Premier League new boys dumped out

NORWICH suffered a stunning 4-0 home defeat at the hands of npower League One leaders MK Dons as the three newly-promoted Premier League clubs exited the Carling Cup at the second-round stage last night.

Paul Lambert’s decision to change all 11 of his Norwich starting line-up backfired in spectacular fashion at Carrow Road.

Luke Chadwick and Sam Baldock put the visitors in a commanding position at half-time.

Chadwick’s second, on the hour mark, was the pick of the goals, capping a fine passing move, and Daniel Powell added to Norwich’s woes seven minutes later with the fourth.

Swansea and QPR also tasted defeat, with the Swans losing 3-1 at Shrewsbury while Rangers lost 2-0 at home to Rochdale.

Sunderland were another Premier League side to crash out, losing 1-0 at Brighton after extra time with Craig Mackail-Smith heading in the winner in the 96th minute.

Aston Villa struggled for 80 minutes against Hereford but Eric Lichaj eventually turned in a scrappy goal and Nathan Delfouneso added a late second to wrap up a 2-0 win.

West Brom had an easier time in dispatching Bournemouth 4-1 at Dean Court, with Republic of Ireland striker Simon Cox among the scorers.

Wolves cruised to a 4-0 win over Northampton with Nenad Milijas and Sam Vokes adding to a brace from Sylvan Ebanks-Blake.

Champions League qualifiers, second leg: APOEL Nicosia 3 Wisla Krakow 1 (APOEL Nicosia win 3-2 on agg), Malmo 2 Dinamo Zagreb 0 (Dinamo Zagreb win 4-3 on agg), Racing Genk 2 — 1 Maccabi Haifa (Racing Genk win 4-1 on penalties after 3-3 draw on agg); Villarreal 3 OB Odense 0 (Villarreal win 3-1 on agg), Zurich 0 Bayern Munich 1(Bayern Munich win 3-1 on agg).

Carling Cup: Crystal Palace 2 Crawley 0, Aston Villa 2 — 0 Hereford United, Bournemouth 1 West Brom 4, Brighton 1 Sunderland 0 (aet), Bristol Rovers 1 Watford 1 (Bristol Rovers won 4-2 on pens after aet), Burnley 3 Barnet 2 (aet), Bury 2 Leicester City 4, Cardiff City 5 Huddersfield Town 3 (aet), Charlton Athletic 2 Reading 1, Doncaster Rovers 1 Leeds United 2, Millwall 2 Morecambe 0, Northampton Town 0 Wolves 4, Norwich City 0 MK Dons 4, QPR 0 Rochdale 2, Shrewsbury Town 3 Swansea City 1, Wycombe Wanderers 1 Nottingham Forest 4.

Scottish League Cup: Greenock Morton 3 St Mirren 4, Aberdeen 1 Dundee 0, Airdrie 2 Raith Rovers 0, East Fife 2 Dunfermline 1, Hamilton 1 Ross County 2, Hibernian 5 Berwick 0, Queen of the South 3 Forfar Athletic 0.