Carabao Cup Quarter-Final Draw: Meeting Newcastle, Chelsea Focus On Winning And Champion Target

The forward Raheem Sterling took Chelsea to the Carabao Cup quarter-finals to face Newcastle United. (Twitter @ChelseaFC)

JAKARTA - The match between the English Premier League teams was again presented in the quarter-finals of the Carabao Cup. From the draw results, Thursday, November 2 morning WIB, Chelsea met a tough opponent of Newcastle United. While Liveroool was challenged by West Ham United.

Chelsea focused on the Carabao Cup because they had a chance to win it. Moreover, Chelsea showed a good performance when they got rid of Blackburn Rovers in the fourth half.

A 2-0 win through Benoit Badiashile and Raheem Sterling's goals in the match which was held at Stamford Bridge Stadium, qualified Chelsea for the quarter-finals.

Manager Mauricio Pochettino said Chelsea had switched their focus on the Carabao Cup. Moreover, they benefited slightly from Chelsea because they did not compete in European competitions. On the other hand, Newcastle and Liverpool, who are competitors to the Blues, are still appearing in the Champions League.

"This is an important competition for us. Especially because we don't appear in European competitions. This certainly gives us the opportunity as well as in the Premier League," said Pochettino. "In addition, we just started the fight in the FA Cup in January. So, we can focus on winning this competition," he said again.

Hanya, Newcastle bukan lawan ringan. Mereka tidak hanya on fire di kompetisi domestik tetapi juga di Carabao Cup.

A brilliant 3-0 victory over defending champions Manchester United at Old Trafford shows that the Magpies are a force worth taking into account.

Moreover, MU came down with full strength. Manager Erik ten Hag only kept a few pillar players against Newcastle.

As a result, they were still beaten badly by Newcastle. MU also suffered the same fate as Manchester City. In the previous round, The Toon Army managed to get rid of Man City.

Meanwhile, Liverpool met West Ham who surprisingly eliminated Arsenal with a convincing score of 3-1. Livepool itself had to work hard before beating Premier League team Bournemouth 2-1.

"The game is really top," said Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp, who rotated eight players from the Premier League match against Nottingham Forest last weekend.

"This is a matter of winning and the important thing is to qualify. Frankly, this is a difficult match. Both teams actually have a chance to qualify," he said.

In the midst of the siege of the Premier League teams, there is still a team from the bottom division, Port Vale. The team from the third caste or League One qualified for the quarter-finals after winning 1-0 over Mansfield Town.

This is history for Port Vale because for the first time qualified for the quarter-finals. In that round, they met a team from the Championship Middlesbrough Division who got rid of Exeter 3-2.

Carabao Cup Quarter-Final Draw

Everton vs FulhamChelsea vs Newcastle UnitedPort Vale vs MiddlesbroughLiverpool vs West Ham United