Neil Harris insisted “goals will come” for Gillingham after the League Two outfit beat Exeter 6-5 on penalties in the Carabao Cup second round.The Gills drew a blank for the fourth consecutive match but held their nerve to advance in the shootout, with Jake Turner saving Josh Key’s effort before David Tutonda slotted home to settle the outcome.Harris felt his side should have h...Full Story »

West Brom manager Steve Bruce admitted his team were sloppy as they were beaten 1-0 by League One Derby in the Carabao Cup second round at Pride Park.Louie Sibley scored the only goal of the game in the 15th minute to send the underdogs through to the third round.Bruce accepted he gambled by making 10 changes but insisted they had enough chances to go through, with Callum Robinson and Matt Phill...Full Story »

Lincoln manager Mark Kennedy was delighted with goalkeeper Jordan Wright’s heroics after they came from behind in normal time to level the match at 2-2 before beating League Two Barrow 3-1 on penalties to advance in the Carabao Cup.The visitors led after eight minutes through Anthony Scully’s third goal of the season but Barrow, who knocked out Championship Blackpool on penalties in ...Full Story »

Sheffield Wednesday manager Darren Moore enjoyed the quality of his side’s three first-half strikes in the Carabao Cup win over Rochdale.Jaden Brown, Fisayo Dele-Bahsiru and Dennis Adeniran all scored long-range efforts before the break as the League One side eased past the EFL’s bottom club 3-0 to reach the third round.Moore said: “Three wonderful goals by Jaden – excell...Full Story »

Everton boss Frank Lampard was pleased with the attitude of his Premier League side as they made it through to the third round of the Carabao Cup by overcoming League One Fleetwood 1-0 at Highbury.A first-half goal from Demarai Gray, who was a late addition to the Everton starting line-up after Tom Davies was injured in the warm-up, gave the Toffees victory but Lampard admitted his side had to w...Full Story »

Blackburn manager Jon Dahl Tomasson praised his young side after they came from behind to avoid a Carabao Cup upset with a 2-1 win at League Two outfit Bradford.Tomasson made 10 changes for the Championship club with only Tayo Edun remaining from the starting line-up beaten 3-0 at Sheffield United.They fell behind to Andy Cook’s sixth goal of the season but struck back twice with two first...Full Story »

Morecambe manager Derek Adams admitted drawing a big club in the third round of the Carabao Cup would give him the green light to strengthen his squad ahead of the transfer window closing.Arthur Gnahoua’s second-half strike earned the Shrimps a 1-0 win at Championship side Rotherham, who only mustered one attempt on target.A place in the third round brings the opportunity of drawing one of...Full Story »

Burnley manager Vincent Kompany was “really happy to go through” to the third round of the Carabao Cup following an industrial 1-0 win over League One Shrewsbury.Samuel Bastien ensured the Clarets advanced with a 50th-minute winner.Kompany said: “I was pleased to make changes and still see a similar picture to the team.“To keep a clean sheet and pick up a good away win is...Full Story »

Aston Villa boss Steven Gerrard felt his side gave themselves just the lift they needed as they came from behind to beat Bolton 4-1 in the Carabao Cup.After a frustrating start to the season and a tough run of fixtures in the coming weeks, a cup shock at the University of Bolton Stadium on Tuesday could have made life uncomfortable for Villa and Gerrard.Yet despite falling behind to their determ...Full Story »

Patrick Vieira has told Odsonne Edouard to add more “bite” to his attacking threat to thrive at Crystal Palace.The 24-year-old fired a smart finish from Jeffrey Schlupp’s through-ball as Palace eased past Oxford in the second round of the Carabao Cup.Edouard notched his first goal in 15 matches for the Eagles and boss Vieira told the former Celtic striker to keep grafting to ad...Full Story »

Stevenage boss Steve Evans thought Jamie Reid was justly rewarded after the striker snatched a last-minute winner to beat Peterborough 1-0 in the Carabao Cup second round.Reid buried a Luther Wildin pull back in the third minute of second-half stoppage-time to knock out the League One side and claim Stevenage’s first win over the visitors since 2013.And the former Posh manager was not surp...Full Story »

Walsall boss Michael Flynn claimed a controversial handball decision could have cost the Saddlers a huge windfall after their 1-0 Carabao Cup exit to Charlton.Diallang Jaiyesimi’s cool second-half finish sent the League One side through after referee Ollie Yates’ decision to rule out Andy Williams’ effort for the League Two hosts.Williams appeared to chest home Taylor Allen&rsq...Full Story »

Jamie Reid scored a stoppage-time winner to send Stevenage through to the Carabao Cup third round as they beat League One Peterborough 1-0 at the Lamex.Both sides came into the tie in fine form, the home team unbeaten all season and the visitors with five wins from six.League Two Stevenage had shocked Championship’s Reading 2-1 to reach this stage, while the Posh won at Plymouth.Stevenage ...Full Story »

Superb long-range strikes in the first half from Jaden Brown, Fisayo Dele-Bahsiru and Dennis Adeniran saw Sheffield Wednesday beat Rochdale 3-0 to advance to the third round of the Carabao Cup.After Callum Paterson put a long-range effort over, Brown found the net with a fine 25-yard effort following a corner in the 23rd minute.A rare attack from the visitors saw James Ball try an effort from di...Full Story »

Nottingham Forest safely negotiated their Carabao Cup tie against League Two opponents Grimsby with a routine 3-0 victory at Blundell Park.Ryan Yates made it 1-0 with a thunderbolt on 18 minutes before Sam Surridge grabbed the other goals for Steve Cooper’s Premier League outfit either side of half-time.Cooper opted to make 11 changes for the tie and, while that decision was vindicated in ...Full Story »

Aston Villa came from behind to spare manager Steven Gerrard an uncomfortable night with a convincing 4-1 Carabao Cup win at Bolton.The Premier League side were stunned as Dion Charles gave the hosts a 24th-minute lead in Tuesday’s second-round tie at the University of Bolton Stadium but Douglas Luiz levelled directly from a corner.Danny Ings put Villa ahead with a 62nd-minute penalty afte...Full Story »

A superb Louie Sibley strike gave League One Derby a 1-0 win over West Brom in the second round of the Carabao Cup at Pride Park.Sibley curled in a shot from 18 yards to knock out the Championship side who paid for wasteful finishing.West Brom failed to take early chances with Callum Robinson denied from 12 yards by Joe Wildsmith in the second minute.Adam Reach lobbed over in the 11th minute bef...Full Story »

Everton scraped through to the third round of the Carabao Cup with a tough 1-0 victory at League One side Fleetwood.A first-half goal from Demarai Gray, who was a late addition to the Everton starting line-up after Tom Davies was injured in the warm-up, gave Frank Lampard’s side a victory they had to work hard for.Everton had the better start with Dwight McNeil wasting a glorious chance to...Full Story »

Forest Green could hand a debut to new signing Myles Peart-Harris as they come up against Brighton in the second round of the Carabao Cup.The 19-year-old midfielder signed on loan from Brentford earlier this week and is available to appear in the competition for Ian Burchnall’s team.Connor Wickham came off the bench in Forest Green’s 3-0 defeat to Plymouth on Saturday and could be na...Full Story »

Barcelona have decided to sell Aubameyang. The report said that Xavi and Barca senior management has completed a meeting, after discussion, Barca has decided to sell Aubameyang, and the coaching staff has been approved. Barca may have to wait until the last few days of the month to sell Aubameyang. They are currently in talks with Chelsea and it will not be easy to reach an agreement. Althou...Full Story »