The League Cup season continued with the latest round of matches played during midweek.
Not a round that really saw any upsets with the majority of those expected into the quarter-finals making it – arguably West Ham’s win against Chelsea was the only one.
Here’s a round up of the Premier League action from the other matches played.
Fourth round results
Tue 25 Oct 2016 – EFL Cup
Arsenal 2-0 Reading 19:45
Bristol City 1-2 Hull 19:45
Leeds 2-2 Norwich 19:45 (Leeds won 3-2 on penalties)
Liverpool 2-1 Tottenham 19:45
Newcastle 6-0 Preston 19:45
Wed 26 Oct 2016 – EFL Cup
Southampton 1-0 Sunderland 19:45
West Ham 2-1 Chelsea 19:45
Man Utd 1-0 Man City 20:00
Arsenal’s quarter-final place was secured on Tuesday after a goal in each half was enough to see of Jaap Stam’s Reading two-nil with Hull holding off another Championship side with the Premier League strugglers beating Bristol City two-one.
Norwich were beaten in the only penalty shootout of the round by Championship rivals Leeds, which came after a two-all draw at Elland Road.
Tottenham and Preston’s cup hopes ended in defeats at Liverpool and Newcastle, respectively, with the Newcastle win a crushing six-nil one at St James’ Park.
Wednesday night saw the conclusion of the round with Sunderland’s struggles continuing, the League Cup offered no rest bite with Southampton winning one-nil at St Mary’s.
Crowd trouble once again at West Ham overshadowed the Hammers’ two-one win over London rivals Chelsea with the Manchester derby edged by Manchester United with Manchester City’s winless run extending to six-matches after Jose Mourinho saw off old rivals Pep Guardiola one-nil at Old Trafford.
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