Carabao Cup: Liverpool beats Chelsea on penalties, Man City survives Brighton scare

London Liverpool beat Chelsea in a dramatic penalty shoot-out to reach the League Cup quarterfinals, while holders Manchester City survived a scare against Brighton on Wednesday (October 28, 2026). In a clash between childhood friends Andoni Iraola and Xabi Alonso, it was the Liverpool manager who took the bragging rights in the last-16 tie at Anfield. Carabao Cup: Arsenal knocked out by fourth-tier Fleetwood in shootout Carabao Cup: Arsenal knocked out by fourth-tier Fleetwood in shootout The victory was a remarkable result for Fleetwood, ​who sit in the bottom half of League Two and had won only one of their ⁠previous eight league matches Carabao Cup: Arsenal knocked out by fourth-tier Fleetwood in shootout storyline 1 A 1-1 draw in normal time set the stage for the shoot-out as Chelsea's Morgan Rogers netted from the spot, only for Cody Gakpo to equalise with a penalty of his own just before…