EFL Cup quarter final text updates

Chelsea will aim to provide boss Enzo Maresca with a morale-boosting win when they take on third-tier Cardiff City in the EFL Cup quarter-finals on Tuesday.

Maresca’s pre-match press conference on Monday was littered with questions regarding his cryptic remarks that followed the weekend victory over Everton and the Italian continues to cut a frustrated figure at Stamford Bridge.

The victory over the Toffees snapped a four-game winless streak and the Blues will head to South Wales in confident mood.

Cardiff are going well, though, as they look to make an immediate return to the Championship, with Saturday’s last-gasp home win over Doncaster Rovers their fifth successive league victory.