2023-11-01 22:22:56
Liverpool and Chelsea reached the quarter-finals of the English League Cup thanks to their respective success on Wednesday against Bournemouth (2-1) and Blackburn (2-0), a second division team.
Without a European Cup to play and lagging behind in the championship (11th after ten days), Mauricio Pochettino fielded a high-level Chelsea team, without leaving too many stars to rest, unlike the majority of other Premier League big names involved in the cup. A new snag would have left a mark at Stamford Bridge, four days after a 2-0 defeat against Brentford at home. But the Blues secured qualification without fear. The young French defender Benoît Badiashile, scorer (30th, 1-0), made a winning comeback, having not worn the Blues jersey since May due to an injury. Raheem Sterling took advantage of a defensive error to increase the advantage to 2-0 (59th).
Liverpool eliminated Bournemouth, seventeenth in the Premier League, with more difficulty and with a heavily overhauled team, even if Mohamed Salah was the holder. Joined at 1-1 after the hour mark, the Reds escaped thanks to the Uruguayan striker Darwin Nunez (70th), came off the bench to score his seventh goal of the season.
For its part, Manchester United, defending champion, was sharply eliminated 0-3 on home ground by Newcastle, a new disappointment in a difficult season. The Magpies, beaten 2-0 in the final in February, took a stunning revenge while further weakening the Red Devils who have been moribund since the start of the current season. The pressure inevitably increases around the Dutch coach Erik ten Hag, architect of the rebound last season, but now in great difficulty after another dry defeat, three days after sinking by the same score at Old Trafford in the derby against Manchester City. Fallen to eighth place in the Premier League, struggling in the Champions League, Manchester United quickly lost their footing with goals from Miguel Almiron (28e, 1-0) et Lewis Hall (36e, 2-0). Joe Willock prolonged the ordeal of the locals (60th, 3-0).
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