Eric Dier slams a free-kick off the wall.

Lucas Moura goes down in installments so the referee points for a free-kick but makes sure to point at the spot the foul was actually commited further away from the box.

Good atmosphere for this London derby. Only a minute or so into the game and Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg has a bloody nose so needs to change his shirt.

There are Scottish Premiership games today. See what's happening here.

We are under way at Anfield, Spurs and Brentford.

West Ham United

West Ham boss David Moyes has revealed that striker Michail Antonio is not featuring tonight after testing positive for Covid-19.

"He tested positive last week, about a week ago so we're getting him closer to being back, but he is not here tonight," Moyes told Sky Sports.

"It has been some draw in the cups (they have already played Manchester United and Manchester City in this competition) but the players have played really well so let's hope we can do it again tonight.

"We're a bit limited with some injuries but tried to give some people opportunities and we did that in Europe as well."

Liverpool

Despite Liverpool's recent Premier League and Champions League success, they have not won either domestic cup since 2012.

Assistant boss Pep Lijnders said: "We have a squad full of personalities, a squad full of boys who still dream, say even James Milner is 35 and he still dreams of winning prizes.

"There is an opportunity to reach a semi-final and we know this and, ofcourse, if you want to be a proper Liverpool legend, you need to win cups as well.

"But we don't look further than this game."

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Leicester City

Wilfred Ndidi says the experience of winning last season's FA Cup can boost Leicester's chances of lifting the Carabao Cup this term.

"It is really possible. The confidence is here," the Foxes midfielder said.

"When you think back to that amazing feeling of winning the FA Cup, it is something we have in our minds that we can achieve things together as a group.

"We've done it and it we can still do it. It gives us this mindset that it is achievable."

Brentford

Brentford boss Thomas Frank is hoping for a "Christmas miracle" for the club's fans tonight.

"From the beginning of this season we wanted progress as far as possible," he said.

"Really, we want to go all the way. It's one game at a time and the next game is against the European winners. We had a fantastic game against them two months ago.

"It's already a statement that we are in the quarter-finals. We'd never made the semi-finals until last year. Can we do that one more time? That would be a massive statement.

"We proved in all our games so far this season that we can compete. I think a quarter-final, against Chelsea, a local derby under the lights, it's Christmas - maybe a little Christmas miracle. What's not to like?"

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Tottenham Hotspur

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Tottenham manager Antonio Conte says rebuilding the club is more important than grabbing a quick trophy.

Two League Cups are the only things Spurs have won in 30 years.

"To win trophies is always important but I think in this moment, at thisperiod for Tottenham, it's more good to think it's time to rebuild something important," Conte said.

"This is the most important thing. Then for sure, if you ask me if trophies are important, they are for every club.

"If you don't start to build a team in an important way, a trophy is only one situation that can help you."

Chelsea

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In case you missed the news, three teenagers are making their Chelsea debuts.

It's the first time Thomas Tuchel has given professional debuts to academy players since arriving at Chelsea 11 months ago.

And what a night for 18-year-old Xavier Simons against his old club.

The England Under-17 midfielder joined Chelsea in 2016 from Brentford after the Bees made the decision to close their academy programme.

West Ham boss David Moyes says he would take "any sort of trophy win" and wants to build a foundation for more success at the club.

The Hammers sit fifth in the Premier League and are also into the last 16 of the Europa League.

"I'd love to win a trophy with West Ham," he added. "They've got a history of trophies in years gone by, not in modern times, so it would be a great achievement.

"I don't want to be a side who win a trophy and then don't win anything for 20 or 30 years.

"There's a growing process where you have to build your team and club up to be competitive in all competitions. I wouldn't want to win the League Cup and be near the bottom three in the Premier League, for instance.

"But we've tried to prioritise throughout the season, and I'd love to be a trophy winner at West Ham. We're in all the competitions and I'd love to stay in them."

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Andy Reid
Ex-Tottenham midfielder on BBC Radio 5 Live last night

You can see signs of structure and see the shoots of that Antonio Conte is trying to do.

You can see how they are trying to build and how they are trying to press. There is a lot more energy in the team out of possession.

I’m looking at how they’re pressing as units and there is a lot more aggression in the press. There aren't the gaps in midfield that we were seeing before.

You can see what they are trying to do - suck teams out then hit them with Son breaking into the spaces and they did that well against Liverpool.

With Son and Kane in particular, most defences would struggle to deal with them when they’re on it.

Liverpool

Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson says he is "concerned" that "nobody really takes player welfare seriously".

The Reds will play five games within two weeks despite Covid-19 cases and injuries.

"I don't think people can appreciate how intense it is until you actually see it first hand," Henderson told BBC Sport.

"Football to us is everything and we want to be able to perform at the highest level every time we set foot on the pitch. And unfortunately, in this period it is difficult to do that.

"That has been like this for a few years now and it has been difficult but then, on top of that, you chuck in Covid and it becomes even harder and even worse.

"I am concerned that nobody really takes player welfare seriously.

"I think decisions get made - of course we want to play, as footballers we want to get out there and play - but I am worried about player welfare and I don't think anybody does take that seriously enough, especially in this period, when Covid is here."

West Ham United

West Ham defender Arthur Masuaku tells Sky Sports: "I believe we can win the game.

"We have a strong team and we are not far from Wembley but we have to take every game one by one and not worry about what comes after this.

"It's two very good teams and hopefully we can win and make everyone happy."

Chelsea

Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel says picking a team is just a "lottery" now.

Midfielder Lewis Baker, who was due to feature, tested positive for Covid, meaning Chelsea have up to eight players missing with the virus.

"So we can now start from scratch, and this is what we do right now," he said yesterday about picking his team.

"Even to plan training is pretty exciting because until the very last hour you don't know how many players will arrive. Right now every day we do lateral flow tests and PCR tests, and only then you are allowed to be in the building.

"So this is the first lottery: you go to work and you don't know if you can make it to your office. Which is good, because then it's safe, at least for this day. And the next day you get tested again.

"But if you test so much you always find the risk of another positive. And that can really make things worse than they already are."

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