Daniel Farke: We want to go through

Daniel Farke will take his side away from home on Wednesday evening, facing Chelsea at Stamford Bridge in Round Three of the EFL Cup.

The Whites have been a familiar opponent of the Blues in cup competitions over recent seasons, as well as the league, which have all been well-contested and hard fought encounters.

Speaking to the media ahead of Wednesday night's 8pm kick-off, the boss gave his thoughts on our latest encounter in West London.

He said: "We try to win it. That is a topic, the quickest way to Europe and to some glory.

"Of course, knowing that the Premier League always will have the priority and to make sure that we are as successful as possible there, and especially to reach our first goal, to establish ourselves on this level.

"We are not the favourites to win the EFL Cup. We know this also [will be a] challenging, difficult game. But of course we travel to London in order to go through in the next round without doing anything stupid.

"At this stage of the campaign, of course, you also have to rotate a bit more and integrate a few new players.

"That is also important but, nevertheless, we want to be at our best and if possible we also want to go through into the next round."

Discussing the opposition, Farke added: "They have been stronger than they were last year. I judge more or less also like the offence, how they play with Pedro, with Palmer, with Rogers.

"There are not many teams in Europe who have such a quality. And also, if you look at the options on the bench, it is outstanding quality.

"So, they definitely have a top manager and also top players but we are looking at ourselves, and we also want to be competitive. We travel respectful but also not in fear. We want to go through into the next round."