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Liverpool's clash with Sunderland next month has been rearranged after being postponed due to the Black Cats' FA Cup commitments.

The tie was originally scheduled on March 10th, between potentially tricky visits to Southampton and Manchester United.

Gus Poyet's men will now travel to Liverpool on Wednesday, March 26 (kick-off 8pm).

Liverpool have today confirmed that there next Carling Cup fixture will be against Stoke City in the fourth round on Wednesday, October 26th.

Kick-off will be 7.45pm at the Britannia Stadium.

The Reds will be looking to get some revenge after dropping three points on their last visit despite dominating the game.

It was a scrappy win, scrappier than it really should have been, but it was a win and a clean sheet, so there's an improvement upon the last few weeks.

Matches at Ewood Park provide a bit of nostalgia for me because so far it is the only away ground I've been to.

For those who haven't yet seen the highlights, check them out while you can below:

Chelsea don't like to do things the easy way. Our boys want to make your heart stop and leave you hanging on the edge of your seat until the very end.

Was anybody even able to watch this match, apart from those at Goodison? I'm currently watching the rerun on Chelsea TV.

Three goals, a worrying injury to Ramires, further inability to keep a clean sheet, and three points.

Nevertheless, three well-taken points from a fixture that we've had immense difficulty with in recent seasons. I'm pleased, but getting more and more frustrated with the goals we keep conceding.

Can the Blues welcome back club football with a win against one of our most stubborn opponents?

It's Everton at the Bridge. Jack mentioned in his preview that we've not won against Everton in our last nine meetings. That has to end today.

Team news to come.

David Luiz played 90-plus minutes and the penalty given away wasn't even his fault!

A match against our West London neighborhoods, of course, was never going to be an easy one. But this was just madness.

When AVB announced that he was resting several players and giving some of the kids ago, I will admit that I did have a horrible flashback to our last couple of Carling Cup exits: playing the kids, everyone seeming to pick up injuries, playing with less than eleven men, extra time, etc etc.

Give the kids some credit.

A recap will be coming shortly, after a quite stress-inducing match that ended in a surprising Chelsea penalty shoot-out win!

Have a vote on your man of the match:

What a ridiculous match.

Is it possible for a match to be so frustrating and anger-inducing, yet also encouraging? The inability to finish still fills me with rage, and that Torres miss. I just... I can't even. Speechless.

I could whine about the fact that two of their goals were offside so it should have been a 1-1 draw, but it also could have been 2-1 to us if Ramires and Torres had scored, and it could have been different if Rooney hadn't missed the penalty, so it's futile for me to complain right now.

Fernando Torres is not included in this poll. Not even for a laugh.

Probably our best performance so far this season, obviously greatly helped by the performances of Juan Mata and Raul Meireles. I started shouting at the TV when Mata was subbed off keep the man on!

Not a great win, but a win just the same. If we want to have any hope of reclaiming the league trophy, we need to win these games where we aren't playing so well. And this time, we did.

Well, the first half was dire. Utterly awful. Especially our passing. It was that awful passing that helped contribute to the West Brom goal Ramires sent a light pass toward Alex, who didn't move toward it and thus got bullied off the ball.

Welcome to the Premier League, AVB.

Is this seat taken?

First: That shot from Mikel. Brilliant. I told you, the man is going to score this season.

Now as Jack said, a draw away at Stoke isn't exactly a bad result. Especially as we seemed to start a bit slow and Kenwyne Jones was winning headers all over the place against our defenders as Stoke lumped the ball forward.

The trophy cabinet at Stamford Bridge will not be entirely empty this season the reserve team, after collecting their Reserve South division medals last week, are now the national champions! Final score: Chelsea 1 1 Blackburn (5-4 on penalties).

Blackburn Rovers were our opponents, having beaten Manchester United in another playoff to be crowned Reserve North champions.

It took two defenders to get our goals today, and two set pieces to become undone again. Disappointment.

A really, truly lackluster performance for the fans considering it was the last home match of the season. Torres still looks lost. Benayoun was anonymous. The play was slow and unexciting.

Well. That was a major bummer. Jack is busy putting his burning anger into words for the recap, so here's the man of the match poll.

Let's face it. At the beginning of March, none of us could even dream about being in this position. And, even if we had won, we would still need to beat Everton on the last day of the season.

The twitching corpse of the club remains with us, of course. Kettering Town travel to Leamington this evening in the Southern League Premier Division, with the club having apparently given assurances that they can raise a team for this fixture. We will find out this evening whether these assurances are worth as much as the paper that they are written on this evening, although it seems unlikely that there will be too many betting websites offering prices on the match after Saturdays debacle against Bashley.

Frank Lampard, past-it to some, bags his third Premier League hat-trick.

With so much scrutiny on Frank Lampard by the media, our vice-captain proved he's still got it by bagging three goals against Bolton. Daniel Sturridge also made his mark against the team who truly helped him improve last season, almost getting his own hat-trick.