The final chapter of this season’s EFL Cup will be written at Wembley this afternoon but will it turn out to be first leg of a trophy-laden exit from English football by Jurgen Klopp or the introduction of a successful era for Chelsea under Mauricio Pochettino?
A piece of silverware would go a long way to convincing fans and his board that the Argentine is the right man to take Chelsea forward after a challenging first season so far.
But the bookies make Liverpool favourites at a generous 23/20 to win inside the 90 minutes. The Blues are 9/4 to win and 6/5 to win the trophy.
The Reds are chasing success on four fronts and have shown no signs of letting up despite a mounting injury list. Klopp’s imminent departure appears to have added even more incentive to end the season with bang.
The German has lost just once against Pochettino’s teams and Liverpool thumped Chelsea 4-1 when the sides met less than a month ago.
The Blues have come up short too often against the better teams this season so everything points to Liverpool adding to their haul of nine EFL Cup successes at 23/20.
The pressure is well and truly on Celtic in the Scottish Premiership following Rangers’ 5-0 mauling of Hearts yesterday, which took them five points clear of the champions.
The Hoops are at Motherwell this lunchtime and only a win will do. Performances haven’t been great lately but Brendan Rodgers’ men are unbeaten in 10 (W8 D2) and they’ll likely grind out a win a Fir Park today.
The return of Cameron Carter-Vickers and Alistair Johnston should shore things up at the back but it’s at the other end where Celtic need to sharpen up.
Rodgers will be expecting his team to come out the traps quickly, something they’ve done in three of their last four away games, scoring inside 15 minutes in each of them. An early goal today, inside 24:00 minutes pays 5/6 at Bet365.
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