• Klopp will split squad to cope with fixture pile-up next month• Club assure EFL will field team consistent with earlier roundsLiverpool will play two cup competitions on two continents in less than 24 hours next month after the EFL agreed to their re…
While the top clubs are sending dozens of players on loan, Under-23 sides are being scrapped further down the pyramidBy Gavin Willacy for Playing in the ShadowsMaking 11 changes and yet still knocking Arsenal out of the League Cup came at a price for L…
Colchester drawn to play at Old TraffordOxford set to host holders Manchester CityThe two EFL teams left in the Carabao Cup were richly rewarded in Thursday’s quarter-final draw, with League Two Colchester United to face Manchester United at Old Traffo…
Liverpool manager Jürgen Klopp has warned his team could forfeit their Carabao Cup quarter-final tie due to fixture congestion.The Reds reached the last eight with a shootout win over Arsenal, after Divock Origi’s 94th-minute equaliser made it 5-5 and …
• Liverpool to play in Club World Cup during quarter-final week• ‘If they don’t find a proper date for us, we cannot play’Jürgen Klopp has threatened to withdraw Liverpool from the Carabao Cup should the EFL and Premier League fail to find what he cons…
Manchester United’s identity is built around fantasy of this nature. They need players with the courage to produce special moments on the biggest stages and Marcus Rashford certainly delivered on that front during this absorbing battle, settling a tigh…
Jürgen Klopp and Unai Emery rang the Carabao Cup changes and for once there were no complaints. Liverpool and Arsenal traded 10 goals that ranged from ugly to stunning and everything in between. They traded mistakes, terrible ones, and they traded blow…
Ahmed Elmohamady, that trusty old right-back, scored his first club goal for over a year to send Aston Villa into the last eight of the Carabao Cup at the expense of youthful Wolves. Villa dominated and took the lead through Anwar El Ghazi but Patrick …
Carabao Cup updates from the League Cup tie at AnfieldLive scores: the goals from around the UK and EuropeChelsea v Manchester United: Carabao Cup fourth round – live!And email Gregg here or tweet @GreggBakowski 7.09pm GMT You may or may not know, but …
• Chelsea manager backed untried talent after opening defeat• Manchester United visit Chelsea in Carabao Cup fourth roundFrank Lampard saw the bigger picture when his first game as the Chelsea manager ended in a 4-0 defeat by Manchester United. He foun…
Leicester advanced to the Carabao Cup quarter-finals despite being spooked by Burton. Brendan Rodgers’ men seemed set to dish out another emphatic beating after goals by Kelechi Iheanacho and Youri Tielemans put them 2-0 up after 20 minutes.But rather …
Goals from Mason Holgate and Richarlison spared Marco Silva’s blushes against his former club and sent Everton into the last eight of the Carabao Cup, circumstances that will probably prevent the beleaguered manager being sacked in the morning, whateve…
Manchester City took their unbeaten Carabao Cup run to 1,098 days in a near-stroll of a victory over a still-smarting Southampton. This was the visitors’ first game since Leicester trounced them 9-0 and it showed. Southampton did, at least, lose by onl…
Updates from Tuesday’s fourth-round tiesLive scoreboard: the latest from Tuesday’s matchesAnd you can email Simon here or tweet him here 7.25pm GMT Finally, here are the teams from Oxford where both teams make five changes:Oxford Utd: Eastwood, Long, D…
We select seven talented youngsters waiting to make an impact in the league for their clubs who should get a chance to shineIt is something of a curiosity that Smith Rowe has appeared three times in the Bundesliga during a loan with RB Leipzig and scor…
• Half of the £200,000 punishment is suspended• Midfielder played in the 2-0 win over MK DonsLiverpool have been fined £200,000 for fielding an ineligible player during their 2-0 win over MK Dons in the Carabao Cup.The Premier League leaders could have…
Jürgen Klopp has admitted he is expecting his Liverpool side to be punished after they fielded an ineligible player in the Carabao Cup. Pedro Chirivella played against MK Dons without international clearance. As a result the side could potentially be e…
• ‘If it was our fault alone, we need to get punished’• Manager says Chirivella should be exempt from any censureJürgen Klopp has said he expects Liverpool to be punished for fielding an ineligible player in the Carabao Cup “if it was our fault alone” …
EFL investigating after third-round win at MK DonsIt is understood the matter relates to Pedro ChirivellaLiverpool are attempting to iron out an administrative problem after the Football League launched an investigation into the club fielding an inelig…
Reaction from 16-year-old Rochdale defender and college student Luke Matheson after his goalscoring heroics against Manchester United in the EFL Cup third round on Wednesday night.Only last month, Matheson was picking up his GCSE results – and will go …
