Carabao Cup: Liverpool pushes De Zerbi, Arsenal puts on a show

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By: Manu Tournoux

In the round of 16 of the Carabao Cup, Liverpool inflicted another defeat on De Zerbi’s Tottenham, while Arsenal crushed Ipswich.

Tottenham is sinking further into crisis. Unable to win a single match in the Premier League since the start of the season (2 defeats, 2 draws), Spurs were eliminated in the round of 32 of the Carabao Cup.

Traveling to Liverpool this Tuesday evening, Roberto De Zerbi’s men lost 2-1. Mac Allister opened the scoring for the Reds (21e), before Gakpo made the break at the start of the second half (54e). The Londoners, who did not do poorly this evening, reduced the score through Gallagher (69e), without then managing to equalize. The Anfield residents then took it upon themselves to put an end to the suspense with a little gem from Szoboszlai (90e+1). Note Barcola’s average entry into play in the 71st minute of play.

At the same time, Arsenal did not tremble on the Ipswich pitch (2-4). The Gunners, who led 4-0 before conceding two goals after the break, made the difference thanks to a double from Dowman (7e and 47e) and goals from Madueke (16e) and Merino (58e). The Blues have