{"id":1103748,"date":"2019-08-28T22:10:48","date_gmt":"2019-08-28T21:10:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1103748"},"modified":"2019-08-28T22:19:48","modified_gmt":"2019-08-28T21:19:48","slug":"carabao-cup-draw-things-you-might-have-missed","status":"publish","type":"features","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/features\/carabao-cup-draw-things-you-might-have-missed\/","title":{"rendered":"Carabao Cup Third Round draw and eight observations from Round Two as Everton edge thriller"},"content":{"rendered":"

It was another intense night of\u00a0Carabao Cup Second Round action, as those who have progressed learnt their fates for Round Three.<\/strong><\/p>\n

On Tuesday night Premier League clubs had mixed luck in the competition with both Crystal Palace and Norwich City suffering elimination<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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And tonight proved equally challenging for those in the top-flight as Burnley buckled against Sunderland, while Everton were made to work for a 4-2 thriller against Lincoln City. Elsewhere Bournemouth needed penalties to beat Forest Green thanks to three saves from Mark Travers, while Leicester also won in a shootout against Premier League opposition in Newcastle.<\/p>\n

With all 33 teams now confirmed for the third phase of this traditional knockout tournament, the balls have finally been drawn, and they’ve offered up some mouth-watering fixtures. So without further ado, here is the Carabao Cup\u00a0Round Three draw:<\/p>\n

Wolves v Reading
\nOxford v West Ham
\nWatford v Swansea City
\nBrighton v Aston Villa
\nSheffield United v Sunderland
\nColchester v Tottenham
\nPortsmouth v Southampton
\nBurton v AFC Bournemouth
\nPreston v Manchester City
\nMK Dons v Liverpool
\nManchester United v Rochdale
\nLuton v Leicester City
\nChelsea v Grimsby Town \/ Macclesfield Town
\nSheffield Wednesday v Everton
\nArsenal v Nottingham Forest
\nCrawley v Stoke<\/p>\n

The foundation has been laid for an exciting\u00a0Round Three, but what might you have missed from tonight’s Round Two action?<\/p>\n

1. Don’t blink!<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Within one minute of this round of fixtures taking place two teams had already raced into an early lead: Lincoln City and Swansea City.<\/p>\n

With just 18 seconds on the clock, the\u00a0Imps stunned Everton courtesy of an well-executed Harry Anderson strike, with the 22-year-old midfielder directing the ball past\u00a0Jordan Pickford having been brilliantly picked out by\u00a0Jack Payne.<\/p>\n

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There were suspicions of offside against\u00a0Bruno Andrade, but with no VAR,\u00a0Danny Cowley’s side took full advantage of the situation and sent the Sincil Bank terraces into raptures.<\/p>\n

Further South-West, there was also a waspish start at the Liberty Stadium with former Liverpool academy product Kristoffer Peterson netted his first goal for Swansea in their bout against Cambridge United.<\/p>\n

It came 30 seconds later than\u00a0Lincoln’s, but like the Imps, it was also their first attack and first attempt on goal, with the Swede tucking home from just 12 yards out.<\/p>\n

2. Burnley boy back with a bang<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Local lad and academy product\u00a0Jay Rodriguez has scored his first Burnley goal since returning to the club in the summer, firing a cool finish against\u00a0Sunderland in the 11th minute. This was the 30-year-old’s first goal in over seven years for the Clarets, with his last coming against Crystal Palace in 2012.<\/p>\n

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He’s had to sit back so far this campaign as\u00a0Ashley Barnes has stolen the headlines, while\u00a0Chris Wood has accompanied the insatiable No 10 up top, but tonight on his first start at Turf Moor since signing from West Brom, the Burnley-born marksman made a statement and has given manager\u00a0Sean Dyche something of a managerial headache when he comes to select his starting XI for the match against Liverpool this weekend.<\/p>\n

3. Graham Potter who?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Graham Potter garnered a reputation for his free-flowing brand of football with Swansea last season, and that style of play has thus far\u00a0borne fruit with Brighton, but under summer appointment\u00a0Steve Cooper the Welsh outfit are scoring at a ridiculous rate.<\/p>\n

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Tonight they dismantled Cambridge by six goals to nil, meaning the Swans have now netted three or more goals in each of their last five matches, amassing 18 goals in the process with three Championship wins as well as two Carabao Cup victories.<\/p>\n

That run started in the previous round of this competition against Northampton, while they have since struck nine (three apiece) past Preston, QPR and Birmingham respectively. Cooper has certainly remedied the void left by Potter already, with Swansea the first club to take a five-goal scoreline into the break of this competition since Leeds United in 2008.<\/p>\n

4. Southgate are you watching?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

James Maddison has picked up where he left off last season, registering two Premier League assists in three games and now opening his account for the campaign with a free-kick that took a wicked deflection to wrong-foot Karl Darlow at\u00a0St James’ Park.<\/p>\n

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Quite how the Leicester City talisman – who created the most Premier League chances last season with 100 – has so far been overlooked by Gareth Southgate is astonishing when considering some of the players who have made his squads in recent years.<\/p>\n

The England manager announces his latest squad for Euro 2020 qualifiers on Thursday, and\u00a0Maddison’s inclusion should be set in stone if his early season form is anything to go by – already in 2019\/20 he has completed the second-most take-ons (11) in the Premier League, while only Harry Wilson has netted more\u00a0direct free-kicks since the start of last season (six) than\u00a0Maddison (four) across English football’s top four divisions – oh, and how about that\u00a0‘Panenka’?<\/p>\n

While we’re on the subject of free-kicks, Everton’s\u00a0Lucas Digne deserves a special mention for his delectable curling effort against Lincoln – a true masterpiece.<\/p>\n

5. Atsu with another early introduction<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Christian Atsu made a premature introduction in north London on Sunday as summer signing\u00a0Allan Saint-Maximin hobbled off against Tottenham with a first half injury, and Steve Bruce had to turn to the diminutive winger once again in the opening 45 minutes with Matt Ritchie forced to leave to field after a heavy challenge with Leicester’s\u00a0Hamza Choudhury.<\/p>\n