Middlesbrough vs Chelsea LIVE: Carabao Cup semi-final latest score and goal
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Mauricio Pochettino tells players ‘be careful’ as they face Middlesbrough without VAR
Middlesbrough host Chelsea in the first leg of their Carabao Cup semi-final tonight. With Liverpool and Fulham facing off in the other semi-final tomorrow evening, Middlesbrough are the only non-Premier League team left in the competition and will know their home leg is crucial to their chances of heading to Wembley and lifting silverware next month.
Michael Carrick’s side are sitting in 12th in the Championship table and are the clear underdogs against the Blues, who are looking to win their first trophy under Mauricio Pochettino. Middlesbrough have yet to play Premier League opposition on their way to the semi-finals but were beaten 1-0 by high-flying Aston Villa in the FA Cup third round on Saturday.
The visit of Chelsea will be another stern test, even if Pochettino’s young side have struggled for consistency this season. Chelsea have won three in a row since losing to Wolves on Christmas Eve, though, and will hope to take a positive result back to Stamford Bridge ahead of the return leg in two weeks’ time. Follow live updates from Middlesbrough vs Chelsea in the Carabao Cup semi-finals, below.
Middlesbrough 0-0 Chelsea
11 mins: Sterling gets his first chance to go on a dribble down the left and beats his man with ease to get to the byline, but can’t find Palmer with his cross.
Fernandez’s ball then bounces beyond Sterling.
Jamie Braidwood9 January 2024 20:12
Middlesbrough 0-0 Chelsea
8 mins: Another bright moment for Middlesbrough! Bangura is released down the left and has plenty of space to pick out his cross. He can’t find Coburn in the middle and Enzo Fernandez cuts it out, there are shouts for handball as the ball bounces up, but there’s nothing in that.
Jamie Braidwood9 January 2024 20:09
Middlesbrough 0-0 Chelsea
6 mins: SAVE! A first sight of goal for Cole Palmer, who has indeed lined up as Chelsea’s central forward. Glover is able to parry away his effort, Palmer hit it well but it was central.
Jamie Braidwood9 January 2024 20:07
Middlesbrough 0-0 Chelsea
4 mins: Ah, that’s gutting fo Latte Lath, who is going to need to come off for Middlesbrough after that early challenge from Disasi.
The striker had just come back from injury as well, and gives Middlesbrough another problem with so many already out.
Josh Coburn replaces him.
Jamie Braidwood9 January…
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