Chelsea, Liverpool Get Tough Premier League Opponents in Carabao Cup Quarter-final

• This year’s edition of the Carabao Cup will see a new winner of the trophy after the elimination of Manchester City
• Sunderland, the only side not in the Premier League, will come up against Arsenal in their quarter-final clash
• The pick of the bunch is the clash between top Premier League sides Leicester City and Liverpool

Leicester City will face Liverpool in at the King Power Stadium in the Carabao Cup quarter-finals as the draw was released on Saturday, October 30.

Arsenal will host Sunderland at the Emirates Stadium, in the last eight, while Chelsea will make the short trip to Brentford for a West London derby.

The other fixture will also be a London derby as Tottenham will host West Ham.

The matches are set to be played in the midweek commencing December 20.

For the first time in four years, there will be a different winner of the Carabao Cup other than Manchester City, who were dramatically eliminated via penalties by a determined West Ham side.

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Sunderland are the only side not from the English top tier left in the competition and they will have to overcome Arsenal if they are to make it to the last four.

Interestingly, the Black Cats boss Lee Johnson earlier in the week seemed to suggest he wanted to face the Gunners in the next round.

"I'd love to have Arsenal away or Tottenham away, or someone like that,” Hehe said as quoted by Mirror.

For Chelsea, their clash against Brentford will hopefully be as interesting as their last encounter in the Premier League that saw the Blues just edge the game 1-0.

The game could have gone much worse for Thomas Tuchel’s side but the heroics of goalkeeper Edouard Mendy constantly kept them in the lead.

As far as Tottenham are concerned, they are still in the running to make amends, after losing last year’s final to Manchester City.

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The final came just days after they sacked Jose Mourinho, and many fans believed the Portuguese would have put up a tactical masterclass to win them the trophy.

Nuno Espirito Santo’s side will come up against West Ham, who recently got the better of them in the Premier League with a narrow 1-0 win.