Manchester United travel to Bristol City while Arsenal host West Ham in Carabao Cup quarter-final draw

  • Manchester United travel to Championship side Bristol City in the quarter-final
  • Arsenal host London rivals West Ham and Chelsea will welcome Bournemouth
  • Premier League leaders Manchester City face Leicester at King Power Stadium
  • The draw was delayed by an hour and 45 minutes following a technical glitch

Manchester United will travel to Championship side Bristol City in the Carabao Cup quarter-final.

With all big Premier League clubs avoiding each other, Arsenal host West Ham while Chelsea face Bournemouth at Stamford Bridge. The final tie will see Leicester host Premier League leaders Manchester City.

The quarter-final ties are scheduled to be played on 19-20 December.

The Carabao Cup quarter-final draw took place at Twitter's HQ in London on Thrusday

The Carabao Cup quarter-final draw took place at Twitter's HQ in London on Thrusday

Jesse Lingard fired Manchester United into the last eight with two goals against Swansea

Jesse Lingard fired Manchester United into the last eight with two goals against Swansea

Bristol City thrashed Premier League club Crystal Palace to make it into the quarter-finals

Bristol City thrashed Premier League club Crystal Palace to make it into the quarter-finals

The draw was pre-recorded and published on Twitter following a serious technical fault

The draw was pre-recorded and published on Twitter following a serious technical fault

CARABAO CUP -QUARTER-FINAL DRAW

Chelsea vs Bournemouth

Arsenal vs West Ham

Leicester vs Manchester City

Bristol City vs Manchester United 

Ties to be played 19/20 December

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Reacting to the draw on his social media account, Bristol City head coach Lee Johnson extended an invitation to United manager Jose Mourinho for a post-match drink.


He wrote: 'Wecome to Bristol City Jose ... "pop in to the office for a drink after aye". 

The draw, which was originally scheduled to take place at 4pm BST, was delayed by over an hour and 45 minutes following what was described as a 'minor technical glitch at Twitter HQ'.

A Twitter spokesman said: 'We're sorry for the issues that led to the delay of today's Round Five draw. We would also like to apologise to the thousands of supporters who had been patiently awaiting news of who their team would be playing.' 

Manchester United, the defending champions of the trophy, made it into the hat for the quarter-finals after a solid 2-0 win over Swansea with Jesse Lingard scoring goals either side of half-time.

Bristol City head coach Lee Johnson welcomed the draw on his official Twitter account

Bristol City head coach Lee Johnson welcomed the draw on his official Twitter account

Eddie Nketiah scored two goals to fire Arsenal past Norwich and into the quarter-finals

Eddie Nketiah scored two goals to fire Arsenal past Norwich and into the quarter-finals

Their noisy neighbours and Premier League leaders Manchester City had it far from easy as they required a penalty shootout to down a brave Wolves team at the Etihad Stadium.

Similarly, Arsenal looked set to exit the competition to lower league opposition at home as Norwich outplayed a lethargic Gunners before youngster Eddie Nketiah came off the bench to score twice to send them through.

Chelsea needed several stunning saves from Willy Caballero to keep Everton at bay in their fourth round tie while West Ham completed a stunning comeback to knock out Tottenham and possibly save Slaven Bilic from the sack.

Bristol City are now the only non-Premier League club left in the draw after an impressive 4-1 win over Crystal Palace while Leicester and Bournemouth continued their pursuit of silverware with 3-1 wins over Leeds United and Middlesbrough respectively. 

Reserve goalkeeper Willy Caballero was the saviour for Chelsea against a spirited Everton

Sergio Aguero scored the winning penalty for Manchester City in their shoot-out with Wolves

Sergio Aguero scored the winning penalty for Manchester City in their shoot-out with Wolves