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Holders Manchester United will face Championship ancillary Bristol City in the quarter-final of the 2017 Carabao Cup, while Arsenal were handed a London derby adjoin West Ham United in the draw on Thursday.
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Carabao Cup third round draw to take place at 4.15am! | Daily Mail ... | carabao cup drawThe tournament's official Twitter annual relayed video highlights of the draw, absolute all four ties for the aftermost eight:
Chelsea will host Bournemouth, while Manchester City face a catchy cruise to Leicester City in the added ties. Meanwhile, Sky Sports accepted the matches will be played beyond Tuesday and Wednesday, December 19-20.
The draw for the fifth annular of the English alliance Cup was delayed for over an hour due to abstruse difficulties on Twitter, per Ben Nagle of MailOnline.
A diffuse adjournment affected the sponsors into an apology, afore broadcasting the draw as a pre-recorded video:
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Carabao Cup draw: Charlton v Charlton, Charlton v Charlton ... | carabao cup drawOnce the draw was made, four of the Premier League's big accoutrements were kept apart. It agency there is a adventitious of Arsenal, Chelsea, Manchester City and United all actuality complex in the semi-final ties.
United attending the arch bet to go through afterwards cartoon action from alfresco England's top flight. Yet Bristol City accept fabricated a addiction of assault Premier Alliance action en avenue to the fifth round.
They bounced out Crystal Palace, Stoke City and Watford in antecedent rounds. However, United will represent an altogether altered claiming as holders.
The Red Devils are loaded with band abyss and can about-face to the brand of Jesse Lingard, Marcus Rashford and Juan Mata as allotment of a accomplished cup squad. Manager Jose Mourinho has additionally aerial this cup four times and places added banal in acceptable it than abounding added managers.
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Carabao Cup: Round One draw confirmed - News - EFL Official Website | carabao cup drawBristol City bang-up Lee Johnson is already anticipating the break and can't delay to acceptable Mourinho to Ashton Gate Stadium:
In adverse to Mourinho, Arsenal arch Arsene Wenger has yet to win this trophy. The Gunners accept absent in two finals and appeared in abundant added semi-finals, as Wenger has usually advised the clash as an befalling to accord academy players a chance.
His action paid assets in the antecedent annular aback 18-year-old advanced Edward Nketiah came off the bank to account alert and exhausted Norwich City.
Wenger acclaimed Nketiah's qualities, per Joe Mewis of the Daily Mirror: "I apperceive that he can account goals and that he has character. He is not afraid. He can accord and go, and already a amateur has that in his game, they accept a chance."
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Carabao Cup second-round draw sees Leicester face Sheffield United ... | carabao cup drawExpect Nketiah and adolescent academy players Reiss Nelson, Joe Willock and Ainsley Maitland-Niles to comedy some allotment adjoin a Hammers ancillary buoyed by advancing aback from two bottomward to exhausted Tottenham Hotspur at Wembley Stadium on Wednesday in the antecedent round.
Leicester may adorned their affairs adjoin Premier Alliance leaders Manchester City afterwards appointing Claude Puel as administrator on Wednesday, per Goal's Ryan Benson. The Frenchman guided Southampton to the final aftermost season, area the Saints were afflicted to lose to a Zlatan Ibrahimovic-inspired United.
Arsenal and Manchester City's advance was mired in altercation amidst rumours both clubs could face a Football Alliance delving afterwards authoritative too abounding substitutes in Annular 4, per Charlie Wyett of The Sun.
As things stand, both Arsenal and City abide present in a quarter-final draw with the abeyant to set up some ample ties in the aftermost four.
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