Jeremie Frimpong wins the ball on the right and plays a neat pass for Lewis Koumas to chase. He floats a cross into the box but it is over his Liverpool team-mates.

The three remaining fixtures tonight - at Ipswich, Liverpool and Reading - are getting under way now.

Michael Brown
Former Tottenham midfielder on BBC Radio 5 Live

I think when you look and understand what De Zerbi can bring I think his flexibility and game changing, he's very aware of getting into good areas. We've seen some plus points which shows some real quality.

The pressure starts to mount from social media but I feel like as players the most important thing today is to compete. A win in the cup would mean a lot to both clubs, especially Spurs.

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As mentioned (see 19:28 entry) West Ham fans have been paying tribute to former goalkeeper Ludek Miklosko, who died earlier this week, aged 64, following a battle with cancer.

Before the game started, Czech midfielder Tomas Soucek stood in one of the goals and held aloft a shirt with Miklosko's name on it, before placing the shirt on the ground behind the goal.

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Aadam Patel
Football Reporter at Anfield

A massive round of applause as Andy Robertson's name is announced at Anfield. Robertson is on the bench tonight but I imagine that applause will be even louder if he comes on.

Brenner Woolley
BBC Radio Suffolk commentator

This is a massive test, it's huge.

It is an opportunity in this cup game for these Ipswich Town players to show what they are about and get some minutes to really test themselves against a top quality Premier League side.

Aadam Patel
Football Reporter at Anfield

This is Liverpool’s third game at Anfield in under a week and it has been a mixed bag so far.

They were brilliant in the Champions League against Atletico but flat against Fulham in the Premier League. Andoni Iraola has made plenty of changes so you can expect energy and tonight will also be a good indication of the quality within his ranks.

“Adapting to a quick turnaround in games is clearly not only something we want to be good at - it is an absolute necessity,” Iraola writes in his programme notes.

After the upcoming international break, Liverpool have four games in 10 days and that includes two away games so it doesn’t get any easier but if Iraola's side can come out of this spell with two wins and a draw, then that would certainly be a positive outcome.

Fulham

Alvaro Arbeloa is wary of the threat posed by Fulham’s Carabao Cup opponents West Ham after they hammered Wrexham 6-0 to move top of the Championship.

The Hammers have picked themselves up quickly from relegation in May to make a commanding start to life in the second tier as they seek an immediate return.

They will get their first chance this season to test themselves against top-flight opposition at the London Stadium and Arbeloa is under no illusions the Hammers retain Premier League quality.

“An away game in another difficult stadium, against a team that are performing so well,” he said. “They won their last game 6-0, they beat Southampton in the Carabao Cup also, so we know them."

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Richarlison was not included in the Tottenham squad for tonight's game and earlier he publicly expressed his displeasure at Roberto de Zerbi's decision to leave him out.

The Brazil striker shared a screenshot of a social media post about his omission and accompanied it with the message "Why?" and a tearful sad-faced emoji.

Richarlison's future in north London has become increasingly uncertain after a proposed transfer to Brazilian side Vasco da Gama fell through last week.

Sources suggested the Premier League club had agreed a fee with with Vasco for the 29-year-old, but personal terms were not agreed before the Brazilian transfer window closed on Friday.

"At the start of this season, I spoke to him many times to convince him to stay and he didn't want to," De Zerbi said in his pre-match news conference on Monday.

"I can't go every day to pray for him to stay."

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Tottenham boss Roberto de Zerbi believes "for sure" that Dominic Solanke will rediscover his form and score 10 to 15 goals this season.

The 29-year-old striker endured an injury-hit campaign last season, scoring three goals in 15 Premier League games.

Solanke, who joined the club in 2024 from Bournemouth for a deal worth up to £65m, is yet to score in the league this season.

"I can't understand why I have to think negatively. OK, because last season he was injured many times, yes," De Zerbi explained.

"It's not the same last season [compared to] this season. This season, we have top physical and medical staff. We don't have three games per week.

"I spoke with him and I would like to manage him in the best way I can, in the physical aspect and in the mental aspect, because he's a sensitive guy. He needs to feel full confidence, and from myself he has big, big confidence.

"I believe he can score 10-15 goals for sure. He's already scored at Bournemouth, so why can't he score at Tottenham? It's the same sport, different stadium, no pressure, because in our stadium, if we push, if we play well, the fans are with us."

Arsenal

Boss Mikel Arteta has insisted Arsenal's Max Dowman will get minutes this season but warned they must be earned.

Arsenal were Carabao Cup runners-up last season after they lost at Wembley to Manchester City and head to Ipswich Town for a tricky all-Premier League tie eager to make it five victories from five for the new campaign.

Dowman, 16, has been an unused substitute on four occasions for Arsenal this season, most recently at Napoli last Wednesday, but has topped up his game time with a handful of runouts for the under-21s and featured in a 4-1 loss to Chelsea at the weekend.

Last season Dowman became the youngest player to start a Premier League fixture when he featured at Crystal Palace and scored his first professional goal against Everton.

Dowman did not travel to Sunderland, but is in the starting 11 tonight at Portman Road.

“We have a limitation with the numbers we have,” Arteta said in his latest remark about the Premier League rule of 20 players in a matchday squad.

“Max will have his chance. He will have his minutes and he will have to earn them like anybody else. You know the talent that we have, the players we have there, we need to help him and find a way to make sure he continues to develop.”

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It promises to be an emotional evening at London Stadium as West Ham will hold a period of appreciation to former goalkeeper Ludek Miklosko at the Carabao Cup third-round tie against Fulham.

Miklosko died earlier this week, aged 64, following a battle with cancer.

He made almost 400 appearances for the Hammers between 1990 and 1998 after joining from Banik Ostrava. He announced his decision to withdraw from further cancer treatment in December 2024, three years after his diagnosis.

The Czech helped West Ham win promotion to the top flight in 1991 and 1993 and was much loved by supporters, who regularly sang his name long after he left the club. He later returned as a goalkeeping coach.

Miklosko, who represented Czechoslovakia at the 1990 World Cup, ended his playing career with QPR.

West Ham's Czech midfielder Tomas Soucek will place a shirt with Miklosko's name on the back on the pitch before the game as a tribute.

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Peterborough United XI: Bass, Mills, Okagbue, Feeney, Mendonca, Khela, Ashfield, Williams, Ormerod, Edwards, Leonard.

Subs: Andeng-Hall, Weir, Freeman, Kelly, Jones, Conn-Clarke, Abbey, Shofowoke, Fox.

Barnsley: Flavell, Kay, Gale, O'Riordan, Noslin, Connell, McGeehan, Cleary, Kelly, Richards,Toure.

Subs: Andrassy, Shepherd, Okedina, Town, Bland, Kirk, Taylor, Alker, Farrell.