The Carabao Cup is close to its end and the draw for the semi-finals has been made.
League One side Burton Albion produced the shock of the quarter-finals beating Middlesbrough 1-0, reaching the final four for the first time in the club’s history.
Carabao Cup semi-finals: Five things you need to know…
- Manchester City beat Leicester City to keep their hopes of retaining the Carabao Cup and will face League One side Burton Albion.
- Burton remain the lowest ranked team in the tournament thanks to their shock 10- win over Middlesbrough.
- After getting through one London derby in the quarter-finals, Tottenham have been rewarded with another, drawn against Chelsea in the last four.
- The first legs are set to be played on the week commencing Monday 7 January, with the return matches two weeks later.
- The Carabao Cup final is scheduled for Sunday, 24 February.
Defending champions Manchester City beat Leicester City on penalties to earn their place in the semi-finals.
Tottenham beat north London rivals Arsenal 2-0 at the Emirates, avenging their Premier League defeat, while Chelsea saw off Bournemouth to earn their places in the semi-finals.
Carabao Cup semi-final draw
Tottenham Hotspur vs Chelsea
Manchester City vs Burton Albion
The first legs are set to be played on the week commencing Monday, 7 January, with the return matches are scheduled for the week commencing Monday 21, January.
Twitter reacts
Prior to the draw, conspiracy theories were flying after Craig Bellamy mentioned Manchester City facing Burton Albion after their penalty shootout win over Leicester – a full 24 hours before the draw was made.
Be an interesting draw tomorrow after Bellamy just already told us City have drawn Burton… #Fix pic.twitter.com/J1uTcWaBmP
— sam butterworth (@sambutterworth9) December 18, 2018
And, understandably, Twitter went mad as soon as the draw was revealed setting Man City up against Burton.
Oh suprise suprise! Burton have Man City! Didnt see that coming!
absolute fix @EFL @Carabao_Cup
— ᔕᗩᖇᗩᕼ (@sarahpfc) December 19, 2018
Bellamy said it would be that draw the @Carabao_Cup is a fix @FA
— Andrew Wells (@wellzy1995) December 19, 2018
The Carabao Cup draw is a fix!
— Dean Pearce (@SpinalMonkey) December 19, 2018
Ask Bellamy for the lotto numbers. FIX
— •C
(@TwizzleDuck) December 19, 2018
@Carabao_Cup that wasn't a fix was it. We knew the draw yesterday!!!!
— Eriksen 23 (@ErxksenSZN) December 19, 2018
Fixed
— H™ (@hamza1399_) December 19, 2018
Rigged
— Kyle (@KyleRichmondSU) December 19, 2018
Fixed.
— Paul Cann (@Cann_UK) December 19, 2018
Proves it’s rigged
— bottlers fc (@NoiceOneSonny) December 19, 2018
Fixed since the beginning
— P™ (@Cechque) December 19, 2018
Well Bellamy called it last night….
— CFC Daily (@CFCDaily) December 19, 2018
— Tyler Hinks (@twhinks10) December 19, 2018
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