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Friedkin Group completes Everton takeover - incoming chairman 'proud' Phil Mc Nulty: Moshiri's Everton years: 'Chaos, crisis, dysfunction, mutiny' EFL Cup quarter-final: Tottenham v Manchester United (20: 00 GMT) Rashford not expected to be involved at Spurs EFL Cup reaction: Arsenal, Newcastle and Liverpool reach semi-finals Get Involved: #bbcfootball, via Whats App on 03301231826 or text 81111 (UK only, standard message rates apply) Ben Collins, Tasnim Chowdhury, Craig Nelson & Grace Wheeler. Edited by Murray Burnell Tottenham v Man Utd (20: 00 GMT) Simon Stone BBC Sport's chief football news reporter Manchester United will be without Mason Mount at Tottenham tonight after he suffered another injury during Sunday's Premier League victory at Manchester City. Mount was starting only his fourth Premier League game of the season at City but lasted just 14 minutes before coming off with yet another muscular problem. The 25-year-old was visibly distressed as he left the field and United are still to confirm the length of his absence. "In the dressing room he was really, really sad so we need to help him, " said Amorim. "When the player is in this moment, with a lot of injuries and with this schedule, and we have to maintain the load and we have to travel and with travelling you cannot train, it’s really hard for them. "We will try to find a better way to recover these kind of guys like Mount and Luke Shaw because after a few weeks and a few months they will be ready to cope with a lot of things. " #bbcfootball, Whats App 03301231826, text 81111 (UK only, standard rates apply) Re Alan @ 08: 48: This can't be serious right? Games in the league cup have been essential for players like TAA, Curtis Jones, Harvey Elliott, and Connor Bradley breaking into the first team in recent years. And with top 8 in the Champions League all but guaranteed it'll only really be Chelsea who are likely to have two less games to play because of it. Not to mention it's a chance to defend a trophy they're currently the holders of. Thomas Arsenal 3-2 Crystal Palace One question remains for Mikel Arteta and Arsenal - could Gabriel Jesus be the long-term answer in the central striker's role? The 27-year-old Brazil striker has never delivered a 20-goal season in the Premier League since joining Manchester City in January 2017. Arteta said that Jesus "wants to work harder and help the team in every way", but does he do too much? His touch map against Crystal Palace shows that Jesus covered a lot of ground, but do all those touches outside the box take him away from his key role in the team - to score goals? Arsenal 3-2 Crystal Palace Arsenal Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta certainly believes that, if Gabriel Jesus can maintain the levels he showed in scoring a hat-trick against Crystal Palace, the Brazil striker can "really deliver" for the Gunners. "It's about confidence, " said the Spaniard. "You know, when you haven't scored a goal [in front of your own fans] for almost a year, it is tough. It's in your mind and you are thinking about it. "Gabby is someone who wants to do more. He wants to work harder and help the team more in every way. Today it got rewarded. "The movement, the quality of his touches, the way he finished, his reactions - that is a big, big thing for him and the team. It is a big message for the team in that we have got Gabby back at his best. Playing at that level he can really deliver for us. " #bbcfootball, via Whats App on 03301231826 or text 81111 (UK only, standard message rates apply) The 5 clubs left in the League Cup will all have a reason to celebrate a League Cup win. .. it won't change the fact the Cup holds little value to any of those 5 sides. You could argue Newcastle. .. but not since the money rolled in. Pretty farcical all round really. The League Cup should probably just be retired. Chris Arsenal 3-2 Crystal Palace Gabriel Jesus helped to turn Arsenal from a top-four team into title contenders when he arrived in July 2022 from Manchester City. In his first campaign for the Gunners, the Brazil striker scored 11 league goals after starting in 24 of his 26 league appearances. But he has struggled to re-establish himself as a consistent starter following a run of injury problems and subsequent drop in form. Last season, Jesus scored just four league goals for Arsenal after starting in 17 of his 27 league games, while this season he is yet to get off the mark in the Premier League after starting in just two of his 13 appearances. So Arsenal fans, could Jesus' EFL Cup hat-trick against Crystal Palace be a turning point for the Brazil striker? Thumbs up for yes, down for no. When Gabriel Jesus signed for Arsenal from Manchester City for £45m in July 2022, it marked the end of manager Mikel Arteta's long search for a central striker. The pair had worked together at City and Arteta said at the time of his arrival: "I know Gabriel personally very well, and we all know him well from his time in the Premier League and being really successful here. "This is a position that's been on our radar for a long time now and we have managed to get a player that we all wanted, so I'm really happy. " Arsenal 3-2 Crystal Palace Gabriel Jesus joined Manchester City from Palmeiras in January 2017 so had five full seasons with the Blues before joining Arsenal in the summer of 2022. The Brazil striker is now in his third season with the Gunners and the 27-year-old has claimed a total of 73 goals and 40 