Brentford vs Chelsea LIVE: Carabao Cup result, final score and reaction tonight
Follow all the fallout from the EFL Cup quarter-final at the Community Stadium
Follow all the action as Brentford host Chelsea in the Carabao Cup quarter-finals tonight.
The Bees will be playing their first match in almost two weeks after their squad was hit heavily by a Covid outbreak, causing their fixtures against Manchester United and Southampton to be postponed. The likes of Ivan Toney and Ethan Pinnock are now available for selection again, although they remain short on match fitness.
Chelsea, however, are still hampered by a host of absences due to injury and illness, with up to as many as nine first-team players unavailable. Thomas Tuchel, who was left infuriated after the Premier League rejected Chelsea’s request to postpone their fixture against Wolves last weekend, has called up a number of academy players to fill the gaps in their squad and is likely to field a heavily rotated side. The head coach will want to avoid the pressure of another disappointing performance and result, though, with the Blues now six points adrift of leaders Manchester City in the Premier League after just one win from their last four matches. Follow all the fallout below:
Brentford 0-0 Chelsea
11 mins: CHANCE!
Henry makes a searing run up the left flank and crosses for Mbeumo...
His close-range header is saved by Kepa in the Chelsea goal!
A great stop, but the Brentford striker had to do better!
Brentford 0-0 Chelsea
9 mins: A clever pass by Vale splits the Brentford defence and sets up Alonso for a cross from the left, but it’s intercepted.
Brentford go long as they look to break, but Mbeumo can’t capitalise; Chelsea win back the ball and Kovacic and Alonso combine on the left.
Brentford 0-0 Chelsea
7 mins: Chelsea waste a throw-in deep in Brentford’s half, but the hosts then follow suit.
Chelsea look to work an opening on the left flank but end up switching play to the right.
Brentford 0-0 Chelsea
4 mins: Chalobah tries a long ball over the top, but Havertz can’t get to it before Fernandez in the Brentford goal.
The hosts’ subsequent possession is short-lived, and Chelsea are back on the ball.
Brentford 0-0 Chelsea
2 mins: Chelsea with the early possession, recirculating the ball amid cautious Brentford pressure.
Brentford host Chelsea in Carabao Cup quarter-finals
We’re moments away from kick-off...
Brentford host Chelsea in Carabao Cup quarter-finals
Here’s all you need to know about the Carabao Cup semi-final draw later this evening:
When is the Carabao Cup semi-final draw?
The trophy will change hands this year after Manchester City’s four-year stranglehold was broken
Brentford host Chelsea in Carabao Cup quarter-finals
As Premier League clubs continue to come to grips with Covid-19 and a fixture backlog, progress in the Carabao Cup may not be in everyone’s best interest, writes Jamie Braidwood:
Welcome to the Carabao Cup, where winners lose and losers win
As Premier League clubs continue to come to grips with Covid-19 and a fixture backlog, progress in the Carabao Cup may not be in everyone’s best interest, writes Jamie Braidwood
Brentford host Chelsea in Carabao Cup quarter-finals
Thomas Tuchel must rediscover his golden touch if Chelsea are to avoid a bleak midwinter, writes Richard Jolly:
“This has been Tuchel’s worst month in charge of Chelsea. In itself, that reflects the success of going from 10th to 4th last season and then leading the league this, of conjuring a Champions League win from a side who started 2021 in a nosedive. By drawing 0-0 with Wolves, Tuchel came full circle: He got the same result in his Chelsea bow. In January, he unveiled a 3-4-3 formation he devised on the plane, forging Europe’s most frugal defence in an brilliant example of problem-solving.”
Full article here:
Thomas Tuchel must rediscover golden touch if Chelsea are to avoid bleak midwinter
In the midst of a slump in form Chelsea need Tuchel, the original thinker, to plot a path back to the top
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