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The draw for the Carabao Cup fourth round is set to take place at the culmination of the clash between Liverpool and West Ham at Anfield on Wednesday night – the last of the scheduled fixtures in the third round, which has been spread over two midweeks.
However, one more game will need to be played out to complete the round, after AFC Wimbledon’s meeting with Newcastle was postponed after flooding and pitch damage.
All of Manchester United, Manchester City, Chelsea and Tottenham are into the fourth round safely, while Arsenal face Bolton on Wednesday evening too, looking to book their own spot in the next stage of the competition. Liverpool were last year’s winners – then under Jurgen Klopp – and the Reds hold the record for most League Cup wins, too, with ten.
Follow the Carabao Cup fourth round draw below along with reaction to Liverpool’s match with West Ham:
Arne Slot goes on the attack to show how Liverpool can remain Carabao Cup kings
Last season, Jurgen Klopp described Diogo Jota as the best finisher at Anfield. If Arne Slot is yet to bestow such a compliment – and, more modest in his rhetoric, his praise of anyone so far has tended to be measured – he has installed the Portuguese as his first-choice No 9, a role he only had intermittently under the German. If Slot looked justified after the biggest win of his brief reign, this was a night when Klopp felt vindicated, too.
Jota’s first double since January displayed his predatory instincts, elusive movement and capacity to make scoring look simple. As Liverpool came from behind to beat West Ham United, the catalyst was the one member of Slot’s first-choice team to start. Jota may have felt the outsider in a second-string side but he served as their rescuer after Jarell Quansah, continuing his inauspicious start to life under Slot, accidentally put the Hammers ahead.
Chris Wilson25 September 2024 22:30
Carabao Cup draw
Here’s the draw in full, with Tottenham v Manchester City as the pick of the games.
Tottenham Hotspur v Manchester City
AFC Wimbledon/Newcastle v Chelsea
Aston Villa v Crystal Palace
Preston North End v Arsenal
Manchester United v Leicester City
Brentford v Sheffield Wednesday
Ties will take place in the week commencing 28 October.
Chris Wilson25 September 2024 22:26
Chris Wilson25 September 2024 22:23
Chris Wilson25 September 2024 22:21
