Can Chelsea win the carabao cup ?
Of course they have a chance but I just don't see it higher than Liverpool honestly. Because Liverpool will have Salah back in the squad as long as his injury isn't very serious. But if Salah can't play in the finale then Chelsea's chance against them would increase of course. Because Salah makes a huge difference for Liverpool.
I was really impressed the way Chelsea answered Middlesbrough by the way. A win by 6-1 is really huge. We should have seen the quality difference between these teams though.
Chelsea did not show any mercy on the Middlesbrough in their yesterday's match at all. A 6 over 1 win was a very strong gameplay and a lose for Middlesbrough was a monumental one as well especially as they have hoped to win or at least draw with the Chelsea club. Unfortunately, reverse was the case as Chelsea did not only retaliated but also won with some landslide win.
Cole Palmer did me proud with his goals, Noni Madueke, Fernandez and Disasi did great jobs in the match. Petrovic did not do bad for the club as well. I will like them to hold this same spirit against Aston Villa so that they will have the ginger to face Liverpool when the time comes in the next match after the Aston Villa. Unfortunately Chelsea and Manchester United are still dragging feets in the lower part of the table.
I think it will be very heartbroken for the Fulham fans who are going to watch them play, Liverpool are not ready to loose their guard down, it's another opportunity to accumulate more point to keep them maintaining the first position on the table. I believe Fulham will try their best to defending the future EPL winners (just predicting) but the possibility of Liverpool coming down the table, giving a lead to Man city is on a 0.1 percent. Fulham will surely try their best to secure a draw and partially considering a win, but that may turns out not giving them the best outcome they hoped for.
Liverpool can't even afford to loose their guards right now and I'm pretty sure they will work hard for it but I'm not excited by their performance with Fulham which I expected to win the rest of their matches. I think the absence of Mohammed Salah is causing them some discomfort in their games but they need to be stronger.