Football News LIVE: Ekitike sent off immediately after late Liverpool winner, Isak scores first Reds goal, Chelsea avoid Carabao Cup shock
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Ousmane Dembele won the Ballon d'Or as he held off Lamine Yamal to claim the most coveted individual prize in world football.
Liverpool and Chelsea were victorious in their third-round Carabao Cup ties, beating Southampton and Lincoln City, respectively.
But the games weren't short of drama, as Arne Slot's side saved themselves late on at Anfield again, whilst the Blues had to come from 1-0 down to League One opposition to avoid a shock.
6 minutes agoBy Jack Johnson
Alexander Isak has been speaking about scoring his first Liverpool goal in the Reds' win tonight.
Southampton gave it a good effort on the night, but Will Still's side are sent out of the competition.
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53 minutes agoBy Jack Johnson
Chelsea have avoided a major cupset at Lincoln!
They're quick turnaround at the start of the second half gets the job done for the reigning world champions.
Lincoln will certainly be pleased with the effort tonight though.
Elsewhere, Wolves and Fulham have booked their place in the fourth round, along with Brighton who thrashed Barnsley.
Wrexham and Wycombe will be the hat too.
But Premier League Burnley have lost at home to League One Cardiff in the biggest shock of the evening.
Lincoln 1-2 ChelseaBurnley 1-2 CardiffFulham 1-0 CambridgeBarnsley 0-6 BrightonWolves 2-0 EvertonWrexham 2-0 ReadingWigan 0-2 WycombeCopied
56 minutes agoBy Jack Johnson
LIVERPOOL HAVE SCORED LATE ON AGAIN!
As things stand, the Premier League giants are being upset...
Adrian Durham live on talkSPORT: "This is insane, the world champions are losing to the team third in the third tier of English football.
"It's all of Chelsea's own doing...it's just ludicrous from Chelsea.
"I don't think they recovered from the first 90 seconds."
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Today, 20:29By Jack Johnson
LINCOLN ARE AHEAD AGAINST CHELSEA!
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Today, 19:51By Jack Johnson
Wow, Lincoln City almost lead against Chelsea!
Chelsea are in action against League One Lincoln City, with Wrexham, Fulham, Wolves, Everton and Burnley also playing.
Here are the line-ups at the LNER Stadium:
Chelsea XI: Jörgensen, Hato, Chalobah, Fofana, Gusto, Santos, Fernández, Garnacho, Buonanotte, Gittens, George.Lincoln XI: Jeacock, Bradley, Montsma, Hamer, Towler, Darikwa, House, Varfolomieiev, McGrandles, Street, Draper.
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Today, 19:01By Jack Cunningham
As to be expected, Arne Slot has massively rotated his team for this Carabao Cup game.
Alexander Isak starts for Liverpool, and he will be looking for his first goal as a Reds player.
There are also full debut for Giovanni Leoni as Slot makes 11 changes.
Liverpool: Marmadashvili, Frimpong, Leoni, Gomez, Robertson, Jones, Endo, Ngumoha, Nyoni, Chiesa, Isak
Subs: Woodman, Kerkez, Bradley, Ekitike, Williams, Gordon, Morrison, Danns, Pilling
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Today, 18:27By Jack Johnson
Ex-Newcastle and Norwich goalkeeper Tim Krul has retired.
Krule has made the decision to hang up his gloves after leaving Luton Town at the end of last season.
The Dutchman made 222 Premier League appearances throughout his career, keeping 52 clean sheets in that time.
So far he's progressing really well."
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Today, 16:45By Jack Johnson
League One side Lincoln City will face world champions Chelsea tonight in the Carabao Cup third round, live on talkSPORT.