The Third Round of the League Cup
The Third Round of the EFL Cup starts today . The teams that qualified for the CL and EL begin today. The matches on Plus are the South Coast Derby as Pompey hosts Saints, PNE vs Citeh, Colchester vs Spurs , and the Gunners vs Forest. The match from the EM kicks off at 3, with the others kicking off at 2:45. Join me for the match of you r choice if you can.
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Two early goals at Hillsborough and Bob will be delighted that the Toffees are two up. Calvert-Lewin with both goals.
Citeh looking more like Watford in their yellow and red change kit
Cross from David Silva headed over by Jesus off a short corner
Sterling with his first chance of the match and he turns a defender then forces a good save from Ripley
GOAL !!! STERLING GIVES CITEH THE LEAD OFF A LONG SOLO RUN AND A DEFLECTED SHOT. GOT THE PASS AT THE HALFWAY LINE, TURNED A DEFENDER THEN WENT ON A RUN AS HE ENTERED THE BOX , HE PRETENDED TO PASS, WHICH FOOLED TWO DEFENDERS THEN SCORED
Danny Ings gives Saints the lead at Fratton Park. Portsmouth born, JWP, with the assist. UWS will not be pleased.
Jesus thought he put Citeh two up m, but it was flagged offside. Long ball from the back found Sterling and he passed for Jesus to shoot past the stranded Ripley
Former Leeds player, Sam Vokes, gives the Potters the lead at Crawley
Wellie scores his first Hornets goal to give them the lead vs the swans
Wellie's goal the first home goal of the night and almost half an hour has been played
Damari Gray gives the Foxes the lead in Bedfordshire
Sam Surridge ties it up for the Swans at VR
GOAL !!!JESUS ! CITEH GO TWO UP. DAVID SILVA PAST TO STERLING , WHO PASSED THROUGH A GAP IN THE PNE DEFENSE AND JESUS SCORED WITH A NUTMEG OF RIPLEY FROM CLOSE RANGE
It has all of a sudden become very quiet at Deepdale after enthusiastic support earlier
Cancelo heads out a long cross from Jordan Storey for a PNE corner
Nathan Ferguson ties it up for Crawley vs the Potters
GOAL !!!CITEH GO THREE UP. JESUS PLAYED IT WIDE LEFT TO STERLING WHO PASSED TO DAVID SILVA . HE SCORED WITH A DEFLECTION OFF OF LEDSON FROM A NARROW ANGLE
That goal has been credited a s a Ledson OG and rightly so
James Justin puts the Foxes two up in Bedfordshire
Gabriel Martinelli gives the Gunners the lead vs Forest while Danny Ings scores his and the Saints second to put them two up at Fratton Park
A minute of stoppage time at Deepdale
Citeh three up at the half and all but through to the Fourth Round
Lee Mason gets the second half underway from Deepdale
The Gunners are one up at the half, meaning that an unusual stat has occurred. The away team out scored the home team 11-3 in the first half
Sterling plays the ball wide left to Angelino and his cross is headed wide by Jesus , who had a free header in the six yard box
Josh Harrop booked fr a foul from behind on Cancelo. Seemed a bit harsh
Another chance for Citeh to go four up. A cross from Phil Foden was volleyed across the box by David Silva and Eric Garcia slide in to shoot wide from a yard out
OH!!! PNE nearly pulled a goal back. Josh Harrop with a near post shot off the post from close range
The former United academy player was unlucky not to score for PNE
Cometh the hour, cometh a substitution by Pep as Benjamin Mendy is on for Angelino.
Another Citeh change and one Spaniard for another as Adrian Bernabe is on for David Silva. Alex Neill counters with a substitution as David Nugent is on for Tom Barkhuizen.
The Potters are down to ten men as Nathan Collins has been sent off. It's still 1-1 at Crawley
OH! A shot from Phil Foden crashes off the bar off a run and pass from Sterling
Ryan Ledson fouls Bernabe about 25 yards from goal. Ginelli on for Josh Harrop
Free kick from Sterling well wide
The final roll of the dice from Pep as Mahrez is on for Sterling
The final roll of the dice from Alex Neill as Tom Bayliss is on for Daniel Johnson
The first goal of the second half and it took 33 minutes as Cedric Soares puts Saints three up at Fratton Park
With less than ten minutes remaining, the second goal of the second half has been scored as Tielemans put the Foxes three up in Bedfordshire.
First home goal of the second half as Perreyra gives the Hornets a 2-1 lead vs the Swans
Nathan Redmond puts the Saints a Barber Shop Quartet up at Fratton Park
Rob Holding puts the Gunners two up vs Forest
Damari Gray scores his second of the match as the Foxes go up by a Barber Shop Quartet in Bedfordshire.
A pair of stoppage time minutes at Deepdale
Great close range reflex save by Ripley from Jesus as PNE failed to clear their lines
It's over at Deepdale and Citeh win 0-3 , with all the goals scored in the first half
Now off to the Em where Joe Willock has put the Gunners three up vs Forest
Some other finals:
Luton 0 Foxes 4
Pompey 0 Saints 4
Not a Big Club 0 Toffees 2
Hornets 2 Swans 1
Colchester vs Spurs is being decided by a penalty shootout after finishing 0-0
Crawley vs Stoke being decided by penalty shootout after finishing 1-1
GOAL !!! THE GUNNERS GO A BARBER SHOP QUARTET UP. BAKAYO SAKA PLAYED THE BALL WIDE LEFT TO CHAMBERS AND HIS PASS PUT AWAY BY REISS NELSON FOR HIS FIRST GUNNERS GOAL. THE KEEPER GOT A HAND TO IT AND SHOULD HAVE DONE BETTER
WOW! The first upset of the round as Colchester defeat Spurs 4-3 on penalties after a 0-0 draw.
Muric does well to dive full length and save a rocket of a volley from the edge of the box from Chambers. The offside flag was raised.
A pair of stoppage time minutes at the EM
In the penalty shootout between Crawley and Stoke, Bob will be pleased to know that Sam Vokes has missed a penalty for Stoke. it came off the bar
GOAL !!!GABRIEL MARTINELLI SCORES HIS SECOND OF THE MATCH TO PUT THE GUNNERS FIVE UP. IT WAS SUPERB CURLER FROM 25 YARDS OUT IN THE UPPER 90 BY THE EIGHTEEN YEAR OLD
It's over at the EM and the Gunners thrash Forest 5-0. Four of those goals came from Academy grads
The second upset of the round as Crawley have defeated Stoke 5-3 on penalties after a 1-1 draw.
That's it for me. Hopefully, some of you will be around for the matches tomorrow.
CHEERS!
Sorry to miss you yesterday afternoon, mate. I appreciate your keeping the home fires burning. I know that Gooner was a happy chappy after that 5-0 thrashing.
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