Ilkay Gundogan could face more time on the sidelines, after his return to the Manchester City starting line-up in Wednesday’s 2-1 EFL Cup win at West Brom ended prematurely, but Pep Guardiola believes his latest knee injury is not severe.
Manchester City, Manchester United, Chelsea and Arsenal were all kept apart in the EFL Cup fourth-round draw.
Marcus Rashford and Anthony Martial shone as Manchester United kicked off their EFL Cup defence by sweeping aside Championship team Burton Albion 4-1.
Leicester City boss Craig Shakespeare described his delight at seeing Liverpool withdraw Philippe Coutinho at half-time in Tuesday’s EFL Cup win over the Reds.
Liverpool’s EFL Cup campaign came to an early end as second-half goals from Shinji Okazaki and Islam Slimani gave Leicester City a 2-0 win at the King Power Stadium on Tuesday.
Jurgen Klopp says he feels no added pressure going into the third round of EFL Cup as the manager seeks to end Liverpool’s trophy drought.
Defending champions Manchester United will open their EFL Cup campaign against Burton Albion in the third round.