Carabao Cup fourth-round draw LIVE – Chelsea, Arsenal, Man United and Liverpool learn next opponents
Plenty of big clubs are left in the draw hoping to replace Liverpool as champions
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The draw for the Carabao Cup fourth round took 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 was 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.
Liverpool were last year’s winners - then under Jurgen Klopp - and the Reds hold the record for most League Cup wins, too, with ten. They will continue their attempts to retain the trophy with a fourth-round trip to Brighton, following the draw, while the pick of the ties was Tottenham being set to host Manchester City.
Follow the Carabao Cup fourth round draw reaction below along with reaction to Liverpool’s match with West Ham:
FT: Liverpool 5-1 West Ham
Lopetegui looks understandably disappointed as he speaks to Sky.
“We don’t deserve this score because we did a lot of good things,” he said.
“We made a very good first half. They scored an offside goal. We suffered the first goal.
“After we had 10 players they scored more goals. The last 20 minutes we didn’t manage well. The players made a big effort. We were in the match until this moment despite the referee’s decision and a very clear chance we had.
“I’m sorry for our fans.”
On Edson Alvarez’s red card, he says that a “second yellow card can happen”, though he adds that it should have been a chance for his side to show some character.
“I’m very proud of the players who played until 60 minutes,” he adds.
FT: Liverpool 5-1 West Ham
Arne Slot was the first manager to speak to Sky Sports.
He said: “If you’re facing a team like West Ham, who have a lot of quality, they can press you. Second half they were also threatening on set-pieces.
“Since I’ve been here it’s never been easy, although sometimes the result looks different, but probably that’s the Premier League. Every team has quality players.
“I do feel like in most parts of the game we had control. We had a large part of ball possession, particularly in the first half.”
He adds that Cody Gakpo deserved his goal, “like others deserved it as well”.
On the competition within the squad, he said: “I’ve never worked with a group of players who don’t want to play. Everywhere is the same, players like to play, especially to be part of a winning group.”
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
Southampton v Stoke
Brentford v Sheffield Wednesday
Brighton v Liverpool
Ties will take place in the week commencing 28 October.
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