Lakenheath Old Boys

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Tuesday, September 24, 2019

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.

60 Comments:

Blogger manunitedrules said...

Two early goals at Hillsborough and Bob will be delighted that the Toffees are two up. Calvert-Lewin with both goals.

2:58 PM  
Blogger manunitedrules said...

Citeh looking more like Watford in their yellow and red change kit

2:58 PM  
Blogger manunitedrules said...

Cross from David Silva headed over by Jesus off a short corner

3:01 PM  
Blogger manunitedrules said...

Sterling with his first chance of the match and he turns a defender then forces a good save from Ripley

3:05 PM  
Blogger manunitedrules said...

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

3:08 PM  
Blogger manunitedrules said...

Danny Ings gives Saints the lead at Fratton Park. Portsmouth born, JWP, with the assist. UWS will not be pleased.

3:09 PM  
Blogger manunitedrules said...

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

3:11 PM  
Blogger manunitedrules said...

Former Leeds player, Sam Vokes, gives the Potters the lead at Crawley

3:12 PM  
Blogger manunitedrules said...

Wellie scores his first Hornets goal to give them the lead vs the swans

3:15 PM  
Blogger manunitedrules said...

Wellie's goal the first home goal of the night and almost half an hour has been played

3:20 PM  
Blogger manunitedrules said...

Damari Gray gives the Foxes the lead in Bedfordshire

3:21 PM  
Blogger manunitedrules said...

Sam Surridge ties it up for the Swans at VR

3:21 PM  
Blogger manunitedrules said...

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

3:23 PM  
Blogger manunitedrules said...

It has all of a sudden become very quiet at Deepdale after enthusiastic support earlier

3:24 PM  
Blogger manunitedrules said...

Cancelo heads out a long cross from Jordan Storey for a PNE corner

3:26 PM  
Blogger manunitedrules said...

Nathan Ferguson ties it up for Crawley vs the Potters

3:27 PM  
Blogger manunitedrules said...

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

3:29 PM  
Blogger manunitedrules said...

That goal has been credited a s a Ledson OG and rightly so

3:30 PM  
Blogger manunitedrules said...

James Justin puts the Foxes two up in Bedfordshire

3:31 PM  
Blogger manunitedrules said...

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

3:32 PM  
Blogger manunitedrules said...

A minute of stoppage time at Deepdale

3:32 PM  
Blogger manunitedrules said...

Citeh three up at the half and all but through to the Fourth Round

3:34 PM  
Blogger manunitedrules said...

Lee Mason gets the second half underway from Deepdale

3:50 PM  
Blogger manunitedrules said...

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

3:51 PM  
Blogger manunitedrules said...

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

3:52 PM  
Blogger manunitedrules said...

Josh Harrop booked fr a foul from behind on Cancelo. Seemed a bit harsh

3:55 PM  
Blogger manunitedrules said...

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

4:01 PM  
Blogger manunitedrules said...

OH!!! PNE nearly pulled a goal back. Josh Harrop with a near post shot off the post from close range

4:02 PM  
Blogger manunitedrules said...

The former United academy player was unlucky not to score for PNE

4:04 PM  
Blogger manunitedrules said...

Cometh the hour, cometh a substitution by Pep as Benjamin Mendy is on for Angelino.

4:04 PM  
Blogger manunitedrules said...

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.

4:08 PM  
Blogger manunitedrules said...

The Potters are down to ten men as Nathan Collins has been sent off. It's still 1-1 at Crawley

4:09 PM  
Blogger manunitedrules said...

OH! A shot from Phil Foden crashes off the bar off a run and pass from Sterling

4:12 PM  
Blogger manunitedrules said...

Ryan Ledson fouls Bernabe about 25 yards from goal. Ginelli on for Josh Harrop

4:15 PM  
Blogger manunitedrules said...

Free kick from Sterling well wide

4:15 PM  
Blogger manunitedrules said...

The final roll of the dice from Pep as Mahrez is on for Sterling

4:17 PM  
Blogger manunitedrules said...

The final roll of the dice from Alex Neill as Tom Bayliss is on for Daniel Johnson

4:20 PM  
Blogger manunitedrules said...

The first goal of the second half and it took 33 minutes as Cedric Soares puts Saints three up at Fratton Park

4:22 PM  
Blogger manunitedrules said...

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.

4:25 PM  
Blogger manunitedrules said...

First home goal of the second half as Perreyra gives the Hornets a 2-1 lead vs the Swans

4:27 PM  
Blogger manunitedrules said...

Nathan Redmond puts the Saints a Barber Shop Quartet up at Fratton Park

4:32 PM  
Blogger manunitedrules said...

Rob Holding puts the Gunners two up vs Forest

4:32 PM  
Blogger manunitedrules said...

Damari Gray scores his second of the match as the Foxes go up by a Barber Shop Quartet in Bedfordshire.

4:33 PM  
Blogger manunitedrules said...

A pair of stoppage time minutes at Deepdale

4:34 PM  
Blogger manunitedrules said...

Great close range reflex save by Ripley from Jesus as PNE failed to clear their lines

4:35 PM  
Blogger manunitedrules said...

It's over at Deepdale and Citeh win 0-3 , with all the goals scored in the first half

4:36 PM  
Blogger manunitedrules said...

Now off to the Em where Joe Willock has put the Gunners three up vs Forest

4:39 PM  
Blogger manunitedrules said...

Some other finals:

Luton 0 Foxes 4
Pompey 0 Saints 4
Not a Big Club 0 Toffees 2
Hornets 2 Swans 1

4:40 PM  
Blogger manunitedrules said...

Colchester vs Spurs is being decided by a penalty shootout after finishing 0-0

4:41 PM  
Blogger manunitedrules said...

Crawley vs Stoke being decided by penalty shootout after finishing 1-1

4:42 PM  
Blogger manunitedrules said...

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

4:44 PM  
Blogger manunitedrules said...

WOW! The first upset of the round as Colchester defeat Spurs 4-3 on penalties after a 0-0 draw.

4:46 PM  
Blogger manunitedrules said...

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.

4:47 PM  
Blogger manunitedrules said...

A pair of stoppage time minutes at the EM

4:50 PM  
Blogger manunitedrules said...

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

4:51 PM  
Blogger manunitedrules said...

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

4:53 PM  
Blogger manunitedrules said...

It's over at the EM and the Gunners thrash Forest 5-0. Four of those goals came from Academy grads

4:53 PM  
Blogger manunitedrules said...

The second upset of the round as Crawley have defeated Stoke 5-3 on penalties after a 1-1 draw.

4:54 PM  
Blogger manunitedrules said...

That's it for me. Hopefully, some of you will be around for the matches tomorrow.

CHEERS!

4:55 PM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

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.

6:41 AM  

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