Man City EFL Cup details confirmed

Manchester City’s Carabao Cup tie with Watford has been confirmed for Tuesday, 24 September (1945 BST).

This means City will have to play two games in three days as their high-profile Premier League encounter with Arsenal is on 22 September.

Under normal circumstances, City would have played the match on Wednesday.

However, on the same night, Manchester United play Dutch side FC Twente at Old Trafford in their opening Europa League game.

Having that fixture – when many visiting fans are expected – on the same night as a City game was deemed a security risk.

This season, Uefa has expanded its European competitions, with each being granted an ‘exclusive’ week. This has created problems for the EFL, who had to seed the third round draw to prevent teams playing in the Europa League being paired with clubs in the Champions League as there would have been nowhere for the fixture to go.