League Cup fourth round draw results — Liverpool, Chelsea, Arsenal advance while Man City bounced by Newcastle

It was the one trophy that Pep Guardiola and Manchester City failed to win a season ago, and they’ll go without lifting the League Cup again this season after Alexander Isak bounced the treble winners with a 53rd-minute goal on Wednesday.

Scoring chances were few and far between (just 16 shots combined, 10-6 in favor of Man City) as the two sides were both without a handful of regular starters, particularly in attack.

The victory makes it four games unbeaten (3W-1D-0L) across all competitions for Eddie Howe’s side after winning just one of their first four in Premier League play.

Liverpool found themselves 1-0 down after just three minutes — a deficit which remained intact at halftime — before Cody Gakpo, Dominik Szoboszlai and Diogo Jota each scored in the second half.

Aside from Kasey McAteer’s early opener, it was all Liverpool from start to finish, as they out-xG’d the Foxes 3.03-0.79, out-shot them 29-4 (10-1 on target) and enjoyed 57 percent of possession.

Arsenal got an 8th-minute goal from Reiss Nelson and Mikel Arteta’s side defended for their lives for 82 minutes, somehow keeping Brentford off the scoresheet and escaping Gtech Community Stadium with a 1-0 victory.

Nelson slotted home after Eddie Nketiah pounced on a misplayed ball deep in Brentford defensive third, and that was all the Gunners needed, despite being out-shot 17-9 by the Bees.

Arteta made eight changes to his usual starting lineup, with a trip to Bournemouth coming up this weekend, followed by a trip to France to take on Lens in the Champions League next week.

Chelsea now have more wins in the League Cup (two in two) than in the Premier League (one in six) this season, as Mauricio Pochettino’s side got a 50th-minute goal from Nicolas Jackson to beat Brighton.

Despite his side’s recent and upcoming involvement in the Europa League, Brighton boss Roberto De Zerbi elected to make just three changes from his usual starting group, but the Seagulls were unable to craft much of anything in terms of scoring chances.

Chelsea were hardly prolific themselves, but Jackson was able to slot home after Cole Palmer found him with a clever reverse pass inside the penalty area.