Carabao Cup semi-final draw – LIVE!
A place at Wembley is within reach for the 4 clubs still in the Carabao Cup. The semi-final schedule has already been decided tonight, and it is conceivable that the finale will be a North London derby.
Arsenal booked their place in the quarter-finals with a thrilling win over Crystal Palace, when Gabriel Jesus returned to goalscoring form with a second-half hat-trick. The Gunners will face Newcastle in the semi-final, and Eddie Howe’s side are yet to reach their second Carabao Cup final in three years.
Liverpool, meanwhile, continued their sensational season under Arne Slot by easing past managerless Southampton. They will travel to Tottenham in the first leg of their semi-final tie, with the reverse fixture at Anfield. Spurs kept their trophy bid alive in dramatic fashion. They held a three-goal lead over United but still had to survive a major late scare before sealing a 4-3 win.
Carabao Cup semi-final draw
Tottenham will face Liverpool in the semi-finals of the Carabao Cup, while Arsenal will face Newcastle.
After outlasting Manchester United in a seven-goal thriller in the last eight on Thursday night, Spurs will now be at home for the first game in a two-legged tie against the current Premier League leaders in the second week of January, then travelling to Anfield for the return fixture in early February.
Holders Liverpool booked their own latest semi-final spot by holding on to beat struggling Southampton 2-1 after a scare at St Mary’s on Wednesday night, seeking to secure their fifth Wembley trip in the last three years.
Meanwhile, Arsenal will at home for their first leg against Newcastle before travelling to St James’ Park for the decider.
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Mikel Arteta believes winning the Carabao Cup could be the springboard for Arsenal to win bigger prizes in the months and years ahead.
He said: “The fact that you win and go to the next round creates every other round in the team, and that is why those types of matches are so important.
“It’s useful. It brings faith, confidence, positive power, touching the cup, being in the semifinal and beating someone in the final; It is this power and creates the correct path to go through and do anything else.
“Especially at the moment and when the festival is in this country, it has that momentum. “
A reminder of what Ange Postecoglou said at the start of the season.
The Spurs manager commented: “I don’t win things regularly, I win things in my second year. Nothing has changed.
“It’s amazing, isn’t it?” Do I intend to lie or say it never happened?
“But you think that’s me bragging?
“It just baffles me that other people make such a big deal out of anything. I don’t know how I should respond to something that’s true. “
It’s a few weeks until Tottenham and Liverpool meet in the Carabao Cup semi-finals, but they will go head-to-head before then.
The two sides will face off in north London this weekend in the Premier League – 4:30pm kick-off on Sunday.
Opportunity for one or the other to set a marker.
Arsenal will have to make the most of this first leg in north London against Newcastle.
The opposite adjustment will not be easy, as Mikel Arteta knows well.
Arsenal were beaten at St James’ Park last season when Alexander Isak’s goal was the only goal of the game.
Liverpool will be the favorites to advance to the semi-final against Liverpool, but he believes that Spurs will go through with everything in the Carabao Cup.
That may not be the case with Liverpool, as they challenge on all fronts.
If Spurs triumph in this tie and Arsenal beat Newcastle, it will be a simple matter of a North London derby in the final. . .
As a reminder, the first legs will take place the week of January 6 and the other the week of February 3.
Arsenal vs Newcastle
Tottenham vs Liverpool
Arne Slot’s side will be at Anfield for the second leg
The Gunners at home in the first leg. . .
Jamie Carragher and Jamie Redknapp are in place.
Time for the draw.
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