Efl Cup Fourth Round Scores, Results & Fixtures
Liverpool 0 0 Arsenal
Arsenal win 5-4 on penalties
Brentford 3 0 Fulham
- Forss (37′ minutes),
- Benrahma (62′ minutes, 77′ minutes)
Aston Villa 0 1 Stoke City
- Vokes (26′ minutes)
“We still have lots to learn but we are on the right path,” the Spaniard said.
“It is the third time in about eight weeks we have played against the best team in Europe, in my opinion, and it is a step forward for my team.
“We want to treat every competition as an opportunity to win a trophy, we have to do that for the club we represent and we will do that.”
Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp, speaking to Sky Sports: “If there would have been a winner in 90 minutes it should have been us but we are not in dreamland, you have to score. I liked a lot of parts of the game, we mixed it up a lot and I saw a proper performance, a lot of things we like on the pitch when you wear this wonderful shirt. A penalty shoot out is tricky, everyone knows. That is it.”
Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta, speaking to Sky Sports: “I am really happy with the performance. I think the boys were exceptional. We corrected a few things from Monday and it was superb.
“We competed much better, the level of aggression we had, the way we pressed them really high was exceptional. Bernd Leno was really good. When we needed him we had him. You need a top individual performance to win at Anfield and that is what we had tonight.
“I really have belief in Bernd. I know him really well and what he can give us. We didn’t want Emiliano Martínez to go but it was probably the right thing for both parties to do. The gap towards Liverpool is still big. We will keep improving to try and reach their level.”
On drawing his former club Manchester City: “I was waiting and enjoying the victory and then we have to play Manchester City. It is what it is, there are a lot of tough teams left in the competition and we will prepare for it.”