Sahin double fires Reds to victory

West Brom 1 Liverpool 2

Albion went ahead through Gabriel Tamas but on loan Real Madrid midfielder Sahin levelled before half-time and struck the winner with eight minutes left.

Liverpool’s first choice line-up had been humbled 3-0 at Albion on the opening day of the season in the Barclays Premier League but their potential stars of the future did them proud tonight.

Rodgers made 11 changes from the side beaten at home by Manchester United on Sunday but his side were worthy winners after an uncertain start.

Jerome Sinclair became Liverpool’s youngest ever player at 16 years and six days when he was introduced as an 81st minute substitute, beating the record of Jack Robinson (16 years and 250 days).

Goals from Jan Vertonghen, Andros Townsend and Gylfi Sigurdsson ensured Tottenham’s safe passage into the fourth round with a 3-0 victory at League One side Carlisle.

Spurs took the lead in the 37th minute when Vertonghen headed in Sigurdsson’s set-piece delivery, the Belgian registering his first goal for the club.

Townsend then doubled the advantage with a decent solo effort eight minutes after the restart before Sigurdsson, also opening his account for the visitors, wrapped the scoring up by nodding in Kyle Walker’s cross a minute from time.

Liverpool will face Swansea in the next round.

Pavel Pogrebnyak’s late backheel saw Reading come out on top 3-2 in an enthralling third-round tie at QPR in which they twice had to come from behind.

QPR got off to a great start when Junior Hoilett scored a superb solo effort 14 minutes in, bit Kaspars Gorkss levelled things up against his former club minutes later.

The 1967 League Cup winners regained the lead when Djibril Cisse fired home from distance, but yet again the visitors responded. Nicky Shorey’s superb 25-yard free-kick saw Reading draw level and provided a platform for them to snatch victory as Pogrebnyak backheeled home nine minutes from time.

The former Fulham striker saw a stoppage-time penalty saved but there was no time for an equaliser on a bad night for QPR.

Alexander Tettey fired Norwich into the last 16 of the Capital One Cup with a 1-0 win over Doncaster at Carrow Road, where there was a minute’s silence before kick-off in memory of former Canaries and Man City manager John Bond, who died aged 79.

CAPITAL ONE CUP FOURTH ROUND DRAW:

Sunderland v Middlesbrough; Swindon v Aston Villa; Wigan v Bradford; Leeds v Southampton; Norwich v Tottenham; Liverpool v Swansea; Chelsea v Man Utd; Reading v Arsenal.

Ties to be played on the week commencing October 29.