Chelsea will face Everton in EFL Cup Fourth Round, this was the result of tonight’s draw after the third round games ended.
The tie will be played in the week commencing on 23 October.
The draw in full:
Tottenham v West Ham
Swansea City vs Manchester United
Arsenal v Norwich City
Chelsea v Everton
Manchester City v Wolves
Leicester City vs Leeds United
Bournemouth v Middlesbrough
Chelsea will not appeal David Luiz‘s red card against Arsenal, even if Blues boss Antonio Conte insists the tackle was not intentional, as the Brazilian fell before the horrendous tackle on Sead Kolasinac:
“I think the situation was very clear. It was a fall before the tackle but now it’s important to move on and to look at the next game,” Conte said in the press conference ahead of League Cup game against Nottingham Forest.
David Luiz will now miss three matches, including the top of the table clash against Manchester City in the end of the month.
Chelsea manager Antonio Conte believes Andreas Christensen will properly replace David Luiz, who will miss out on next three games after being shown a straight red card against Arsenal at Stamford Bridge.
“Yes, Christensen is a very young player but I think he is a good player and I trust him – Conte said speaking at a press conference – Now he has the possibility to play and now he has to prepare very well to play.
Chelsea will face Nottingham Forest on Wednesday, then Stoke City and Manchester City in the Premier League.
Manchester City are currently on top of Premier League table (13 points in 5 games) after beating Watford at Vicarage Road with a rampant 0-6 victory. Chelsea and Manchester United are chasing Pep Guardiola’s men with a game in hand: the Blues will face Arsenal tomorrow, while José Mourinho hosts Everton at Old Trafford as Wayne Rooney is set for a reunion with his former club.
Sergio Aguero hit an hat-trick, Otamendi, Gabriel Jesus and Sterling all netted making things easier for Manchester City.
Newcastle United climbed up the table and are now level on points with Chelsea after beating Stoke City at home: former Blues’ winger Christian Atsu and defender Lascelles both scored in a 2-1 victory.
Crystal Palace are the first side in english top-flight history to open the season with 5 defeats and no goals scored as they lost against Southampton at Selhurst Park earlier this afternoon. Ruben Loftus-Cheek regularly featured and was replaced by Bakary Sakho after 78′.
Tottenham Hotspur remain one point behind as they grabbed a clean sheet against Swansea at Wembley. Good performance from Chelsea loanee Tammy Abraham.
Today new Chelsea technical partner from this season, Nike, launched third kits for this campaign and they all look so similar.
In fact, the Blues third match shirt looks almost the same of the ones of Atletico Madrid, AS Roma, Manchester City, Inter and Barcelona.
Curious fact: Chelsea, Atletico and Roma are all in the same Champions League group.
Here you can find the picture of each of them:
Chelsea
Manchester City
Atletico de Madrid
FC Barcelona
FC Internazionale
AS Roma
Chelsea legend Frank Lampard is convinced the Blues have got an advantage on their Premier League rivals to face Champions League.
According to the Stamford Bridge legend, who was one of Chelsea heroes in Champions League success back in 2012, the Blues structure is better than other English teams – Manchester City, Liverpool, Manchester United and Spurs – facing the same competition:
“When I look at the other English teams in the Champions League, some of them will struggle at the back, whereas Chelsea have a great base.
“The structure that Conte set up last season with three at the back clearly works as they won the title and they have added a few players in midfield”.
A quick recap of other Premier League clashes over the weekend, starting from the teams in the title race with Chelsea.
Manchester City trashed Liverpool 5-0 in the fixture opener with Agüero, Gabriel Jesus ( brace) and Sane ( brace).
Manchester United was stopped by Stoke City away, confirming the Britannia Stadium is a hostile field for the Red Devils: Rashford responded to Choupo-Moting‘s opener, Lukaku scored the 2-1 for Mourinho’s side, but Choupo-Moting netted the equaliser and fixed the result on 2-2.
The two Manchester sides, anyway, remain top of the table with 10 points each, while Chelsea follow with 9 in third place.
Arsenal won 3-0 at home against Bournemouth, with a brace by Welbeck and a goal by new signing Lacazette.
Harry Kane was, again, Spurs‘ hero in the 3-0 win at Goodison Park against Everton: the English striker scored a brace, with the other Tottenham goal netted by Eriksen. Spurs are 5th in the table with 7 points, the same of Huddersfield Town, Liverpool, WBA and Burnley, should the Clarets win as they are 1-0 over Crystal Palace in a game still going on at Turf Moor.
The start of the Premier League sensation, anyway, is Watford, that sit 4th in the table after securing a 2-0 win away at Southampton with goals by Doucoure and Janmaat.
The full time scores of Fixture 4 Saturday games:
Manchester City v Liverpool 5-0
Arsenal v Bournemouth 3-0
Brighton and Hove Albion v WBA 3-1
Everton v Spurs 0-3
Leicester City v Chelsea 1-2
Southampton v Watford 0-2
Stoke City v Manchester United 2-2
Football analyst Garth Crooks warned Chelsea they have only one chance of silverware this season: this chance is called FA Cup and not Premier League, as the two Manchester sides are obsessed in winning the title.
Naming Cesc Fabregas in his BBC team of the week, the English pundit claimed:
“Fabregas came back into the team [following suspension] and played like he had never been out, and scored an opening goal which oozed pure class.”
“With both Manchester clubs obsessed with the Premier League title I can see Chelsea winning the FA Cup. They are very capable of winning that but I can’t see Cesc Fabregas, or Antonio Conte for that matter, winning anything else, even with the Spaniard in this mood.”
Premier League Fixture 3 Saturday games have just ended with Manchester United 2-0 win over Leicester City.
José Mourinho‘s side defeated the Foxes with goals from Marcus Rashford and Marouane Fellaini, both in the second half ( 70′ and 82′). Romelu Lukaku missed a penalty at 53′.
Manchester City got a last second win with a Raheem Sterling goal at 97′ that gave them a 2-1 score at Bournemouth: the other goals were scored by Charlie Daniels ( 13′) and Gabriel Jesus ( 21′).
Man United are now leading the Premier League table alone, with 9 points in 3 games: Huddersfield Town and Man City follow with 7.
Today’s scores:
Bournemouth v Manchester City 1-2
Crystal Palace v Swansea 0-2
Huddersfield Town v Southampton 0-0
Newcastle United 3-0
Watford v Brighton and Hove Albion 0-0
Manchester United v Leicester City 2-0
Liverpool, Manchester City and Chelsea held talks with Virgil van Dijk‘s representatives without permission from Southampton, according to reports in the DailyStar this morning.
It is understood that Reds “have ended any interest in the player” and Southampton are keen to keep the centre-back, who is still “not for sale” even if he handed in a transfer request earlier this summer.
The Dutchman was recently spotted in London with some friends, in a picture which has been removed following fans’ reaction about a possible move to Stamford Bridge.
“Nobody is for sale that we don’t want to sell and so he is not for sale in this window, – Saints’ chairman Krueger said – I don’t give definite answers where there isn’t a definite”.
“With all the knowledge I have today and all the information I have on my plate right now that is my answer as we are carrying our strategy through the summer and that’s it.”
