A second-string Arsenal needed nine penalties to beat first division Rotherham in the third round of the League Cup Tuesday.
At Elland Road, Eric Djemba-Djemba scored the winner as an unfamiliar Manchester United lineup needed extra time to defeat fellow Premier League club Leeds 3-2 in English soccer's second tier knockout competition.
Both substitute Rotherham goalkeeper Gary Montgomery and his Arsenal counterpart Graham Stack converted penalty kicks.
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Rotherham goalkeeper Michael Pollitt was sent off after 11 minutes of extra time for a deliberate handball. Montgomery, who normally plays in defense, went into goal.
After Leeds and Manchester United had drawn 1-1 after regular time, Djemba-Djemba scored the winner after 27 minutes of extra time, running in to chip a corner kick over Paul Robinson's head.
Three minutes before, Leeds had equalized to 2-2 through Roque Junior, who had also opened the scoring in the 48th minute of regular time. Man United had made it 2-1 when Diego Forlan chipped the ball in from a Darren Fletcher cross after 18 minutes of extra time.
The defeat capped off a bad day for Leeds, which Tuesday posted the worst-ever financial results for a British soccer club, reporting pretax losses of ?49.5 million (US$84 million) with debt rising to ?78 million (US$132.3 million).
The club is also second last in the league.
Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson -- who watched the match from the stands because of a touchline ban -- made six changes to the side that lost 3-1 to Fulham Saturday. United beat Leeds at Elland Road 1-0 in the league 10 days ago.
Manchester City bucked the trend of second-string teams, naming many of the players who lost 1-0 to Chelsea Saturday to play division two Queens Park Rangers.
Wright-Phillips scored for City after 22 minutes, but celebrations were marred by a fight in the stands involving his stepfather, former Arsenal and England striker Ian Wright.
As Wright applauded his stepson, he became involved in an argument with a Queens Park Rangers supporter and the two had to be pulled apart. Wright-Phillips scored again after 77 minutes, with Jonathan Macken adding the third in the 79th.
Spanish League
Real Madrid, lacking the injured David Beckham, could only muster a 0-0 draw against Zaragoza on Tuesday, missing a chance to go to the top of the Spanish league.
Madrid, which had defender Francisco Pavon ejected in the 71st minute, stays in second place with 20 points, a point behind Deportivo de La Coruna.
Deportivo has the chance to stretch its lead on Wednesday against Mallorca. Valencia, which hosts Celta de Vigo, lies third with 19 points. Osasuna is next with 14 points.
With Beckham absent for the second successive match with a strained hamstring, Madrid was subjected to a tough encounter against a Zaragoza side which played much better than its 16th place in the standings.
Zaragoza's team featured Argentine international defender Gabriel Milito, who almost signed for Madrid in July before the deal collapsed when he failed a medical.
But it was Milito's defensive partner, Brazilian Alvaro Maior, who came to Zaragoza's rescue in the 15th minute when he cleared close to the goal line just as Brazilian ace Ronaldo was about to take advantage of Luis Figo's low cross.
Zaragoza came even nearer to opening the scoring three minutes later when Argentine forward Luciano Galletti sent the ball past goalkeeper Iker Casillas, only for the ball to hit the Madrid post.
Even though both teams produced plenty of attacking play, the next clear chance came in the 64th minute when Roberto Carlos' stinging long shot was tipped onto the post by Zaragoza goalkeeper Cesar Lainez. Ronaldo could only blaze the rebound over the crossbar.
German Cup
Hertha Berlin goalie Gabor Kiraly saved an attempt in a sudden death penalty shootout and his coach's job Tuesday in a dramatic match in the German Cup.
The Hungarian lunged left to bat away Gernot Plassnegger's attempt as Berlin won the second round shootout 4-3 against Hansa after 120 minutes left the clubs knotted 2-2. They also were knotted at 3-3 after the regular five attempts apiece in the shootout.
Berlin coach Huub Stevens was handed an ultimatum by management last week -- he would be fired if his side didn't beat Rostock both in last Saturday's Bundesliga match and in the upcoming German Cup. Berlin, winless all season, was victorious in both although Berlin made it dramatic. Reserve forward Nando Raphael rifled in a cross in the last minute of the extra period to send the match into the penalty shootout.
Bundesliga powers Bayern Munich, VfB Stuttgart and Werder Bremen all advanced into the third round, but none had it easy.
Goalie Oliver Kahn saved Bayern, which has won a record 11 cups, from the embarrassment of falling to second league FC Nuremberg. The Germany captain saved two attempts in another penalty shootout, with the Bavarians advancing 6-5 in the shootout after a 1-1.
Bremen struggled against fellow Bundesliga club VfL Wolfsburg, winning 3-1 after French World Cup player Johann Micoud volleyed a powerful long-distance shot in the extra period to open the match.
Stuttgart did the absolute minimum to keep its unbeaten record domestically alive against second league Wacker Burghausen, winning 1-0 on forward Imre Szabics' 55th minute score.
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