assists from 225 appearances in the Premier League. Jesus has made it into double figures for league goals on three occasions: #bbcfootball, via Whats App on 03301231826 or text 81111 (UK only, standard message rates apply) Arsenal supporters need to lower their expectations. The January transfer window is notoriously difficult. The quality of striker often mentioned is unlikely to be available at this time, let alone affordable in an overly inflated market. Arteta will stick with what he’s got and wait until the summer. Simon, Cambs. We're set to hear from three Premier League managers today, with Brighton boss Fabian Hurzeler the first scheduled to speak to the media from 09: 00 GMT. News conferences with Nottingham Forest manager Nuno Espirito Santo and Brentford boss Thomas Frank are scheduled for this afternoon. #bbcfootball, via Whats App on 03301231826 or text 81111 (UK only, standard message rates apply) Couldn't have gone worse for Liverpool. Some 1st teamers involved and a win meaning 2 extra games in January. Alan, an exasperated Liverpool fan Arsenal 3-2 Crystal Palace Arsenal Gabriel Jesus acknowledged his problems in front of goal after Wednesday's game: "I have scored a lot of goals but sometimes I have this problem with a lack of goals. "I can create, I can make assists, I can run and help the team defending. When I score everyone sees, but when I don't they want their striker to score goals and I agree with that. "That is why I am working a lot in training, finishing more, putting myself in a good position to finish the action. I think my hard work has paid off. " Arsenal 3-2 Crystal Palace Gabriel Jesus went into Wednesday's Carabao Cup quarter-final with just one goal to his name this season - from a 3-0 win at Championship side Preston in an earlier round of the competition. His first goal against Crystal Palace came from a cool dink over goalkeeper Dean Henderson, while the second and third were fired in across goal from a similar spot on the corner of the six-yard box. Amazingly, they were the Brazil striker's first goals at the Emirates since 17 December 2023. #bbcfootball, via Whats App on 03301231826 or text 81111 (UK only, standard message rates apply) It's good that Jesus figured out how to score again, but we need a longer term option, the past year showed he isn't the future. Martin Newcastle United 3-1 Brentford Chris Waddle Former Newcastle & England winger on the Football Daily podcast I was surprised that Eddie Howe said that they worked hard and what a good side Brentford are. Maybe on some weeks they are but tonight they were terrible. He should have said 'I'm surprised Brentford turned up'. I would have expected more. It's the quarter-final of the League Cup - you lose, you go home, you're out. [Thomas Frank] brought in Bryan Mbeumo alongside Yoane Wissa up front for the last 15 minutes, they started to create a little bit - up until then it was a non-event. It was just one team that had turned up. #bbcfootball, via Whats App on 03301231826 or text 81111 (UK only, standard message rates apply) Couldn't have gone better for Southampton, a good performance to boost morale, but now free to focus on staying in the league. J in Cardiff Newcastle United 3-1 Brentford Newcastle United Eddie Howe speaking about Newcastle's win over Brentford on the Football Daily podcast: "Yeah, really pleased, a good performance from the players. It was a difficult game, every game brings a unique challenge, Brentford were everything we thought they would be, they're a strong team but we scored some really good goals. " On Sandro Tonali: "It was great to see Sandro score the two that he did. We are starting to see the best of him. The tweak in position has definitely helped him, he is a lot more comfortable when he is deeper on the pitch. He is showing all the qualities that we knew when we signed him. It is just about finding the right balance for him and the team. " #bbcfootball, via Whats App on 03301231826 or text 81111 (UK only, standard message rates apply) It’s great that Jesus got some goals, but he’s not going to suddenly turn into the prolific striker Arsenal need. My fear is that Arteta will put all his faith into Jesus thinking he’ll get the goals we need and as a result we won’t buy a striker in January Steve Tottenham v Man Utd (20: 00 GMT) The Daily Telegraph If Marcus Rashford does move on in January, where would he go? The Daily Telegraph is reporting that "the Saudi Pro League will offer Marcus Rashford a way out of Manchester United. " Tottenham v Man Utd (20: 00 GMT) Simon Stone BBC Sport's chief football news reporter Marcus Rashford was absent from the Manchester United squad that boarded the train south yesterday afternoon for the Carabao Cup trip to Tottenham. It is possible Rashford got on at a different station but the rest of United's squad were at Stockport and the expectation is the forward will not be involved when Ruben Amorim's side look to seal a semi-final spot. It is not known whether Rashford has been disciplined by Amorim for the interview on Tuesday in which he said he was 'ready for a new challenge'. Asked about the interview ahead of the game, Amorim said he would have probably sought out the manager first if he had a problem during his playing days. "It's a hard situation to comment [on], " he said. "If I give a lot of importance it will have big headlines in the papers and if I say it's not a problem then my standards are getting low. " © 2024 BBC. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking.