City, Chelsea to clash in League Cup third round
Published:Wednesday | August 24, 2022 | 5:43 PM
LONDON (AP):
NEWCASTLE, LEEDS and Brighton carried their strong English Premier League form into the English League Cup on Wednesday by beating lower-league opposition in the second round despite fielding line-ups containing fringe players.
The draw for the third round was also made and it features seven all-Premier League matchups — including Manchester City hosting Chelsea.
Newcastle were pushed the hardest of the three top-flight teams in action on Wednesday, needing to come from behind to beat fourth-tier Tranmere Rovers 2-1, thanks to goals by Jamaal Lascelles in the 40th minute and Chris Wood in the 52nd.
Coming off a 3-0 win over Chelsea in the league, Leeds beat third-tier Barnsley 3-1 after Colombia winger Luis Sinisterra scored his first goal for the club. Mateusz Klich scored the other two goals for Leeds, one of them a penalty.
Brighton have already won away against Manchester United and West Ham in the league and found third-tier Forest Green easy to deal with.
Deniz Undav, on his first start for the club since an offseason move from Belgian side Union SG, Steven Alzate and Evan Ferguson were the scorers in a 3-0 victory.
Second-tier team Bristol City were the other team to advance on Wednesday.
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