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CARABAO CUP REVIEW: Liverpool, Stoke out of Carabao cup as Spurs progresses

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Liverpool were chased out of Carabao Cup, courtesy second-half Leicester goals from Shinji Okazaki and Islam Slimani.

It was Liverpool that the first half of the game but were unable to find a goal, until substitute Okazaki fired in a 67th-minute opener before Slimani lashed home a second 12 minutes from time to send the Foxes through.

Jurgen Klopp’s side, who have now gone four games without a win, were not the only Premier League team to exit inside 90 minutes as Stoke and Huddersfield both fell to away losses at Bristol City and Crystal Palace respectively.

Meanwhile, Dele Alli’s 65th-minute winner ensured Tottenham saw off Championship club Barnsley at Wembley while West Ham eased past second-tier opposition Bolton 3-0, with Angelo Ogbonna, Diafra Sakho and Arthur Masuaku all on target for the Hammers.

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Carabao Cup Scoreline

AFC Bournemouth 1 – 0 Brighton & Hove Albion
 Aston Villa 0 – 2 Middlesbrough
Brentford 1 – 3 Norwich City
Bristol City 2 – 0 Stoke City
Burnley 2 – 2 Leeds United *
Crystal Palace 1 – 0 Huddersfield Town
 Leicester City 2 – 0 Liverpool
West Ham United 3 – 0 Bolton Wanderers
 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 – 0 Bristol Rovers
Reading 0 – 2 Swansea City
Tottenham Hotspur 1 – 0 Barnsley

Paul Clement’s Swansea also made into the last 16 as Alfie Mawson and Jordan Ayew struck in the second half of their 2-0 success at Reading.

Three ties went to extra-time and Burnley’s home clash with Leeds had to be determined by a penalty shoot-out which the Whites won 5-3.

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It had been 0-0 at Turf Moor until the 80th minute when Hadi Sacko’s strike began a flurry of late goals. Ex-Leeds striker Chris Wood levelled from the spot in the 89th minute, with Pablo Hernandez restoring the visitors’ lead with a penalty of his own in the fourth minute of stoppage time only for Robbie Brady to force extra-time with a free-kick shortly after.

James Tarkowski was the only Clarets player to see his penalty saved in the shoot-out and Stuart Dallas scored the decisive spot-kick to send Thomas Christiansen’s men through.

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Bournemouth claimed a home victory over Brighton for the second time in five days as Norway international Josh King steered in a winner nine minutes into extra time.

Bristol Rovers, the only League One club involved on Tuesday night, exited at the hands of Wolves thanks to Bright Enobakhare’s 98th-minute winner during an extra-time period where Tom Lockyer was dismissed for the visitors.

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