Liverpool’s League Cup semi-final first leg match with Arsenal, scheduled to be played on Thursday, has been postponed due to a surge of Covid-19 cases which resulted in the club closing their training ground.
Liverpool have requested the postponement of Thursday’s Carabao Cup semi-final first leg at Arsenal after further cases of coronavirus within the squad forced training to be cancelled on Tuesday.
Manchester United interim manager Ralf Rangnick has suggested abolishing the League Cup in a bid to ease fixture congestion in English football.
Liverpool came from two goals down to beat Leicester on penalties after a pulsating League Cup quarter-final ended 3-3 at Anfield as Tottenham and Chelsea also made the semi-finals on Wednesday.
Eddie Nketiah scored a hat-trick as a much-changed Arsenal marched into the League Cup semi-finals by beating Sunderland 5-1 on Tuesday evening.
Chelsea needed a penalty shootout for the second consecutive round to reach the quarter-finals of the Carabao Cup as they edged past Southampton, while a much-changed Arsenal beat Leeds United 2-0 on Tuesday.
Liam Delap admitted he was ‘buzzing’ after scoring a superb debut goal in Manchester City’s 2-1 Carabao Cup victory over Bournemouth.
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp admits they ‘will have some fun’ with Curtis Jones after the youngster starred in their 7-2 Carabao Cup third-round victory over Lincoln.
A much-changed Liverpool team thumped Lincoln City 7-2 to progress to the fourth round of the Carabao Cup, while Manchester City kicked off their defence with a tight 2-1 win over Bournemouth.
Mikel Arteta suggested his Arsenal side is evolving without Mesut Ozil as the club’s highest-paid player again missed out on the squad for Wednesday’s Carabao Cup win at Leicester.