Summary

  • Semi-final draw - Man City v Burton & Tottenham v Chelsea (first leg week of 7 January, second leg week of 21 January)

  • Son puts away Alli's throughball, then Alli dinks chip with outside of boot over Cech from Kane's pass

  • Plastic bottle hits Alli on head in front of Arsenal fans

  • Chelsea beat Bournemouth with hazard goal

  1. CLOSE!published at 12 mins

    Arsenal 0-0 Tottenham

    Half a sniff for Spurs. Kieran Trippier whips in a cross, Dele Alli is free but he's under pressure and can only head it over the top.

  2. Postpublished at 19:57 Greenwich Mean Time 19 December 2018

    Chelsea 0-0 Bournemouth

    Steven Reid
    Former Blackburn midfielder on BBC Radio 5 live

    Ruben Loftus-Cheek is starting on the front foot tonight. Him and Willian will be the danger men and pen Bournemouth back.

  3. Postpublished at 10 mins

    Arsenal 0-0 Tottenham

    Good game this. Spurs now threaten, Lucas Moura teeing up Christian Eriksen on the left of the area but under pressure he slices his left-footed shot wide of the near post.

    Christian EriksenImage source, Reuters
  4. CLOSE!published at 8 mins

    Arsenal 0-0 Tottenham

    Good effort from Aaron Ramsey, cutting in from the left and hitting a low drive about three yards wide of the far post. It's Aaron Ramsey's 350th Arsenal appearance tonight.

    As we know, he won't be getting to 400.

  5. GREAT SAVE!published at 7 mins

    Chelsea 0-0 Bournemouth

    Ruben Loftus-Cheek is such an elegant runner with the ball. Built like a cruiserweight but wit hballetic grace too. He keeps the ball in play right on the line, drives forwards 40-odd yards and finds Ross Barkley in the D. He hits a curler low into the corner and it's well saved by a diving Artur Boruc.

    Loftus-CheekImage source, Getty Images
  6. Postpublished at 5 mins

    Arsenal 0-0 Tottenham

    Good spell from Tottenham now, steady possession at the back, Harry Winks is fouled to break it up. Dele Alli and Matteo Guendouzi have a bit of an off the ball scuffle...

    Matteo GuendouzImage source, Reuters
  7. 'Spurs might have got away with that'published at 19:50 Greenwich Mean Time 19 December 2018

    Arsenal 0-0 Tottenham

    Dion Dublin
    Ex-Manchester United striker on BBC Radio 5 live

    A few Arsenal arms up there. It was a short corner, flicked on and Nacho Monreal was coming round the back. Kieran Trippier gave him a bit of a tug. He might have got away with that one. But Monreal did go down easily.

    Maybe he likes him. VAR will prove they're good friends.

  8. Postpublished at 2 mins

    Chelsea 0-0 Bournemouth

    Early chance for Chelsea too as Willian's low cross comes right through a crowd of players and Artur Boruc has to react sharply and get down to push it clear.

  9. CLOSE!published at 2 mins

    Arsenal 0-0 Tottenham

    That's close! Henrikh Mkhitaryan nods on a corner which goes right through the goalmouth, Nacho Monreal is close to meeting it on the slide but he can't get there.

    Was he impeded? Kieran Trippier had a grab at his arm...

    Henrikh MkhitaryanImage source, Reuters
  10. KICK-OFFpublished at 1 min

    Chelsea 0-0 Bournemouth

    And we are away at Chelsea too.

    Ruben Loftus-CheekImage source, Reuters
  11. KICK-OFFpublished at 1 min

    Arsenal 0-0 Tottenham

    Away we go! Arsenal's kick-off is intercepted by Son, bizarre!

  12. 'I don't fancy running today'published at 19:44 Greenwich Mean Time 19 December 2018

    Arsenal v Tottenham (19:45 GMT)

    Dion Dublin
    Ex-Manchester United striker on BBC Radio 5 live

    On his day Mesut Ozil can be the best in that position. Why isn't he in the 18? Why isn't he starting? What we see is a body language which says 'I don't fancy running today. It's a bit cold. Is it raining?'

    Why isn't he playing? It's got to be down to the player.

    The bread and butter for a footballer is to work hard - with a bead of sweat on your brow. You've got to earn the right to play. He's obviously not doing that. If you won't do the basics, which is hard work, it's the best job in the world - treat it like that.

  13. Postpublished at 19:42 Greenwich Mean Time 19 December 2018

    Chelsea v Bournemouth (19:45 GMT)

    The lights go out at the Bridge - fireworks! Carabao! Go!

  14. Postpublished at 19:41 Greenwich Mean Time 19 December 2018

    Andy, thanks for reminding me of the time I once saw the Maccabees at Hertford Marquee.

    Brilliant.

  15. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 19:40 Greenwich Mean Time 19 December 2018

    #bbcfootball or 81111 on text (UK only)

    Andy from Hertford: The only thing keeping me sane, with the fact that Kane isn't starting AND Davies starting at centre back, is that Poch has decided that. I may not understand the decisions but in Poch I trust. Can not fathom why he would want to leave Spurs for Man U, they are a mess at the boardroom level downward. He has a strong performing team, lots of young promising stars on long term contracts and a new stadium to move into. Perhaps to Madrid eventually but I hope not for a long time for all our sakes. Not just Tottenham fans but English fans as well.

  16. 'It's only tactical' - Emery on Ozilpublished at 19:38 Greenwich Mean Time 19 December 2018

    Arsenal v Tottenham (19:45 GMT)

    Mesut OzilImage source, Getty Images

    Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino to Sky Sports: "They [the players selected] feel 100% recovery after the Burnley game. That is why we play with this team. We have until Sunday to recover for another game.

    "This kind of competition is good to give an opportunity to different players."

    Arsenal manager Unai Emery to Sky Sports: "We can play with three or two [at the back]. The most important thing is to be organised and I think in the 90 minutes we can play with a back four or three."

    On Mesut Ozil not being in the squad: "It's only tactical."

  17. Tune inpublished at 19:33 Greenwich Mean Time 19 December 2018

    Chelsea v Bournemouth (19:45 GMT)

    BBC Radio 5 live sports extra

    And there is also full commentary of the other quarter final over on Sports Extra. You can also listen to that game at the top of this page.

  18. Tune inpublished at 19:33 Greenwich Mean Time 19 December 2018

    Arsenal v Tottenham (19:45 GMT)

    BBC Radio 5 live

    There is full match commentary on BBC Radio 5 live tonight - join John Murray and Dion Dublin from 19:45 GMT.

    Listen on your phone, your radio, in your car, your smart speaker, on your TV, on this page. You can't miss it to be honest.

  19. Semi-final drawpublished at 19:31 Greenwich Mean Time 19 December 2018

    The draw for the EFL Cup semi-finals takes place right after the game, by the way.

  20. Postpublished at 19:29 Greenwich Mean Time 19 December 2018

    Shaun Wright-Phillips' son! My word that makes us feel old. It doesn't feel five minutes since Ian Wright's sons playing was a thing...