2023-09-27 21:31:40
Manchester City, with a reshuffled team, took the door as soon as it entered the League Cup, eliminated by Newcastle (1-0), Wednesday during a successful evening for Liverpool, Arsenal and Chelsea.
The departure of the reigning English and European champion, Manchester City, is not shocking in itself, facing a tough opponent like Newcastle, and with a rotation desired by Pep Guardiola to rest his executives. But it is no less a problem for the giant, always hungry for trophies, from whom the Community Shield had already escaped at the beginning of August, as a prelude to the opening of the championship, on penalties against Arsenal.
The Spanish coach had warned, “I am not going to waste 1% of our energy” for the League Cup. The team lined up, rejuvenated in particular by the addition of many usual substitutes, nevertheless largely dominated the debates, but Alexander Isak gave the advantage to the Magpies (53rd).
Jackson finally scores for Chelsea
Chelsea found the net against Brighton (1-0), a first after three matches without scoring, and offered the Stamford Bridge crowd a victory they had been waiting for for a month now. This doesn’t change anything about his uncomfortable situation in the championship, a rather embarrassing fourteenth place after six days, but it eases a little the growing tension among Mauricio Pochettino’s Blues.
The Argentine coach repeats that his team, young and remodeled this summer, needs time to gain strength. Recruits Cole Palmer (21 years old) and Nicolas Jackson (22 years old), passer and scorer, gave credibility to the leader’s speech. As often since the start of the season, it was a reactionary Liverpool who won at Anfield against a Leicester team (3-1) who stole it from the start, with a goal scored after just three minutes . The ultra-reorganized team put in place by Jürgen Klopp managed to turn around the Foxes, current second division leaders, thanks to three goals in the second half, by Gakpo (48th), Szoboszlai (70th) and Jota (89th).
Arsenal had less trouble getting rid of Brentford (1-0) since their young winger Reiss Nelson, starting in the absence of Leandro Trossad and Gabriel Martinelli, injured, took only eight minutes to score his first goal of the season. The Gunners thus extend their successful start to the season, marked by victory in the Community Shield, a convincing invincibility in the league (two draws and four victories) and a perfect start in the Champions League against PSV Eindhoven (4-0), while waiting to go to Lens on Tuesday (9 p.m., on RMC Sport).
In other matches, the Premier League representatives enforced their ranks: against second division clubs, Bournemouth beat Stoke City (2-0) and Fulham dismissed Norwich (2-1), while West Ham dominated Lincoln City (D3) narrowly, 1-0.
Results of the 3rd round of the English League Cup, Wednesday:
Tuesday September 26
Ipswich Town – Wolverhampton 3 – 2
Exeter City – Luton Town 1 – 0
Port Vale – Sutton United 2 – 1
Bradford City -,Middlesbrough 0 – 2
Salford City – Burnley 0 – 4
Mansfield Town – Peterborough United 2 – 2 (Mansfield qualifié aux t.a.b.)
Manchester United – Crystal Palace 3 – 0
Wednesday September 27
Aston Villa – Everton 1 – 2
Bournemouth – Stoke 2 – 0
Lincoln City – West Ham 0 – 1
Brentford – Arsenal 0 – 1
Chelsea – Brighton 1 – 0
Fulham – Norwich City 2 – 1
Blackburn – Cardiff City 5 – 2
Liverpool – Leicester 3 – 1
Newcastle – Manchester City 1 – 0
The draw for the round of 16:
Mansfield-Port Vale
Ipswich-Fulham
Manchester United-Newcastle
Bournemouth-Liverpool
Chelsea-Blackburn
West Ham-Arsenal
Everton-Burnley
Exeter-Middlesbrough
Mathieu Idiart with AFP Journalist RMC Sport
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