Full Carabao Cup semi-final draw: Liverpool face tough trip to West London as Chelsea aim to reach Wembley

LIVERPOOL will play Fulham in the Carabao Cup semi-final with Middlesbrough v Chelsea.

The first semi-final matches will take place in the week starting on January 8.

The meetings will be decided in the second leg in the week commencing January 22.

Liverpool and Middlesbrough both received home draws in the first leg of their semi-finals.

Chelsea they will have to travel to Teesside as they look to build a second-leg lead Fulham journey to Liverpool.

This is the last time the semi-finals will be played over two legs – next season the semi-finals will be single-legged to reduce the match load.

Liverpool were the standout performers in the FA Cup quarter-finals with a stunning 5-1 win over West Ham this evening.

Chelsea, meanwhile, needed penalties to see off Newcastle last night.

This was also the case with Fulham, who had to go the distance Everton at Goodison Park to reach the semi-finals, winning 7-6 on penalties.

Michael CarrickMiddlesbrough are the only ones Championship the team left in the competition and will be looking for a setback over the two legs.

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Chelsea's form this season has been patchy at best, but the manager Mauricio Pochettino will be desperate to win his first silver prize England from The Blues.

Liverpool will be overwhelming favorites for the trophy given their performances in the league this season, which could lead to Christmas if they win Arsenal on Saturday.

Chelsea's historic pedigree with silverware makes them second favourites, but they are just one point above Fulham in the Premier League.

Middlesbrough will be huge underdogs as the only club left in the Championship given the fact they are up against Liverpool.

Both Chelsea and Liverpool will likely be grateful to have been kept apart and will both be crossing their fingers that the other loses their respective semi-final legs.

Duet of father and son mountain and Jamie Redknapp did the draw live on Sky Sports after analyzing Liverpool's rout against West Ham.