Arteta credits Fleetwood loss for spirited win at Anfield
Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta believes their loss in the League Cup by Fleetwood spurred his side on to their first victory at Anfield in 14 years.
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Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta believes their loss in the League Cup by Fleetwood spurred his side on to their first victory at Anfield in 14 years.
Hibernian, for once, avoid late heartbreak to set up League Cup final with Rangers, writes Tom English.
Hearts and Hibernian are braced for a winner-takes-all League Cup semi-final. But the Edinburgh rivals arrive at Hampden in very different moods.
Arsenal, second in the table, travel to Anfield looking to bounce back from their shock League Cup fourth-round exit.
Holders Man City will take on Bradford City, Crystal Palace will welcome Sunderland, while Bournemouth play Liverpool.
Manchester City overcome Brighton 4-3 on penalties after 2-2 draw and will play Bradford for a spot in the semifinals.
Liverpool reached the League Cup quarter-finals after eliminating Chelsea on penalties (6-5), following a 1-1 draw. Wesley Fofana sealed the Blues' exit by sending his spot-kick well over the bar. Another French defender at Chelsea, Maxence Lacroix, went off injured before half-time, a week before the France squad is announced.
After a 1-1 draw in normal time, Liverpool win 6-5 to edge a narrow win after penalties in last-16 match at Anfield.
Fourth-tier Fleetwood beat 10-man Arsenal 5-3 on penalties in the League Cup last 16, pulling off a major upset.
BBC Sport looks at the history of the biggest FA Cup and League Cup upsets after Fleetwood Town's shock win against Arsenal.
Cliftonville manager Brendan Lynch says being stripped of the Women's League Cup is "not quite Man City-esque" after an administration error denied the club the chance at a domestic treble.
Cliftonville's hopes of a domestic treble are over after they were stripped of their Women's League Cup title for fielding two ineligible players in the final.
Tom English reflects on the first Old Firm league game of the season, in which Rangers repeated their League Cup win over Celtic.