Izuchukwu OkosiManchester City versus Chelsea is the pick of the bunch in Wednesday night’s draw for the Third round of the Carabao Cup.
Manchester City were playing a charity game friendly against Barcelona while the draw went on but the team will be fascinated by the tough task they will have to to through.
In another Premier League fixture, Manchester United will face Aston Villa while inform Arsenal has been paired with Brighton and Hoves.
The third round matches will take place between Nov. 8 and Nov. 10.
On Wednesday, Premier League clubs Newcastle United and Leeds United overcame lower division opposition to secure their places in the third round.
Newcastle had to fight back from a goal down to beat League Two Tranmere Rovers who had taken the lead through a 24th-minute Elliott Nevitt finish.
Jamaal Lascelles brought Eddie Howe’s side level with a close-range drive before the interval and New Zealand striker Chris Wood glanced in a superbly delivered corner from Kieran Trippier to secure a 2-1 win in the 52nd minute.
Leeds also had a scare before running out 3-1 winners over Yorkshire neighbours Barnsley.
A Louis Sinisterra strike from 20 metres put Leeds on their way before Mateusz Klich doubled the advantage from the penalty spot.
Premier League Brighton & Hove Albion cruised to a 3-0 win at League One Forest Green Rovers while Championship (second tier) Bristol City won 3-1 at League One Wycombe Wanderers.
The biggest upset in the second round came on Tuesday when Premier League Fulham went down 2-0 at the hands of fourth-tier Crawley Town.
Full draw as follows:
Leicester City vs. Newport County
Wolves vs. Leeds
Nottingham Forest vs. Tottenham
West Ham vs. Blackburn
Manchester United vs. Aston Villa
Bournemouth vs. Everton
Liverpool vs. Derby County
Burnley vs. Crawley Town
Bristol City vs. Lincoln City
Manchester City vs. Chelsea
Stevenage vs. Charlton
MK Dons vs. Morecambe
Newcastle vs. Crystal Palace
Southampton vs. Sheffield Wednesday
Arsenal vs. Brighton
Brentford vs. Gillingham
Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc.
In October 2004, Okosi joined Complete Communications Limited, publishers of Complete Sports newspaper and Complete Football magazine as a reporter and later script writer for the Complete Sports studio.
He worked there for 13 years until October 2017.
Okosi also worked various times as Correspondent, Content creator and Editor at Sports Market International Magazine, Opera News, All Nigeria Soccer Media and Iconic Media Watch.
He also undertook freelance writing gigs for some local and international organizations.
Okosi is a member of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Association of Movie Producers (AMP), Association of Voiceover Artistes of Nigeria (AVOA), Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) and Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ).
He has been part of cast in some Nollywood movies and radio dramas including Blood Money 2, Scores To Settle, Dead End 2, Another Campus Tale and Battle Line.
Aside mainstream media and the entertainment industry, he has interests in scouting/unearthing of talents in the sports and creative sectors, exports business and property development.
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