Pierre - Emile Højbjerg says Southampton can use
their EFL Cup run to help them achieve further success this season.
Now that the thrills of their epic
EFL Cup run is done and dusted, Bristol City have one sole focus for the season, getting their promotion push going again.
Not exact matches
Tottenham face a tough trip to Anfield for their fourth round
EFL Cup clash with Liverpool on Tuesday night as they look to end a
run of three consecutive draws.
The
EFL cup clash away to the Championship club Nottingham Forest also allowed the boss to give the new signings Lucas Perez and Granit Xhaka another
run out and they rewarded him and gave him some selection decisions to make by scoring the first three goals to give Arsenal a 4 - 0 win and put us into the next round.
We have a relatively easy
run during that period, 2 champions league games against the weakest team in the group and
efl cup home game against reading, 1 away game at Sunderland and 3 home league games against swansea, Boro and the hardest one coming a month away against the filth.
So a good
run of results for a lower league side in the
EFL Cup can bring them good results and if they can turn the odds win the cup they can also get a place in Europa Leag
Cup can bring them good results and if they can turn the odds win the
cup they can also get a place in Europa Leag
cup they can also get a place in Europa League.
The Frenchman, who also said that he intends to see out his full contract extension, seems to believe that he deserves more credit than he is getting, given both his recent history in domestic
cups and the
run his club made this season in the
EFL Cup.
It will be interesting to see hiw Arsenal react to the setback as this team followed up defeat to Liverpool with a 14 - game unbeaten
run and even the fringe players recovered from losing to Southampton in the
EFL Cup to then batter Basel.
Liverpool are currently on a terrible
run, which has seen them struggle in the FA
Cup and crash out of the
EFL Cup.
City are actually only W1 D2 L1 on their travels though in all competitions and have had some real scraps in the
EFL Cup, needing penalties to get past both Leicester and Wolves on their
run.
This was the best draw that Manchester City could have received for the semi-final of the
EFL Cup because they get a
run out against the lowest - side ranked left in the competition.