Summary

  • Semi-final draw: Arsenal v Liverpool & Chelsea v Spurs

  • FT: Liverpool 3-3 Leicester - Minamino levels in injury time & Reds win shootout

  • FT: Spurs 2-1 West Ham: Three goals in five minutes -Bergwijn for lead, Bowen levels, Moura restores lead

  • FT: Brentford 0-2 Chelsea - Jansson own goal, Jorginho penalty

  1. Postpublished at 19:02 Greenwich Mean Time 22 December 2021

    A proper mix of first teams, B teams and a bit of each there.

  2. Team newspublished at 19:01 Greenwich Mean Time 22 December 2021

    Tottenham v West Ham (19:45 GMT)

    Tottenham make six changes from the side that began the 2-2 draw with Liverpool on Sunday, with Matt Doherty, Sergio Reguillon, Oliver Skipp, Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg, Lucas Moura and Steven Bergwijn all starting.

    Tottenham: Lloris, Doherty, Davies, Dier, Sanchez, Reguillon, Skipp, Hojbjerg, Moura, Bergwijn, Kane.

    Subs: Gollini, Royal, Winks, Rodon, Tanganga, Lo Celso, Ndombele, Alli, Son.

    Four changes for West Ham from their starting 11 that began the 2-0 loss at Arsenal a week ago.

    In come Alphonse Areola, Harrison Ashby, Ben Johnson and Nikola Vlasic. There is no Michail Antonio in the Hammers squad.

    West Ham: Areola, Johnson, Masuaku, Diop, Dawson, Ashby, Rice, Soucek, Lanzini, Vlasic, Bowen.

    Subs: Randolph, Alese, Fornals, Fredericks, Noble, Kral, Yarmolenko, Benrahma, Baptiste.

  3. Eight changes for Chelseapublished at 18:57 Greenwich Mean Time 22 December 2021

    Brentford v Chelsea (19:45 GMT)

    This is Brentford's first game since 10 December after their last two games were called off because of Covid-19.

    There are three changes to the side that last started with Ethan Pinnock among the starters.

    Also back is defender Mads Bech Sorensen and midfielder Sergi Canos.

    Brentford XI: Fernandez, Sorensen, Jansson, Pinnock, Canos, Jensen, Janelt, Baptiste, Henry, Wissa, Mbeumo.

    Substitutes: Thompson, Norgaard, Forss, Ghoddos, Onyeka, Toney, Peart-Harris, Stevens, Cox.

    EIGHT changes for Covid-hit Chelsea from the side that started the 0-0 draw with Wolves on Sunday.

    There are debuts for three teenagers - Xavier Simons, Jude Soonsup-Bell and Harvey Vale.

    Midfielder Simons, 18, joined Chelsea from Brentford in 2016. Forward Soonsup-Bell is 17 and has played for England Underf-19s while midfielder Vale is 18 and was signed from Fulham.

    The three survivors from Sunday are Cesar Azpilicueta, Marcos Alonso and Trevoh Chalobah.

    Chelsea XI: Kepa; Simons, Chalobah, Sarr, Azpilicueta, Saul, Kovacic, Alonso, Soonsup-Bell, Barkley, Vale.

    Substitutes: Bettinelli, James, Rudiger, Hall, Jorginho, Kante, Webster, Mount, Pulisic.

  4. Team newspublished at 18:53 Greenwich Mean Time 22 December 2021

    Liverpool v Leicester (19:45 GMT)

    (Nearly) all change for Liverpool, with only Tyler Morton remaining from the XI that drew with Tottenham.

    No Mohamed Salah or Sadio Mane in the squad at all, with Diogo Jota on the bench. Robert Firmino starts.

    And there's a first senior start for teenage French defender Billy Koumetio.

    Liverpool XI: Kelleher, Bradley, Koumetio, Gomez, Tsimikas, Morton, Henderson, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Williams, Minamino, Firmino

    Subs: PItaluga, Konate, Milner, Keita, Jota, Gordon, Beck, Quansah, Woltman

    It's a more familiar looking Leicester side, who play their first game for 10 days.

    Caglar Soyuncu has been fit to play amid a defensive injury crisis - it looks like Wilfred Ndidi will play alongside him at the back. Jamie Vardy starts and Boubakary Soumare and Ricardo Pereira also come in from the team that beat Newcastle 4-0.

    Leicester XI: Schmeichel, Pereira, Ndidi, Soyuncu, Thomas, Tielemans, Soumare, Dewsbury-Hall, Maddison, Daka, Vardy

    Subs: Stolarczyk, Bertrand, Vestergaard, Nelson, Mendy, Albrighton, Lookman, Perez, Iheanacho.

  5. Listen live on the BBCpublished at 18:49 Greenwich Mean Time 22 December 2021

    BBC Radio 5 Live

    Two of tonight's three games have live BBC radio commentary.

    Spurs v West Ham is on BBC Radio 5 Live, with Liverpool v Leicester on Sports Extra.

    Both are available to listen to on this page.

  6. Twas three nights before Christmaspublished at 18:38 Greenwich Mean Time 22 December 2021

    Hello and welcome to live text and radio commentary of the final games of English football before Santa comes.

    It's the final three Carabao Cup quarter-finals (all 19:45 GMT), followed by the semi-final draw.

    • Brentford v Chelsea
    • Liverpool v Leicester City
    • Tottenham Hotspur v West Ham United