Liverpool’s Carabao Cup tie brought forward

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Liverpool’s Carabao Cup tie with Tottenham has been rescheduled. It would have been the first time the city’s two clubs had played games simultaneously at home since January 1981, in the FA Cup’s third round.

However UEFA’s refusal to move the fixture in Europe’s elite club competition has seen the EFL make a slight change to their original third round schedule. The EFL has been left with no option than to rearrange a number of its fixtures following the announcement of fixture details for the league phase of the UEFA Champions League,” read a statement.

“On 28 August, we confirmed that the Carabao Cup Round Three tie between Everton and Wolves had been scheduled for Wednesday 9 September. “On Saturday, UEFA announced that it had scheduled Liverpool v Atletico Madrid for the same date, despite it being clear that Everton and Liverpool cannot play home fixtures on the same evening.