Liverpool and Chelsea set for Carabao Cup tie at Anfield

Liverpool and Chelsea were set to meet at Anfield on Wednesday, October 28, in the Carabao Cup last 16, with a place in the quarter-finals at stake and both sides expected to make changes. The match was scheduled to kick off at 8 p.m. GMT. No result was reported in the match preview material. The tie brings Chelsea head coach Xabi Alonso back to Anfield, where he spent five seasons as a Liverpool player from 2004 to 2009. Alonso said he would celebrate if Chelsea scored, while stressing that he retained respect for Liverpool and would be supporting his current club. It would be his third visit to Anfield as a visiting manager, after previous trips with Bayer Leverkusen and Real Madrid. Chelsea were due to be without Cole Palmer, who was suspended after being sent off against Tottenham Hotspur. Alonso also said forward João Pedro had a thigh injury and would miss the next games, with recovery expected to take a few weeks. Other Chelsea players were listed as unavailable or subject to fitness assessments in pre-match reports, though those accounts differed over some names and injury details. Liverpool entered the fixture after a 2-0 Premier League win over Brighton, their fourth...