Carabao Cup is harder to win than the Champions League

Liverpool & Tottenham

Will Liverpool take on Tottenham in the Champions League final?

Liverpool are through to the semifinals where they’ll face FC Barcelona over two legs.

Tottenham, after knocking out Man City, will face Ajax in the other semi.

For the record, the Champions League final will be staged on June 1.

The final will be played at Atletico Madrid’s 63,500 capacity Wanda Metropolitano.

Maurizio Sarri: Carabao Cup vs Champions League

Chelsea are in Premier League action on Monday when Burnley visit Stamford Bridge.

In the build up the game, Maurizio Sarri has claimed that winning the Carabao Cup is harder than winning the Champions League.

Chelsea, of course, lost the League Cup final to Man City.

Sarri made the following argument:

The Premier League is really very difficult, for getting in the final of the League Cup we had to play against Liverpool, against Tottenham, [and] the final against Manchester City. It was easier to get to the final of the Champions League. 

I think many give to the Champions League too much importance.

Of course it is the most important competition for clubs but it is a competition with straight elimination so sometimes you need a post in [the ball to go in off the post] or a post out [the ball to bounce off the post and away] to qualify or to be eliminated.

It’s clear it’s the most important competition for clubs in Europe, and as a consequence in the world, but it’s a competition in which you need to be lucky.

Also see: Chelsea vs Burnley betting tips: Premier League match preview and predictions.

Gary Neville predicts Jurgen Klopp will field a weak XI vs Barcelona to edge out Man City.