Left-back Innocent Mdledle and left-side midfielder Franklin Cale were the other two players left out of the final squad.
Although Nadir Belhadj pulled a goal back for the home side, midfielder Alex Song nodded in a fourth with 10 minutes left from Nasri's right-wing cross.
However, Gunners goalkeeper Manuel Almunia saved Alessandro Diamanti's resultant penalty to preserve the lead given to the home side by midfielder Denilson in the fifth minute.
To complete a miserable afternooon for Harry Redknapp's side, midfielder Scott Parker was shown a second yellow card for a late challenge on Vermaelen as Tottenham finished the match with 10 men.
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The London side's Swiss midfielder Kerim Frei was fouled by Swansea's left-back Ashley Richards as he burst into the area.
Suddenly, the Buddies were a side reborn and young midfielder had a chance to restore parity only minutes later when he was played in by Paul McGowan, but Jack managed to make a vital block.
"We showed a different side of Swansea, " midfielder Jonathan De Guzman said after the 2-1 victory over Fulham.
Rangers' Algerian midfielder constantly put his side in trouble by dwelling on the ball.
Santana was the coach of Brazilian league side Vasco when Dunga was a midfielder there.
The home side claimed for a penalty when midfielder Ian Black was challenged by Jackie McNamara, but the referee waved play on.
But it was the home side who took the lead when midfielder Dorman was fed a through ball by Thomson and fired the ball through the legs of Falkirk keeper Dani Mallo.
The midfielder cajoled his stuttering side into a greater urgency and, after David Ngog and Raul Meireles missed two gilt-edged chances, it was left to the Reds captain to grab an equaliser.
Bordeaux were thumped 4-0 when they met the Blues at Stamford Bridge in September but Bellion is sure his side, which includes highly rated midfielder Yoann Gourcuff, will offer more of a threat this time.
Friedhelm Funkel's side were reduced to 10 men when midfielder Gojko Kacar was shown a second yellow card for throwing the ball away, having been penalised for a foul.
It was Sweeney who gave his side hope of an upset as the midfielder, who scored a hat-trick in the previous round, was put through one-on-one and slid the ball home with the final kick of the half.
Midfielder Gattuso headbutted Jordan following his side's 1-0 defeat in the first leg of their last-16 encounter at the San Siro and has since apologised.
Swansea have already lost Andy Robinson to Leeds since winning the League One title and the Liberty Stadium side do not want to lose another influential midfielder on the cheap.
Robinho had made a hash of a simple chance but fortunately for him and City, the ball fell to Bulgarian midfielder Petrov to put the home side ahead after 28 minutes.
West Ham played a lead role in England's success, with Moore captaining the side, forward Geoff Hurst scoring a hat-trick (still the only player to do so in a World Cup final) and midfielder Martin Peters grabbing the home side's only other goal.
Stambouli also admitted that there was no hope of getting midfielder Alou Diarra to also join the side.
The goalkeeper was poised to return to the national side but there was no place for Birmingham City midfielder Ferguson.
Cardiff midfielder Ledley, 22, captained the side for the first time, and the ninth to take the armband during Toshack's five-year reign.
After midfielder Hosny Abd Rabou gave the home side the lead midway through the second half, Knowledge Musona struck from distance to bring the visitors level.
Motherwell were without top scorer Lukas Jutkiewicz, with Ross Forbes the only change to Craig Brown's side, while Falkirk brought in Kieran Duffy and midfielder Healy returned from illness.
The left-footed midfielder, who was recalled to the side after his goal against West Ham two weeks ago, hit an inswinging free-kick from the right and Paul Robinson did well to turn it around the post after it had eluded everyone.
Domestic issues aside, Toure is looking ahead to 2010, when the World Cup will be held in Africa for the first time in its history -- a tournament in which the powerful midfielder has high hopes for his national side, Ivory Coast.
Only midfielder Keith Southern retained his place from the side that earned a 2-2 draw at home to Everton on Saturday.
The midfielder has played his part for a Wigan side that have surprised many by sitting eighth in England's top division.
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That said, their new manager, Eddie May, will bring his own approach and ideas to the side and I like the look of the young attacking midfielder he's brought in on loan from Burnley, Alex McDonald.
The result was in no way guaranteed when Emmanuel-Thomas received the ball on the right side of the box and the on-loan Arsenal midfielder drove into the area before wrong-footing an unsighted Carson with his left-footed shot.
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