Carabao Cup draw in full as Man Utd get astonishing TWELFTH straight home cup tie and Arsenal face huge London derby
MANCHESTER UNITED landed an astonishing 12th home cup draw in a row – as Newcastle’s reward for beating Man City was a Carabao Cup trip to Old Trafford.
West Ham host Arsenal in a big derby following Wednesday night’s fourth-round draw.
And at least one club from outside the top two divisions will make the quarter-finals.
FULL DRAW
- Mansfield vs Port Vale
- Ipswich vs Fulham
- Man Utd vs Newcastle
- Bournemouth vs Liverpool
- Chelsea vs Blackburn
- West Ham vs Arsenal
- Everton vs Burnley
- Exeter vs Middlesbrough
Newcastle had landed the night’s finest win, 1-0 at home to Treble winners Manchester City, albeit both teams much-weakened.
Nicolas Jackson helped Chelsea forget their Prem woes with their first goal of the month to see off Brighton.
Relieved Blues’ boss Mauricio Pochettino said: “This is very important to build our confidence, and important for our fans to feel again a victory.”
And of Jackson he added: “I hope this moment can build his confident and trust. He’s a very good player. I am very pleased for him.”
Elsewhere, Reiss Nelson hit Arsenal’s winner at Brentford.
And Liverpool fended off an entertaining threat from relegated Leicester to win 3-1 at Anfield.
WEDNESDAY’S 3RD ROUND RESULTS
- Aston Villa 1-2 Everton
- Blackburn 5-2 Cardiff
- Bournemouth 2-0 Stoke
- Brentford 0-1 Arsenal
- Chelsea 1-0 Brighton
- Fulham 2-1 Norwich
- Lincoln 0-1 West Ham
- Liverpool 3-1 Leicester
- Newcastle 1-0 Man City