Carabao Cup final buildup, Premier League news, and more – matchday live
Key events
Elsewhere, Chelsea suffered a 3-0 defeat to Everton at Hill Dickinson Stadium following goals from Beto and Iliman Ndiaye. It came after their 8-2 loss on aggregate to PSG earlier this week.
Arne Slot defended Liverpool’s spending record but admitted the pressure was on to qualify for the Champions League after losing to Brighton. “No one in England is used to the fact there are also clubs that are selling players,” he said. “Usually in England when a club is buying £450m like we did, that’s adding to the already great team. But this club has a different model and no one wants to see that and no one wants to understand this. That I can also understand because fans of other teams and certain pundits don’t want to tell you that we sold for £300m.”
He added: “It makes complete sense if you win the league and you spent £450m that the expectations are high. Those expectations were high for the pundits, for the media, for me, for the fans. At our club we’re also looking at the situation and the challenge we had during this season, and then we might be a bit more realistic, why the season has gone the way it has gone. But still it’s not good enough no matter how much excuses I can come up with, it’s still not good enough for the position you’re in right now.”
Firstly, Danny Welbeck scored twice as Liverpool suffered a 2-1 loss against Brighton at the Amex Stadium. The result left the Reds fifth in the Premier League table, while Brighton moved up to 10th.
Before we look ahead to this afternoon’s games, let’s recap some of yesterday’s results…There were certainly some shockers!
Preamble
Hello, good morning and welcome to another matchday live! The first piece of men’s domestic silverware is up for grabs this afternoon as Arsenal take on Manchester City in the Carabao Cup final.
The Gunners go into the match with a 14-game unbeaten streak behind them, which should give Mikel Arteta and Co plenty of confidence. Meanwhile, City have not won since their FA Cup fifth-round victory over Newcastle on 7 March – but anything can happen on Cup final day.
Elsewhere, we’ve got three Premier League fixtures to look forward to, including the Tyne-Wear derby between Newcastle and Sunderland. There is also a potential relegation clash taking place as 16th-placed Tottenham host 17th-placed Nottingham Forest. Meanwhile, Aston Villa take on West Ham at Villa Park.
We’ll be previewing all the action and more – stick with us!
