Jacob Steinberg has filed his match report from the Bridge, so I’ll leave you with that. The draw is tomorrow morning, since you asked. Goodnight!
Aston Villa complete the quarter-final line up - they beat Wolves 2-1 at Villa Park.
There were ten goals in the match between Liverpool and Arsenal, and nine more in the penalty shoot-out.
Marcus Rashford scored both goals, the second a booming free-kick from 35 yards that might not be bettered all season. It was a pretty even game, but United picked more of their first-choice players and that was ultimately decisive.
Full time: Chelsea 1-2 Manchester United
Peep peep! Manchester United win their third away game in a week, and move into the quarter-finals of the Carabao Cup.
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90+4 min And they don’t take it.
90+4 min James wins a corner for Chelsea. This is their last chance...
90+3 min Jorginho waves a passing elbow into the face of Young. I don’t think the referee saw it and there’s no VAR. It was nothing really.
90+2 min Abraham fouls Rojo, who takes the opportunity to waste 30 seconds.
90 min An imaginative long-range curler from Martial goes just wide. Then Kovacic is booked for clattering Williams. There will be four minutes of added time.
89 min Chelsea were brilliant for the first 20 minutes of the second half before Ole Gunnar Solskjaer made an important change from 3-4-2-1 to 4-2-3-1. Since then, United have been relatively comfortable.
88 min Zouma charges forward with intent before shooting from 40 yards. He falls over and it goes about 40 yards wide.
86 min McTominay, who has made umpteen important tackles and interceptions tonight, makes another from Jorginho’s pass.
STUNNER! 😲@MarcusRashford fires @ManUtd ahead at Stamford Bridge
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84 min Phil Fred is booked for timewasting.
83 min Harry Maguire is moving gingerly. United have used all their subs so they can’t replace him.
82 min Alonso’s shot from a tight angle is shovelled behind by Romero. The corner is headed across goal and wide by Zouma, who was under enough pressure from Maguire that he couldn’t make proper contact with the header.
81 min Ashley Young’s first contribution is to boot Reece James up in the air. We’ll miss him when he retires.
80 min Marcus Rashford limps off to be replaced by Ashley Young. It doesn’t look too serious, although I’m no Doogie Howser MD.
78 min Tammy Abraham replaces Michy Batshuayi, who scored an excellent equaliser for Chelsea.
77 min McTominay, who was booked in the first half, is penalised for pulling down Kovacic. Some referees would have shown him a second yellow card, but Paul Tierney settled for a final warning.
76 min Williams makes a terrific challenge in the area on Reece James. After a difficult start, he has been excellent at times in the second half.
That is a stunning goal. Rashford hammered the free-kick over the wall, and the ball wobbled extravagantly before flying past Caballero. That must have been at least 35 yards out. He hit it with the old Juninho Pernambucano technique, striking through the valve, and it roared into the top corner.
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GOAL! Chelsea 1-2 Manchester United (Rashford 73)
And by heck did he hit it!
73 min Fred is fouled 35 yards from goal by Pedro. Rashford is going to hit this...
72 min It’s worth repeating that this will go straight to penalties if it’s a draw. No extra-time. Nope.
71 min Batshuayi threatens to repeat his goal, surging at the last man Rojo only to slip over just outside the area.
71 min A double change: Pedro and Mason Mount replace Billy Gilbert and Christian Pulisic. Gilbert was tidy, Pulisic was thoroughly Wan-Bissakaed.
70 min Chelsea look the likelier winners, although there isn’t a huge amount in it. Fred leathers a cross shot that flashes past the far post. Caballero had it covered.
69 min Zouma shanks a clearance behind for a corner. That’s a safe option against Manchester United these days, and the corner is another poor one.
68 min “Back to the good old days before VAR,” says Harry Hutton, “when a goal was a goal.”
67 min Another change: Andreas Pereira replaces Jesse Lingard, who again did very little. He has gone to seed since the World Cup.
66 min A Manchester United change: Anthony Martial replaces Victor Lindelof, which suggests a switch from 3-4-2-1 to 4-2-3-1.
65 min Reece James wins a corner for Chelsea. He and Hudson-Odoi are giving Williams a pretty torrid evening, with two-on-one attacks all the time.
