Well, well, well. we have quite a fourth round of the League Cup on our hands! Cesar Azpilicueta drew Chelsea level within 5 minutes of the restart, and it remained 2-2 until the Foxes’ Martin Wasilewski was sent off on 89 minutes.
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Down at the half thanks to two goals from Shinji Okazaki, Antonio Conte’s did manage to pull one back through Gary Cahill’s header just before the break.
Two minutes later, he smashed a left-foot effort into the net after Leicester failed to clear a high ball in the box.
“This is a very important tournament for us, not only because I say it but for the players too and we have to show it is important”.
“Hopefully this will shut up a few journalists who are chatting rubbish all the time”.
The Brazilian duo dissected the Championship team in a commanding second-half display illuminated by fine goals from Coutinho and Divock Origi, after Ragnar Klavan had given the visitors a first-half lead.
Nicklas Bendtner made his first appearance for Forest against the club he spent nine years at but could do little to prevent a comprehensive victory for Arsene Wenger’s much changed side. Another Granit Xhaka long-range strike opened the scoring for the Gunners with his second goal in consecutive games, making it a day to saviour for new signings.
Accrington Stanley were not the only second round giant-killers, with League One Gillingham rewarded for their superb 2-1 success over Watford at Vicarage Road with an eye-catching trip to White Hart Lane to face Mauricio Pochettino’s in-form Spurs, who occupy third place in the Premier League following an unbeaten start to the campaign.
Everton was dumped out 0-2 at home by Norwich City, for whom Steve Naismith and Josh Murphy scored, while Bournemouth suffered a 2-3 home loss to Preston North End, with Simon Makienok bagging a hat-trick, including an extra-time victor.
The summer signing from Deportivo de la Coruna rounded the goalkeeper to score his second 11 minutes later, before Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain burst free in the dying minutes of the game to add a fourth.
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EFL Cup fourth round draw: West Ham v Chelsea, Manchester United v Manchester City, Arsenal v Reading, Liverpool v Tottenham, Bristol City v Hull, Leeds v Norwich, Newcastle v Preston, Southampton v Sunderland.
