Carabao Cup Draws Arsenal Battle City as Everton welcomes United
Defending champions Manchester City will be guests to Arsenal in the standout tie of this season’s Carabao Cup quarter-final draw. Following Arsenal’s win over Liverpool yesterday on a penalty shoot-out, they have booked the quarter-final ticket with Manchester City. Joint Premier League leaders Everton will welcome Manchester United to Goodison Park, while Tottenham Hotspur are away to Championship side Stoke City.
Meanwhile, Championship club Brentford’s beat English Premier League side Fulham and so will play Newcastle United in the club’s first-ever League Cup quarter-final. All quarter-final games are to be played the week commencing 21 December 2020.
The meeting at Emirates Stadium with Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City, who eased to a 3-0 win over Burnley, will see manager Mikel Arteta face his former club in a repeat of last season’s FA Cup semi-final, which Arsenal won 2-0 on their way to winning the trophy. Manchester United face a tough side as they will play Everton who is yet to lose a match since the start of the season after thrashing West Ham 4-1.
The winners of this season’s Carabao Cup will not qualify for the Europa League as in the past, but will instead go into the Uefa Europa Conference League, a new European competition.
Carabao Cup Quarter final draw
Stoke City v Tottenham
Brentford v Newcastle United
Arsenal v Manchester City
Everton v Manchester United
