ON WEDNESDAY night Boro were drawn to face Liverpool in the Capital One Cup at Anfield. The game has now been confirmed for Tuesday September 23 will to be shown live on Sky Sports.





Head Coach Aitor Karanka said he was excited when the draw was made, but insists he quickly turned his focus back towards more pressing matters.





"Liverpool is a big challenge and I was definitely excited when I saw the draw," said Aitor.





"It's a great game for our crowd. They deserve to get a game like this - I think it will be fantastic for the fans."





Despite admittedly allowing himself a little excitement over the tie, Aitor said he gave it "ten seconds of thought" before he switched his thinking back to the difficult test facing his team on Saturday.





"I thought about the Liverpool game for about ten seconds then my focus turned back to the games we have ahead of us in the Championship.





"We have four games before the Liverpool, so there's a lot to do before then and I have to think about the Reading game first.





"I don't want to speak about hoping to be in the Premier League and playing Liverpool next year. We'll play the game late next month but until then I'd prefer to think about the games we have ahead of us in the Championship, like Reading, Huddersfield, Cardiff and Brentford."



