League Cup Archives: 01/2022

Liverpool submitted their request to postpone their match against Arsenal before even receiving their round of ‘positive’ tests, according to a report.

Liverpool’s assistant manager, Pep Lijnders, spoke to the media ahead of the second final of the Carabao Cup semi-final at the Emirates and he couldn’t have been full of more praise for Arsenal.

Liverpool’s assistant manager, Pep Lijnders met the press before Arsenal host Liverpool and he was, inevitably, asked about Arsenal’s game against Tottenham being postponed.

Arsenal are said to be optimistic as they assess their squad numbers before the game against Liverpool despite the Daily Mail suggesting the fixture could be in doubt.

Assuming it isn’t postponed again, here’s our Arsenal predicted lineup to face Liverpool in the League Cup semi-final second leg on Thursday.

Join Stephen Bradley as he analyses Arsenal’s 0-0 draw versus Liverpool in the first leg of the Carabao Cup semi-final.

Granit Xhaka picked up the fifth red card of his Arsenal career so what matches will the former Arsenal captain miss through suspension?

Arsenal produced a display to be proud off against Liverpool at Anfield, despite playing most of the match with just 10 men and now go into the second leg all level.

Jurgen Klopp said that Liverpool’s recent Covid outbreak was actually a ‘lot of false positives’ but that seems highly unlikely and it has annoyed a number of EFL clubs, not that the EFL and their former Liverpool chief executive chairman care about that.

Arsenal face having to field a similar lineup against Liverpool as the side that shamed themselves at Nottingham Forest in the FA Cup.

Liverpool only have three named players out with Covid, even though they have managed to convince the EFL to postpone their Carabao Cup semi-final against Arsenal on Thursday evening, so how many are infected?

Gabriel Magalhaes was sent off against Manchester City on Saturday, leaving him with a red-card suspension to serve.

Mikel Arteta is hopeful that he will be back taking Arsenal training this week and in the dugout on Thursday night for the first leg of the Carabao Cup semi-final against Liverpool.

The referee for the first leg of the Carabao Cup semi-final between Arsenal and Liverpool at the Emirates on 6 January has been announced and it is the official Arsenal have had more than any other this season.