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Carabao Cup Round-Up: Liverpool Edge Chelsea, City Survive Brighton Scare

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Liverpool Vs Chelsea
Liverpool beat Chelsea

At Anfield Liverpool beat Chelsea on penalties, Manchester City edged Brighton in another shootout, while Bournemouth thrashed Villa, Palace won at Fulham, Sunderland beat Brentford and Fleetwood shocked Arsenal.


Liverpool & Man City beat Chelsea & Brighton on penalties to reach EFL Cup quarter-finals...


Liverpool edged Chelsea in a dramatic penalty shootout to book their place in the League Cup quarter-finals, while holders Manchester City also needed spot-kicks to survive a scare against Brighton on Wednesday.


In the last-16 tie at Anfield, Liverpool came out on top to claim bragging rights and seal progress to the next round.


A 1-1 draw in normal time forced a shoot-out, after Morgan Rogers put Chelsea ahead from the spot and Cody Gakpo equalised with a penalty of his own just before half-time.


In the shoot-out, Chelsea's Valentin Barco struck the post before Liverpool's Kostas Tsimikas missed the chance to win it when he blazed over.


Ryan Gravenberch was then denied by Chelsea goalkeeper Mike Penders, but Giorgi Mamardashvili kept Liverpool alive by saving Emmanuel Emegha's kick.


Joe Gomez converted for Liverpool before Blues defender Wesley Fofana miscued his effort into the Kop to send the hosts through.


It marked a third defeat in three trips to Anfield as a manager for former Liverpool midfielder Alonso, following previous losses with Bayer Leverkusen in 2024 and Real Madrid in 2025.


Both Jurgen Klopp and Arne Slot reached the League Cup final in their debut seasons at Liverpool, and Iraola is now on course to follow in their footsteps with the 10-time winners of the competition.




Alonso made just four changes to the Chelsea side beaten 2-0 at home by Tottenham on Saturday, while Iraola made seven alterations from Liverpool's 2-0 win over Brighton on Sunday.


Chelsea went ahead in the 40th minute when Rogers converted a penalty after Gravenberch fouled Moises Caicedo.



Key Match Statistics
Key Match Statistics



Liverpool hit back three minutes later, with Gakpo slotting home from the spot after Fofana was penalised for handball.


Rulli Rescues City In Shootout Drama

City were pushed all the way at the Etihad Stadium, held to a 2-2 draw by Brighton before edging through on penalties.


Boss Enzo Maresca made nine changes following Saturday's defeat at Aston Villa, a result that ended the leaders' perfect start to the Premier League season.


Among the big names rested were Erling Haaland, Ruben Dias, Elliot Anderson and Gianluigi Donnarumma.


Brighton broke the deadlock after 30 minutes when Malick Yalcouye diverted Georginio Rutter's effort past Geronimo Rulli from close range.


City levelled 20 minutes later as Mateo Kovacic curled a superb strike into the far corner from 25 yards.



Momentum Shift
Momentum Shift


Rutter put Brighton back in front two minutes after the restart, finishing from Jaouen Hadjam's cut-back.


City drew level again when Vitor Reis's 72nd-minute free-kick from Rayan Cherki took a deflection on its way in.


Kovacic saw his penalty saved by Jason Steele in the shoot-out, but Rulli kept City alive with stops from Yasin Ayari and Lewis Dunk to send them into the last eight.

 



The two sides meet again in the Premier League at the Etihad on Saturday.


Elsewhere On Wednesday Night

Bournemouth continued their red-hot form with a commanding 3-0 victory over Aston Villa at the Vitality Stadium.


The Cherries had thrashed AC Milan 3-0 in the Europa League last week and backed it up with a 3-0 win at Manchester United in the Premier League on Sunday.


Marco Rose's side maintained that emphatic streak against Villa, with goals from Amine Adli, Lewis Cook and Alvaro Rodriguez sealing a fifth straight win in all competitions.


Crystal Palace lifted some pressure on under-fire boss Pierre Sage after securing a 1-0 win away at Fulham.


Eddie Nketiah netted the decisive goal in the 37th minute to hand struggling Palace their first victory in five matches across all competitions.


Sunderland got some welcome relief from their Premier League woes with a 3-2 win over Brentford at the Stadium of Light.




Despite sitting bottom of the Premier League, Sunderland brushed aside the Bees thanks to goals from Chemsdine Talbi, Tymur Tutierov and Malick Fofana.


Callum Wilson and Igor Thiago both scored for Brentford, but their strikes came too late to rescue a result.


In the quarter-finals, Liverpool will host Bournemouth, Man City will entertain Bradford and Sunderland will take on Crystal Palace.




Fourth-tier Fleetwood pulled off a stunning upset to reach the last eight, beating Premier League champions Arsenal on penalties on Tuesday, and will now face the winners of Thursday's final fourth-round tie between Everton and Newcastle.
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