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Carabao Cup fourth round draw: Tottenham host Man City, Liverpool continue title defence against Brighton

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Tottenham Hotspur will host Premier League rivals Manchester City in a repeat of the 2020/21 Carabao Cup final in this season's fourth round.

Pep Guardiola's side secured a 1-0 win at Wembley - courtesy of an Aymeric Laporte header - in that clash and will be hoping to replicate this in the heavyweight meeting next month.

There are just four non-Premier League teams remaining in the competition, with Stoke City, Preston North End, Sheffield Wednesday and possibly AFC Wimbledon representing the lower tiers of English football.

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The winner of Wimbledon vs Newcastle, which was rescheduled to October 1 after severe flooding damaged the pitch at Plough Lane saw the game postponed on Tuesday, will host Enzo Maresca's new look Chelsea, while Preston face the daunting task of Arsenal at Deepdale.

Manchester United face another showdown from the top flight, as they welcome Leicester City to Old Trafford.

Elsewhere, Brighton and Hove Albion and Aston Villa both have challenging ties ahead, as they come up against Liverpool and Crystal Palace respectively.

The fixtures will be played in the week commencing October 28 and you can watch every single game live on Sky Sports.

Carabao Cup fourth-round draw in full

Brentford vs Sheffield Wednesday

Southampton vs Stoke City

Tottenham vs Man City

AFC Wimbledon/Newcastle vs Chelsea

Man United vs Leicester

Brighton vs Liverpool

Preston vs Arsenal

Aston Villa vs Crystal Palace

Key dates for rest of the competition

Quarter-final: w/c December 16

Semi-final: w/c January 6 2025 (first leg) & w/c February 3 2025 (second leg)

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WSL round-up: Tottenham hammer newcomers Crystal Palace as Liverpool held by Leicester on opening weekend

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Newly-promoted Crystal Palace suffered a 4-0 defeat to Tottenham at Brisbane Road on their Women's Super League debut.

Fresh from her arrival from Real Madrid, Hayley Raso needed just 19 minutes to get on the scoresheet to give the hosts the lead at the break.

Jessica Naz, Drew Spence and Olga Ahtinen struck in the second half for Spurs.

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Palace's difficult start to life in the WSL was compounded in the 94th minute as the visitors saw Brooke Aspin sent off for a second bookable offence.

Liverpool held by Leicester

Liverpool started life in their new home at St Helens Stadium with a 1-1 draw against Leicester.

The Reds started well in their new surroundings as they reached half-time 1-0 ahead courtesy of Sophie Roman Haug's header.

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But the Foxes - playing their first competitive match under new manager Amandine Miquel - equalised eight minutes after half-time when Jutta Rantala produced an exquisite finish.

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Tottenham 3-1 Brentford: Dominic Solanke off the mark as slick Spurs make disorganised Bees pay

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Dominic Solanke got off the mark for Tottenham as Ange Postecoglou's side defeated Brentford 3-1 in a frantic encounter at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

The visitors were ahead inside 22 seconds for a second week running, as Bryan Mbeumo lashed Keane Lewis-Potter's cross into the top right corner. But the remainder of a frenzied first half belonged to Spurs.

Seven minutes after Mbeumo's brilliant opener, the hosts were level thanks to Solanke, answering his critics with an instinctive finish after James Maddison's initial shot had been generously palmed into his path.

Seizing momentum, Spurs then took the lead in the 28th minute when Brennan Johnson was released by Heung-Min Son, and he rifled a perfectly precise strike across Mark Flekken - who continues to be the busiest goalkeeper of any in the Premier League.

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Brentford were carved open many more times throughout an unusually disorganised display.

Solanke presented tireless Son with a chance for Spurs' third, while Johnson and Dejan Kulusevski were also denied, before Mbeumo had a rare opportunity to snatch a leveller at the opposite end, stopped in his tracks by Guglielmo Vicario, who, moments before, looked to have handled the ball outside his box.

The final say was Maddison's, though. Cristian Romero launched a quick counter-attack, linking with Son, who unselfishly threaded the ball to Maddison five minutes from time, and he dinked over Flekken.

Tottenham's second win of the season has lifted them to tenth, while Brentford - who have dropped more points from winning positions than any other side since the start of last season (36) - have slipped to 12th.

Should Vicario have been penalised?

Brentford were rightly furious in the 58th minute when Vicario appeared to clumsily handle outside his area after he tried but failed to claim a cross ahead of Mikkel Damsgaard.

The whole episode was bizarrely missed by on-field official John Brooks, prompting angry responses from Kristoffer Ajer and Thomas Frank, who were both booked for dissent.

The outcome, by the letter of the law, should have been a free-kick and yellow card for Vicario, but Frank was clear the incident "didn't define the game". VAR can only intervene for a red-card incident, which this would have been if there was the denial of a goal or goalscoring opportunity.

Speaking in his press conference, Frank said: "He handballed it, but that incident didn't define the game. The margins need to go our way. It was a mistake, it could have helped us, but the probability for scoring from that is low. John Brooks, overall, had a very good game."

Postecoglou praises 'relentless' Spurs

Tottenham head coach Ange Postecoglou:

"It wasn't an ideal start. But it was like it never happened. We knew Brentford would be aggressive, and we love that part of the game.

"We thought if we brought our own intensity we could cause problems, and we were relentless the whole game. We fully deserved the win.

"The whole team was good. Really focused on making sure we dominated the game. Brentford try to play out, and that's great for us, because we like to press hard. The midfielders played a key role with that.

"For all of our play, we haven't really got the rewards up until this point. Three leaders in the club contributed to the third goal, and that's what you're looking for in those moments."

Frank: We're missing strongest players

Brentford head coach Thomas Frank:

"We always try to come here to win, you see that today, there is no away ground we are fearful of.

"I like the bravery from my players. We play a team that are fully firing, and we are missing five of our strongest players. That's just to put things into perspective.

"No moaning, no complaints. It's my job to put a competitive team out there. I saw a very good Spurs team today."

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