What a brilliant goal. Batshuayi picked up a loose ball near the halfway line, after a mix-up between Maguire and Lindelof I think, and set off towards goal. There were five United defenders on his tail, with no team-mates within 40 yards. He kept running to the edge of the D, shifted the ball to the right and smacked a low curling shot that flashed past Romero.
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GOAL! Chelsea 1-1 Manchester United (Batshuayi 61)
Michy Batshuayi hits a storming equaliser!
60 min United are struggling to get out. Hudson-Odoi tries to run Williams, who makes a fine tackle with his wrong right foot.
59 min “I’m not being hipsterish clever, honest, but this is a far more fascinating game than the other because of the place the two teams have in the Scheme of Things right now,” says Drew Goldie. “No-one doubts that Arsenal can do what they’re doing on occasions, but there’s a cluelessness about the club at the moment. Chelsea and the other mob are quite interesting in what the strategy is, because both need one. I’m speaking as someone who supports Hearts and Millwall, by the way, so I’m just diverting my sorrows by trying to sound informed about the Big Pots like a lot of people who stands in pubs do.”
57 min Another chance for Chelsea. Hudson-Odoi runs onto a long pass from the back, waits for it to drop and leathers a shot just over the bar from 20 yards.
56 min United’s back three, who were cruising in the first half, are now defending on the seat of their pants. It’s been a stirring response from Chelsea.
54 min A superb cross from Reece James flashes right across the six-yard box. If only England had some decent young right-backs, eh.
53 min Pulisic drags a speculative cross-shot wide from 15 yards, but this is so much better from Chelsea. It feels like a cup tie now.
52 min Chelsea appeal unsuccessfully for a penalty when Gilmour’s shot is blocked by Rojo. It may have hit Rojo’s hand as he fell onto the ball, though that isn’t a penalty under the new laws anyway.
52 min Chelsea have upped the tempo since half-time, with and without the ball. They were a little passive in the first half.
50 min Hudson-Odoi misses an excellent chance, screwing Alonso’s low cross wide of the far post after a fine passing move. He mistimed the shot completely, although he might have been unsighted.
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49 min Hudson-Odoi is back on the field.
47 min Hudson-Odoi is receiving treatment off the field. He was thrown over the advertising boards by Williams, who might have been booked.
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47 min There’s been a ninth goal at Anfield. Nine times!
46 min Peep peep! Chelsea begin the second half. No substitutions yet.
Half time: Chelsea 0-1 Manchester United
Peep peep! Manchester United lead through Marcus Rashford’s penalty. It was an uneventful half, with just one shot on target apart from the goal, and you’re still reading the wrong live blog.
43 min Chelsea haven’t had a shot on target yet. They have plenty of attacking options on the bench though, including Mason Mount, Pedro, Tammy Abraham and Olivier Giroud.
41 min Nothing much happening at Stamford Bridge, so here’s some association football porn.
Delicious from Mesut Ozil 😀
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39 min I hope you realise you’re reading the wrong MBM. Mesut Ozil has just done something pretty special in that game.
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38 min Hudson-Odoi waves a good pass down the line to James, whose dangerous low cross is cleared decisively by Wan-Bissaka.
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37 min Lingard curls straight at Caballero from 20 yards.
35 min Chelsea have had better possession in the last few minutes, although it has mainly been in front of the United defence. Most of their good work has been done down the right. On the other side, Wan-Bissaka has given Pulisic nothing thus far.
32 min Phil Fred is penalised for manhandling Gilmour, who looks very comfortable receiving the ball in tight spaces. He hasn’t done anything spectacular, but you can see what the fuss is about.
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30 min United have been dominant in the last 10 minutes, with their back three looking increasingly secure.
27 min It wasn’t a stonewall penalty, but I do think it was a foul. Alonso challenged James from the wrong side and made sufficient contact with his knee to knock him off balance. Alonso was trying to make up for his earlier mistake, when his poor pass allowed United to counter-attack.
26 min That’s Rashford’s third goal against Chelsea this season, two of them from the penalty spot.
GOAL! Chelsea 0-1 Manchester United (Rashford 25 pen)
Marcus Rashford has missed two penalties this season - but he scores this time, crashing the ball low to the left. Caballero went the wrong way.
