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League Cup Top 16: Nine Premier League teams are eliminated, Liverpool meets the miserable three times, Manchester City continues to have good luck

9:51pm, 25 September 2025Football

The English League Cup's top 32 (third lap) has all ended, and only 11 Premier League teams can successfully advance to the top 16. The five giants compete for England's first championship, Greensby, who once eliminated Manchester United, continued to move forward, Liverpool and Tottenham both met strong opponents in the next round, and Manchester City continued their good luck.

Like last season, the top 32 in the League Cup was also distributed in two weeks. Teams with European competition tasks only joined the competition from this stage. Last week, Aston Villa and Nottingham Forest both were eliminated, and this week, Everton and Burnley also said goodbye in advance, with a total of 4 Premier League teams stopping in the round of 32. Unlike Manchester United's out last round, there was not much unpopularity in this round, especially traditional giants won one after another. Liverpool and Chelsea, who participated in the first day of the competition, both experienced some twists and turns. Liverpool was tied by Southampton for a time, and Ekitic scored a "final" goal until the 85th minute. Then they missed the Premier League on the weekend because of taking off their clothes and slid down to celebrate the red card. Chelsea was even more tortuous, falling behind Lincoln City in the first half, and relied on scoring two goals in a row after the opening of the second half to pass the score.

The next day, more giants participated. Eze scored his first goal after joining the franchise, helping Arsenal easily defeat Port Vier. Totten defeated Doncaster in the same city with three goals, Fordon scored first, and Manchester City also went quite smoothly, winning Huddersfield. Although they are facing third-level English League One teams, the three giants still send out many main players and have not repeated the mistakes of Manchester United. It seems that the League Cup cannot be taken lightly, and if you are not careful, you will lose.

There were 4 Premier League teams out in this round, and 5 Premier League teams out in the last round, including Manchester United, and a total of 9 teams were out. The remaining 11 Premier League teams, including two teams in the Championship and English League One, and one team in the League Two, form the top 16 of the League Cup this season.

Soon, the last 16 of the League Cup (fourth lap) was drawn. Only Wrexham, who was in the English Championship, faced Cardiff City in the English League One at home, and was the only low-level team. Manchester City is lucky. They met Swansea in the English Championship. Last week, Swansea reversed the victory over Nottingham Forest after changing coaches while falling behind two goals last week, allowing the newly appointed Postkoglu to not open the door to victory in four games until now.

Fulham challenged the English League One away game, and Brentford challenged Greensby away game, which is the other two Premier League games where low-level teams meet. It should be noted that Manchester United lost at the Brundell Park Stadium in Greensby. I wonder if there will be a magical story this time?

The remaining 4 games are duels between Premier League teams. Chelsea challenged Wolves away and Arsenal faced Brighton at home. I believe they are not unfamiliar with each other. Defending champion Newcastle faces Tottenham at home, which is believed to be the closest game between the two sides. Tottenham has only won one game against Newcastle in the last 6 times, and neither team will be relaxed.

Liverpool's home match against Crystal Palace is a replica of the Community Shield. In addition, the two teams will meet again in the league this weekend, and the two sides meet three times in a short period of time. The loss of community shields for both leads is Liverpool's only loss until now, and Crystal Palace can be regarded as Liverpool's victim. After the next round of the League Cup, Liverpool has encountered Aston Villa, Real Madrid and Manchester City in succession, and the test is still quite good.

Every season, the League Cup is the first top champion born in English football. It has always been known as a hotbed for the surprise and is the best stage for "weak" teams to compete for the championship. Even Wolves, who are at the bottom of the Premier League, Waikonby Wanderers near the relegation zone of the League One, and even Greensby in the League Two, will not give up easily.

Of course, in order not to keep the "upset" going on, the semi-finals still adopt a two-round home and away game system, making it difficult for low-level teams to appear in the finals. The last time a non-Premier team participated in the final was Bradford that season 13 years ago, and eventually defeated Swansea by five goals and missed the championship.

even said that since Swansea won the championship, all League Cup championships were won by the traditional six, and it was not broken until last season's Newcastle. The cup badge on the jersey this season has added the logo of the number of championships, such as Liverpool can add the number "10", and the defending champion can wear a golden badge, and Newcastle becomes the first lucky person.

Who can laugh to the end in the league cup in the new season?

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