Liverpool will face Bournemouth in the Carabao Cup quarter-finals, while League One side Bradford City will host Manchester City. All the ties will be played during the week commencing 14 December.
League Two side Fleetwood Town, who knocked out Premier League champions Arsenal, have been rewarded with a home game against the winner of Thursday night’s Everton vs Newcastle tie. In the remaining last-eight match, Crystal Palace will host Sunderland in an all-Premier League clash.
Liverpool draw Bournemouth
Liverpool beat Chelsea on penalties to set up a meeting with Andoni Iraola’s former side Bournemouth, who progressed in style with a fine 3-0 win against Aston Villa.
Manchester City also needed penalties to beat Brighton. Their opponents, Bradford, beat Peterborough 2-0.
Eddie Nketiah scored the only goal as Palace won at Fulham. Sunderland also beat Premier League opposition to reach the next round, overcoming Brentford 3-2.
Iraola: Bournemouth the only team I didn’t want
Liverpool head coach Andoni Iraola’s reward for beating Chelsea on penalties was a quarter-final against the one side he wanted to avoid, his former team Bournemouth.
It has already been a season of reunions for Iraola. He has defeated friend and former teammate Inigo Perez in the Champions League, and his fellow Basque Xabi Alonso, with whom he has been close since they were young. He also won on his first return to the Vitality Stadium. He did not want a repeat so soon, but the Cherries were drawn against the Reds, with the only advantage being another match at Anfield.
“I was talking before the draw and said ‘The only team that I don’t want is Bournemouth’,” Iraola said.
“For me, it’s special, but they know me very well, they are playing very well lately, in a good moment. But it is what it is.
“We haven’t been very lucky with the draws. We played Spurs, Chelsea already, now Bournemouth, that is going to be obviously special for me.
“But we have to earn the right to be in the semi-finals and I hope we can do it here at home again.
“In the end, in cup competitions, what matters is that you are in the next round, and you are in the draw, and luckily for us we finished on the right side of the penalty shoot-out.
“We are pleased because the players have done a very big effort today and at least we get the reward of being in the quarter-finals.”
Carabao Cup quarter-final draw in full
- Liverpool v Bournemouth
- Bradford City v Manchester City
- Fleetwood Town v winner of Everton v Newcastle
- Crystal Palace v Sunderland
All ties will be played during the week commencing 14 December.