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PENALTY TO MANCHESTER UNITED! It was a brainless challenge by Alonso on James.
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22 min Hudson-Odoi runs 40 yards down the right before being fouled by Phil Fred. He looks Chelsea’s biggest threat at the moment, especially as United’s left-back Brandon Williams has been a bit jittery in the first 20 minutes.
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21 min I’ll be honest, it’s not a classic.
20 min There’s no extra-time tonight. If this match ends in a draw, it goes straight to penalties.
18 min Batshuayi is booked for a late tackle on McTominay.
16 min United are, in the parlanace of our time, growing into the game. They haven’t been as snappy in possession as Chelsea, but Rashford and James are an obvious threat on the break.
15 min A loose clearance from Zouma falls kindly for James, whose snapshot bobbles miles wide.
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13 min McTominay almost gives United the lead. It was a good, training-round corner, with James cutting the ball back for McTominay to run into space and spank a first-time shot just wide of the near post.
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13 min Wan-Bissaka finds Lingard in space down the right, and his cross deflects off Guehi for a corner.
11 min McTominay is booked for an inept lunge at Kovacic.
10 min The game is being played at good pace, with Chelsea looking very assured in possession.
7 min Lingard goes down just outside the area after a challenge from Kovacic. I’m not sure whether it was a slip or a foul. The referee Paul Tierney judged that it was the former, and replays show he was right.
5 min After a patient move of at least 20 passes, Pulisic’s snapshot is blocked by Lindelof. Chelsea have started very well.
4 min Chelsea have had most of the ball in the first few minutes. Pulisic looks very lively, as you’d expect of someone who had a day out at the weekend.
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2 min Jonathan McKenzie points out that both XIs have the same average age, to be said in a Tony Soprano voice: 24.
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1 min Peep peep! Manchester United, in red, kick off from left to right. Chelsea are in blue.
“Cannot wait to see whether Billy Gilmour can cut it against an (albeit mid-table) Premier League team,” says Matt Baxter. “He was incredible vs Grimsby. The future’s bright, the future’s Blue!”
And he’s Scottish. They are in serious danger of having a decent team in the next few years.
This game kicks off at 8.05pm. The match between Liverpool and Arsenal started at 7.30pm; if you don’t want to know the score, don’t click this.
“Evening Rob,” says Simon McMahon. “Gregg has the current Big Cup holders on his MBM, and Guest appearances from both Donald McRae and David Squires. I think you need to make your readers an offer they can’t refuse. Cute cat video, perhaps?”
I’m offering Phil Fred, mate. I think I know who’s winning.
The Sky Sports team graphics suggest an unexpected midfield battle tonight: Marcus Jorginho against Phil Fred. Seriously. Phil Fred!
Phil Fred? pic.twitter.com/OyDLSpnbJJ
— Sam Tighe (@stighefootball) October 30, 2019
Team news
So much for giving old age a chance. Both have picked strong, young sides, with United close to full strength.
Chelsea (4-3-3) Caballero; James, Guehi, Zouma, Alonso; Gilmour, Jorginho, Kovacic; Hudson-Odoi, Batshuayi, Pulisic.
Substitutes: Cumming, Lamptey, Azpilicueta, Mount, Pedro, Giroud, Abraham.
Manchester United (3-4-1-2) Romero; Lindelof, Maguire, Rojo; Wan-Bissaka, Fred, McTominay, Williams; Lingard; James, Rashford.
Substitutes: Grant, Jones, Young, Pereira, Garner, Mata, Martial.
Referee Paul Tierney.
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Pre-match reading
Preamble
Evening. The Carabao Cup is seen as the competition in which Chelsea and Manchester United give young players a chance. In practice, that hasn’t always been the case. Jose Mourinho, in particular, won the competition with both clubs by picking experienced sides. And while we should see one or two newish faces tonight, it’s likely that the average age of both teams will increase.
That’s because both teams have already picked their best young players in the Premier League. The average age of their starting XIs this season has generally been 24 or 25, among the lowest in the league, so tonight is a chance for older players like Pedro, Olivier Giroud, Willy Caballero, Juan Mata, Sergio Romero and Phil Jones to remind us of their existence. It’s what the Carabao Cup is all about!
Kick off is at 8.05pm.
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