Motherwell 3 St Johnstone 2

JERMAINE BECKFORD was on target as Everton hit five to ease into the third round of the Carling Cup at the expense of 10-man Huddersfield last night.

Everton 5 Huddersfield 1

STEVEN Thompson struck twice as Burnley wrote another glorious cup chapter by dumping West Brom out of the FA Cup to book a fifth-round trip to Cardiff or Arsenal.

GLEN ROEDER challenged Norwich to improve their consistency after the East Anglian derby win over Ipswich at Carrow Road yesterday.

A LATE Garry O’Connor goal gave Birmingham a 1-0 win over Crystal Palace and put Alex McLeish’s men top of the Championship.

Man City 1 Norwich City 0

Georgios Samaras was handed the chance to rebuild his shattered reputation after Sven-Goran Eriksson gave the Greek forward his first Manchester City start of the season.

Norwich 1 Ipswich 1

Manchester City manager Stuart Pearce cannot understand why Chris Coleman has been sacked by Fulham.

Manchester City midfielder Stephen Ireland has signed a new four-year contract with the Blues.

Norwich 1 Coventry 1

Chelsea 4 Norwich 0

Goals from Joe Ledley and Paul Parry put Cardiff three points clear at the Coca-Cola Championship summit in their top-of-the-table clash with Birmingham.

Manchester City winger Lee Croft has signed a two-year contract extension with the Eastlands outfit.

Claudio Reyna came through a one-hour reserve team run-out for Manchester City last night to put him in line for a Premiership return against Sunderland this weekend.

Stuart Pearce remains confident of finding some common ground with Manchester City contract rebel Joey Barton.

Lee Croft is on the verge of signing a long-term contract extension with Manchester City.

Stuart Pearce believes there are not many clubs as good as looking after their players as Manchester City – which is why he remains confident of securing long-term deals with Joey Barton and Sylvain Distin.

Tuomas Haapala celebrated his first appearance in Manchester City colours with a reserve team win over Birmingham last night.

Jose Mourinho branded Joe Cole “untouchable” after the England midfielder blasted Chelsea 11 points clear in their Barclays Premiership title march.

Robbie Fowler heads a strong senior contingent in Manchester City’s reserve team line-up to face West Brom tonight.

Manchester City 0 Liverpool 1

Stuart Pearce has called on Manchester City to blow Liverpool away with a high-tempo game plan.

Manchester City 0 Blackburn 0

Manchester City midfielder Joey Barton will be forced to sit out the Blues’ Premiership encounter with Blackburn on November 19.

Fulham 2 Manchester City 1

Arsenal produced a classy performance to see off rock-bottom Sunderland 3-1 at Highbury as Arsene Wenger’s side sought to get their domestic campaign back on track.

Arsenal had to settle for a two-goal lead at the break against rock-bottom Sunderland as Arsene Wenger’s side threatened to run riot at Highbury.

Twenty-year-old Lee Croft was handed his first Premiership start by Stuart Pearce as Manchester City sought the win over Aston Villa which would see them jump into the top four.

Stephen Ireland has verbally agreed a new two-year deal with Manchester City.

Manchester City boss Stuart Pearce has virtually ruled out a January transfer window raid to bolster his defence.

Everton’s miserable season shows no sign of taking a turn for the better after the rock-bottom Toffeemen slumped to their sixth defeat in seven Barclays Premiership outings.

Doncaster Rovers 0 Manchester City 1

Manchester City have lodged a formal £1m (€1.4m) offer for Bolton midfielder Stelios Giannakopoulos.

LIVERPOOL manager Rafael Benitez has admitted he is baffled by the Reds’ inconsistency.

Champions-elect Chelsea were rescued by a late Didier Drogba equaliser against Birmingham at Stamford Bridge.

Shaun Wright-Phillips is out of England’s World Cup double-header with Northern Ireland and Azerbaijan later this month after being forced to have knee surgery.

Bolton boss Sam Allardyce hopes to bolster his defence today by signing Vincent Candela from Roma.

Oldham 0 Bolton 1

Oldham 0 Bolton 1