FANS have claimed the Carabao Cup draw is “rigged” after the quarter-final fixtures were revealed.
The last round of action saw big names Liverpool and Tottenham dumped out of the tournament.
Crystal Palace thrashed the Reds at Anfield and Newcastle eased past the North London side.
Chelsea scraped past Premier League bottom club Wolves and Arsenal beat Brighton to progress.
The draw through up some interesting ties as the Gunners will host Palace and Chelsea will travel to Wales to face Cardiff City.
The Bluebirds beat Welsh rivals Wrexham and in doing so became the lowest-ranked side left in the competition.
And fans have been left unsurprised that Chelsea have been handed the League One outfit in the quarter-finals.
One posted: “Cardiff vs Chelsea. Ooooooffffffff cooouuuurrrrsssseeeee!”.
A second wrote: “Chelsea get the lower league draw. Not rigged at all.”
Another commented: “Nah that Carabao Cup draw looks rigged, all the big teams avoid each other.”
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One wrote: “Draw looks rigged for Semis.”
While another chimed in with: “Nah that draw was so rigged. Not one match where two of the bigger teams play each other.”
A Palace fan added: “Get Arsenal once again like we did last year, so rigged.”
Fulham made it through the last round after needing a penalty shootout to beat League One strugglers Wycombe Wanderers.
All four ties in the quarter-finals will take place in the week beginning on December 15.
League Cup quarter-finals
Here is a look at the full draw for the quarte-finals of the League Cup…
- Arsenal vs Crystal Palace
- Cardiff vs Chelsea
- Manchester City vs Brentford
- Newcastle vs Fulham
