Manchester United and Manchester City will face off at Old Trafford on Wednesday, October 26 at 8pm BST (set your alarms now!), and Sky Sports will take care of the coverage as the official broadcaster of the EFL Cup.
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The first League Cup clash was in 1969 at the semi-final stage, City winning the first leg 2-1 at Maine Road and the second leg at Old Trafford ended 2-2 as the Blues progressing to the final.
Regarding the match, which will come just six weeks after United’s 2-1 home loss to Pep Guardiola’s city, Rooney said: “For me, I think it’s the ideal draw”.
Liverpool were a class apart from Derby as they beat the Rams 3-0 and now welcome Spurs to Anfield.
EFL Cup results: Fulham 1-2 Bristol City; Northampton Town 1-3 Manchester United; Queens Park Rangers 1-2 Sunderland; Southampton 2-0 Crystal Palace; Stoke City 1-2 Hull City; Swansea City 1-2 Manchester City; West Ham 1-0 Accrington; Tottenham 5-0 Gillingham.
West Ham needed a 96 minute free kick victor from Dimitri Payet to get past League Two side Accrington Stanley 1-0 last night.
Elsewhere in the competition, Chelsea take on West Ham while Arsenal host Reading.
Instead, it’s Pep’s City just six weeks after the Premier League leaders won so convincingly 2-1.
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Bristol City will face Hull. The Canaries now will face Leeds United away in the fourth round.
