‘It’s below our standard’

Manchester Unitedrsquos defence of the League Cup came to a limp end in a 03 home defeat by Newcastle on Wednesday as Arsenal were wellbeaten 13 at West HamLiverpool overcame Bournemouth 21 to progress to the quarterfinals while Chelsea saw off Championship side Blackburn 20 In a repeat of last yearrsquos final which Erik ten Hagrsquos men won 20 both managers named muchchanged sides at Old TraffordAlso ReadJoy for JosephrsquosErik ten HagBut it was Newcastlersquos strength in depth that showed as United slumped to an eighth defeat in 15 games in all competitions this seasonmdashtheir worst start to any campaign since 196263lsquoI take responsibilityrsquoldquoThis is not good enough We have to take responsibility I have to take responsibilityrdquo said Ten Hag ldquoI feel sorry for the fans it is below our standards and we have to put it rightrdquoTino Livramento and Lewis Hall have had to wait for their chance to shine since signing for the Magpies but the young fullbacks played a huge role as Eddie Howersquos side got revenge for defeat at Wembley in FebruaryLivramentorsquos surging run set up Miguel Almiron to open the scoring on 28 minutes Chelsea loanee Hall then volleyed home a brilliant effort from the edge of the box just eight minutes later Joe Willockrsquos solo run and stunning finish then drew the sting from any chance of a United fightback on the hour mark After eliminating both Manchester City and United Newcastlersquos reward is another tough draw away to Chelsea in the last eightArsenal manager Mikel Arteta was left to rue leaving Declan Rice out on his return to the London Stadium with the England international alongside Bukayo Saka Martin Odegaard and William Saliba on a starstudded Gunnersrsquo benchAaron Ramsdale was handed a rare start since he was dropped in favour of David Raya but it was a night to forget for the Arsenal goalkeeper Ben White beat Ramsdale to Jarrod Bowenrsquos dangerous inswinging corner but could only head into his own net after 16 minutesKudus makes it 20Mohammed Kudus made it 20 on 50 minutes with a brilliant touch and low finish from Nayef Aguerdrsquos long ball forward Rice was then introduced to a mixed response from the West Ham faithfulBut any hope of an Arsenal revival was quashed by Bowenrsquos strike from the edge of the box that Ramsdale should have done better to keep outldquoWersquore out of the cuprsquoldquoI am responsible for thatrdquo said Arteta ldquoWersquore out of the cup and we wanted to play a very different gamerdquo Odegaard grabbed a consolation deep into stoppage time but it was too little too late as Arsenalrsquos 30year wait to win the League Cup goes onThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever