League Cup | Man City dumped out by Newcastle; Liverpool, Arsenal and Chelsea advance

Sep 29, 2023 at 6:46 PM
League Cup | Man City dumped out by Newcastle; Liverpool, Arsenal and Chelsea advance
Newcastle United’s Alexander Isak scores in the League Cup match against Manchester City on September 27, 2023

Newcastle United’s Alexander Isak scores within the League Cup match in opposition to Manchester City on September 27, 2023
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Manchester City appears to win each competitors it enters lately besides the English League Cup.

Newcastle beat Man City 1-0 on Wednesday within the third spherical of the League Cup which additionally eluded Pep Guardiola’s crew throughout its storied treble final season. Guardiola’s agitation confirmed by getting a yellow card within the closing minutes for dissent to the match officers.

“No problem, I accept everything,” Guardiola informed the BBC of his reserving. “Congratulations to Newcastle for the victory.” Newcastle’s reward within the fourth-round draw made half-hour after the ultimate whistle is a visit to Manchester within the fourth spherical to face United. It’s a rematch of final season’s last gained by Man United.

Guardiola left star starters Erling Haaland, Kyle Walker and Phil Foden on the bench, but Man City nonetheless dominated the primary half with out making its possession depend with a objective.

Alexander Isak struck within the 53rd for Newcastle which additionally made sweeping lineup modifications to relaxation key gamers for an additional midweek fixture sandwiched between two Champions League challenges.

The objective was created by Joelinton’s dribble into and throughout the penalty space previous 4 City defenders earlier than squaring a cross that discovered Isak alone on the far submit.

Foden and Jeremy Doku got here on within the second half however couldn’t discover a leveler as Haaland stayed on the bench among the many unused substitutes.

Man City gained the League Cup 5 occasions in six seasons via 2021 and now has been eradicated in three straight seasons.

Guardiola’s crew already gained the UEFA Super Cup final month, nonetheless has Premier League, Champions League and FA Cup trophies to defend, and there’s a first Club World Cup to play for in December in Saudi Arabia.

Liverpool comes again

Liverpool is making a behavior of conceding the primary objective in video games however remains to be unbeaten this season after beating Leicester 3-1 with three second-half objectives.

A 3rd-minute objective by Leicester’s Kasey McAteer made it 5 occasions in eight video games that Liverpool trailed 1-0, and the second time it fell behind within the opening minutes at Anfield.

It could be Leicester’s solely shot heading in the right direction as Liverpool rallied with 29 objective makes an attempt, 10 of them heading in the right direction, and objectives for Cody Gakpo, Dominik Szoboszlai and Diogo Jota.

Szoboszlai’s was the choose within the Seventieth, a rifled shot from 20 meters that glanced off the underside of the crossbar on its technique to the web.

London groups advance

Arsenal and Chelsea got here via video games in opposition to Premier League opposition as all 9 matches on Wednesday had been gained in regulation time and didn’t go on to a penalty shootout.

Arsenal gained 1-0 at Brentford because of Reiss Nelson’s objective within the eighth minutes after poor passing within the house protection.

At Stamford Bridge, Chelsea fielded three gamers — Marc Cucurella, Robert Sanchez, Moises Caicedo — who had been signed from Brighton in a 1-0 win over their previous membership.

Nicolas Jackson scored within the fiftieth for the Senegal ahead’s second objective of the season.

EPL groups win

Everton reversed a 4-0 loss at Aston Villa within the Premier League final month to take a 2-1 win at Villa Park. James Garner scored within the fifteenth and Dominic Calvert-Lewin within the fiftieth for Everton, which now has two away wins in 5 days after a troubled begin to the season.

There had been routine wins for Fulham and Bournemouth at house to second-tier groups.

Fulham’s basis for a 2-1 win over Norwich was a Twelfth-minute objective by Carlos Vinícius. Bournemouth struck twice in a three-minute spell early within the second half to beat Stoke 2-0.

West Ham wanted a Seventieth-minute objective by Tomas Soucek in a 1-0 win at third-tier Lincoln.

The highest scoring sport noticed Blackburn beat Cardiff 5-2 in a conflict of second-tier groups.

4th spherical draw

In a draw stacked with all-Premier League matchups, Liverpool will go to Bournemouth and Arsenal is at West Ham. Chelsea acquired a good sport internet hosting Blackburn.

Everton coach Sean Dyche will welcome his long-time former membership Burnley, and Fulham should go to bettering second-tier aspect Ipswich.

Fourth-tier Mansfield will host third-tier Port Vale to make sure no less than one underdog might be within the quarterfinals. Third-tier Exeter hosts second-tier Middlesbrough.