While You Were Asleep: Manchester City knock Chelsea out of the League cup, Atalanta face their third consecutive defeat and AC Milan CEO Ivan Gazidis all set to give up

Manchester City defeated Chelsea 2-0 to knock them out of the EFL cup spherical three on Wednesday.

Riyad Mahrez opened the scoring for Pep Guardiola’s males within the 53rd minute 5 minutes later Julian Alvarez prolonged the lead. Elsewhere defending champions of the League cup Liverpool beat Derby Paul Warne’s Derby County on penalties.

Arsenal’s Eddie Nketiah, proper, celebrates after scoring his facet’s opening objective through the English League Cup third spherical soccer match between Arsenal and Brighton and Hove Albion on the Emirates stadium in London, Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Premier League leaders Arsenal are knocked out by Brighton. Arsenal after getting the lead Eddie Nketiah within the twentieth minute gave away three targets to see an early exit within the cup. On the opposite hand, their London rivals Tottenham Hotspurs misplaced to Nottingham Forest 2-0.

This is back-to-back defeats for Antonio Conte’s males after they misplaced the sport to Liverpool within the league on Sunday.

Atalanta faces their third consecutive defeat

Atalanta misplaced to 2-1 relegation contenders Leece on Wednesday. Despite Duvan Zapata’s objective Leece managed to take residence three factors.

This is the third straight defeat within the Seria A for Gian Piero Gasperini’s males.

Leece opened the scoring with Federico Baschirotto’s header contained in the field and shortly doubled their lead with Federico Di Francesco. However, simply earlier than halftime, Zapata pulled one again for Atalanta.

Atalanta’s Duvan Zapata celebrates after scoring a objective through the Italian Serie A soccer recreation between Lecce and Atalanta on the Via del Mare stadium in Lecce, Italy, Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2022. (Giovanni Evangelista/LaPresse by way of AP)

In the second half regardless of creating probabilities Atalanta couldn’t end them off. Leece defended properly to safe three factors.

Atalanta stays fifth on the league desk with 27 factors alongside Inter Milan and Lazio. Jose Mourinho’s Roma is sixth within the desk with 26 factors. League leaders Napoli proceed their profitable streak they high the desk with 38 factors. Defending champions AC Milan keep eight factors behind.

Atalanta have completed outdoors the European locations final season in eighth.

AC Milan CEO Ivan Gazidis is all set to go away the membership

Ivan Gazidis. (FILE)

AC Milan’s CEO Ivan Gazidis will go away the membership on the fifth of December.

The Italian membership declared on Wednesday. Gazidis joined the present defending champions in 2018 when the membership was in numerous turmoil.

“Gazidis joined AC Milan as CEO in December 2018 and has led the Club through a period of growth and modernisation both on and off the pitch,” Milan stated of their official assertion.

AC Milan gained the Seria A title within the 2021/2022 season first one after the 2010/2011 season. They reached Champions League final season first time in eight years within the 2021/2022 season. They didn’t make the knockouts. However, they did make the knockouts this season. They are within the Round of 16. They will take Antonio Conte’s Tottenham.