of dominance as the Bluebirds tried to come to terms with their double blow, but Stephen Crainey shot wide and DJ Campbell, who scored a hat-trick in the play-off semi-final second leg against Nottingham Forest, failed to connect with a precise low cross.
Pennycook's final game for his hometown club was in their play-off final second-leg defeat by Exeter Chiefs.
Then Arsenal lost Mathieu Flamini, arguably Arsenal's most consistent performer, when he picked up an injury during the Champions League quarter-final second-leg at Anfield.
The AC Milan skipper missed Wednesday's 3-0 semi-final, second leg win over Manchester United as he had an injury that was sustained in the first game.
Voller, though, may have to be without Bayer skipper and sweeper Jens Nowotny, who inured his knee in the Champions League semi-final second-leg against Manchester United.
If you watched Chelsea in the Champions League semi-final, second leg at Liverpool last season, they were so one-dimensional for a top team it wasn't true.
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United, who like their opponents were unchanged from their semi-final second-leg victory, too readily resorted to a direct option and the Clarets central defensive duo of Steven Caldwell and Clarke Carlisle dealt comfortably with high balls into the penalty area.
Zamora, who has scored eight times during Fulham's European odyssey, which began on 30 July against Lithuania side FK Vetra, has not played since the 2-1 semi-final, second leg win over Hamburg on April 29 at Craven Cottage, when Duff was also hurt.
After doing the hard work with their 3-1 first-leg victory a week ago, Ebbsfleet were given an uncomfortable final half hour in this second leg.
Galli had experienced troubles during the return to service after the final stage of the second leg and did not re-enter the race on Sunday.
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The Nigerians will not know their opposition until after this weekend, when Ismaili of Egypt and Esperance of Tunisia, play their second leg semi-final in Tunis.
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The second leg of the Copa Sudamerica final was abandoned at halftime after visiting Argentine team Tigres claimed they had been threatened with guns by security officials as they left the pitch.
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This week a lacklustre domestic season was drawing to a tarnished close, as lawyers for Vasco da Gama, a Rio de Janeiro club, battled to bend the rules to ensure that Edmundo, their temperamental striker, could play in the second leg of the league-championship final, despite having been sent off in the first game on December 14th.
The two sides meet for the third time in a row in the second leg of their Champions League quarter-final in midweek.
If Rangers manage a score draw or better against Fiorentina on Thursday in the second-leg of the Uefa Cup semi-final, they will reach the final to be held in Manchester on 14 May.
The arrest came four days after Northampton Town beat Cheltenham Town 1-0 in the second leg of their League Two play-off semi final.
"Personally, Ian might be different, but I just feel like the second leg of the play-offs or a semi-final, if you're at home there's a lot of pressure on you, " Cooper told BBC Tees.
Russ Smith scored 23, Gorgui Dieng had 14 points, 11 rebounds and four blocks, and top-seeded Louisville put aside the shock from Ware's gruesome leg injury to earn a second straight trip to the Final Four with an 85-63 victory over Duke on Sunday afternoon.
The men from Bavaria won the second leg 3-0 to set up an all-German final against Borussia Dortmund at London's Wembley Stadium on May 25.
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Meanwhile Aston Villa beat Blackburn Rovers 6-4 in a thrilling English League Cup semifinal second leg tie to go through 7-4 on aggregate and secure a Wembley final against either Manchester United or Manchester City.
The victory is the perfect riposte for Spurs following their quarter-final first-leg loss to Real Madrid, which has - barring the most unlikely of second-leg turnarounds - ended their involvement in this season's Champions League.
After the 1-1 second-leg draw, Drogba ran on to the pitch to confront Ovrebo at the final whistle and was booked.
The first leg of the final will now take place on 2 January at Hearts' home ground in Accra, with the second leg a week later in Kumasi.
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