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Xabi Alonso's Carabao Cup comments are disrespectful to competition and Chelsea fans
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Alonso dismissed the Carabao Cup's importance after Chelsea's Liverpool loss, drawing criticism for his comments.
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UK timesStrong26 reports from 10 outlets. First reported by Evening Standard, Tue 13:13. The 9 newest are listed here.
- Fabrizio Romano
- BBC Sport
- The Independent
- Football Insider
- Mundo Deportivo
- talkSPORT
- Evening Standard
- Liverpool Echo
- Mirror
- MailOnline
- Xabi Alonso's Carabao Cup comments are disrespectful to competition and Chelsea fansMirrorThis article
- Chelsea's rivals eyeing unused Estevao - plus the reason Xabi Alonso is snubbing Brazilian, why other clubs believe Blues will win race for £90m Alex Scott and the Como wonderkid on radar: CHELSEA CONMailOnline
- Chelsea should finalise Josh Acheampong deal immediately, his full stats vs Liverpool are quite somethingFootball Insider
- Controversy in London over EstevaoMundo Deportivo
- Xabi Alonso is facing his first Chelsea crisis and it could lead to the unthinkableThe Independent
4 more reports
- Chelsea fans are right to explode after 'outrageous' Xabi Alonso claimFootball Insider
- Xabi Alonso on Estevão: "We know Premier League are very intense, you need to be up for it"Fabrizio Romano
- Xabi Alonso on Estevão: "We know Premier League are very intense, you need to be up for it"Fabrizio Romano
- Chelsea fans will turn on Xabi Alonso if weird treatment of star player continuestalkSPORT
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