Ugly scenes likely to dampen Blues' joy after seeing off fierce rivals Villa

Arsenal have a golden chance of reaching another final in their bid for their first trophy since 2005 after they were drawn to face Championship side Ipswich in the semi-final of the Carling Cup.

The Gunners reached the last four with a 2-0 victory over Wigan on Tuesday and now they must travel to Portman Road in the week commencing January 10 before the home leg two weeks later.

Birmingham's reward for beating fierce rivals Aston Villa 2-1 last night is a trip to West Ham, with the return leg at St Andrew's.

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Nikola Zigic put Birmingham through to their first Carling Cup semi-final for nine years but the hard-fought derby game was marred by ugly crowd scenes at the end.

Thousands of Blues fans charged towards the Villa supporters and dozens of missiles and some flares were thrown before order was restored and City can expect to face Football Association action.

Zigic's deflected shot five minutes from time settled the tie after Gabriel Agbonlahor had cancelled out Sebastian Larsson's early penalty.

Villa were the better side for long periods but they were unable to deny City their first win over their local rivals for five-and-a-half years.

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Under-fire Roy Keane guided Ipswich Town into the semi-finals with a 1-0 home win over top-flight West Brom in front of a small 11,300 crowd.

The former Manchester United midfielder has endured a difficult relationship with Town fans following a dire run of form which saw them slip to 16th in the league table following Sunday's

4-1 defeat to East Anglian rivals Norwich.

However, Keane's battling team secured their place in the last four through a second-half penalty from Grant Leadbitter.