Liverpool will play Chelsea at Stamford Bridge twice in just over a week after the two Premier League teams were drawn to face each other in the quarterfinals of the English League Cup Saturday. They are scheduled to meet at the Bridge in a Premier League match on Nov. 20 with the League Cup tie, a repeat of the 2005 final which Chelsea won 3-2, taking place in the week commencing Nov. 28. Liverpool, which has won the competition a record seven times, won 2-1 at Stoke City in the fourth round Wednesday while Chelsea won by the same score at Everton on the same night. Arsenal, last season's beaten finalist, will entertain current league leader Manchester City in another high profile match at the Emirates and Manchester United was handed the relatively easy task of a home tie against Crystal Palace, which is fourth in the Championship (second division). They last met in the league in the 2004-05 season when United also beat Palace 2-0 in the League Cup, their fifth win over the south London side in the competition in their five meetings. The other tie will be between Championship side Cardiff City, enjoying its best run in the League Cup for 46 years, and Blackburn Rovers, which knocked out Newcastle United 4-3 after extra time this week, but are currently bottom of the Premier League.
