“Now we have a chance to play against them and I am sure it will be different”.
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Liverpool confirmed their passage into the fourth round with a convincing 3-0 win over Derby County.
Liverpool have won the League Cup on eight occasions, the most of any team in England, and a ninth could mark the start of a successful era under Klopp. Aside from attempting to retain their Premier League title, Claudio Ranieri’s team are in the Champions League for the first time and likely will not be too concerned about exiting a competition of the least importance.
Fabregas’ two goals send a message to Chelsea manager Antonio Conte, who has marginalized the Spain midfielder at the start of the season.
In other EFL Cup draw news, we have another Manchester derby in the next round as United will host City.
Everton has been the surprise of the Premier League so far, now sitting in second place after an unbeaten start that includes four wins from five games.
The two sides’ last meeting in the League Cup came in 2008, when Rafa Benitez’s Reds lost 4-2 at White Hart Lane, with braces from Roman Pavlyuchenko and Fraizer Campbell consigning the Reds to defeat in the tournament’s fourth round. Both teams are playing well and are direct competitors for the Premier League, but it will be interesting to see if either or both teams rotate their squads for their match on October 24. “But we still have to do a lot of hard work to build up from our zone”.
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Last night’s games went pretty much as you would expect them to, with Newcastle, Leeds, Reading and Preston the four non-Premier League clubs to already have secured safe passage into tonight’s draw. But Tuesday’s performance may change all that. But I never give up.
