Carabao Cup draw LIVE: Semi-final ties revealed as Liverpool, Chelsea and Tottenham join Arsenal
Follow the draw live at the conclusion of tonight’s three remaining quarter-final ties
Liverpool fought back against Leicester to win 5-4 on penalties and reach the semi-finals of the Carabao Cup in incredible fashion.
Second-choice goalkeeper Caoimhin Kelleher saved two penalties in the shoot-out as Liverpool, joint record winners in the competition with eight, reached their 18th League Cup semi.
Substitute Diogo Jota struck the winning spot-kick - having come off the bench to score - but the real hero was Takumi Minamino who made it 3-3 with seconds remaining of six added minutes.
Tottenham boosted hopes of ending a 14-year trophy drought by edging out West Ham 2-1 to make the last four.
Spurs’ last silverware came in this competition in 2008 and Steven Bergwijn combined with Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg to fire them ahead after 29 minutes.
Tottenham’s lead only lasted three minutes as Eric Dier’s poor clearance gave Nikola Vlasic possession in a dangerous area. Vlasic’s shot fell to Jarrod Bowen whose brilliant control and drag back gave him the space to beat Dier and equalise with a low shot. Parity lasted just two minutes, however, as Lucas Moura netted the decisive goal for Spurs from Bergwijn’s pull-back.
Chelsea scored twice late on to beat west London neighbours Brentford 2-0.
Bees defender Pontus Jansson put through his own goal 10 minutes from time to give Chelsea the lead. The Blues secured safe passage into their first semi-final in the competition for three years five minutes later. Christian Pulisic was brought down by Alvaro Fernandez and substitute Jorginho tucked away the penalty with ease.
Liverpool 1 - 3 Leicester
36 mins: Minamino snatches at a shot from just inside the box on the right but doesn’t connect well and boots it over the crossbar. Liverpool are still a threat to Leicester.
GOAL! Liverpool 1 - 3 Leicester (Maddison, 33’)⚽️
33 mins: What a beauty! James Maddison restores Leicester’s two goal lead with a brilliant strike from range. It’s Maddison at his best, near top corner leaving Kelleher absolutely no chance to stop it!
Liverpool 1 - 2 Leicester
32 mins: Jarrod Bowen has equalised for West Ham against Tottenham, that game has kicked into life now as well.
Chance! Liverpool knock the ball back to Koumetio who is caught in possession by Vardy close to the halfway line. He and Daka fly up the pitch on the counter and Liverpool are left scrambling. Vardy takes it all the way into the box and gets off a shot that Kelleher stops with his body.
A shout out to Tyler Morton who sprinted back and did just enough to put Vardy off.
Liverpool 1 - 2 Leicester
30 mins: Penalty shout from Liverpool as Firmino slides Minamino into the box but it’s a well timed challenge from Dewsbury-Hall to dispossess him. There’s a coming together and both players go down but the referee plays on and Leicester run the ball clear.
A reminder that there’s no VAR in the Carabao Cup until the semi-final stage.
Liverpool 1 - 2 Leicester
28 mins: There are two other Carabao Cup quarter-finals taking place at the minute with Brentford hosting Chelsea and Tottenham taking on West Ham. Spurs have just taken the lead in their match with Steven Bergwijn finding the back of the net. Brentford vs Chelsea remains goalless.
Liverpool 1 - 2 Leicester
27 mins: Vardy wins the ball high up the pitch and Leicester attack on the counter. Maddison drifts into the left side of the box and Vardy picks him out nicely. Daka provides an options in the middle of the box and Maddison’s pass deflects off Gomez and loops up for Kelleher to easily claim.
Liverpool 1 - 2 Leicester
25 mins: Leicester send another long ball up to Daka but he gets leaned on by Gomez who heads the ball away for Liverpool. Daka goes to ground and wants a free kick but the referee is not interested at all.
After a shaky start Liverpool seem to have found their feet. They’re keeping the ball better and have cut out the mistakes.
Liverpool 1 - 2 Leicester
22 mins: You can never rule Liverpool out of a game at Anfield especially this early in a match. The Reds take the front foot and win a corner that Tsimikas swings into the middle of the box. Soyuncu gets higher than anyone else and clears the danger for the Foxes.
GOAL! Liverpool 1 - 2 Leicester (Oxlade-Chamberlain, 19’)⚽️
19 mins: What a game! Liverpool are back in the tie. It’s lovely work from Kostas Tsimikas who dinks the ball around Pereira and flies down the left wing. He whips an early cross deep into the box and Williams wins the header knocking it down to Firmino. Firmino has his back to goal so can’t shoot and instead lays the ball off to Oxlade-Chamberlain. He takes a touch and then smokes a powerful, low shot into the bottom left hand corner!
Liverpool 0 - 2 Leicester
16 mins: Almost. Jordan Henderson does well to avoid a tackle on the right side of the pitch and poke the ball up to Takumi Minamino. He attempts to play in Tsimikas on the overlap but loses the ball to Youri Tielemans who pumps a long ball up the pitch for Daka to chase into the box. Kelleher comes flying off his line and heads the bal over the Leicester striker allowing his defenders to complete the clearance.
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