Owls have a blue Wednesday at City

Capital One Cup holders Manchester City got their defence off to a stylish start by thrashing Sheffield Wednesday 7-0 at the Etihad.

Manuel Pellegrini’s side were kept at bay in the first half by their Sky Bet Championship opponents, but after that the floodgates opened.

Frank Lampard broke the deadlock with his second goal in five days shortly after the interval, while Edin Dzeko and Jesus Navas put City clear with a quick-fire double just before the hour-mark.

Yaya Toure’s successful spot-kick made it four, before Dzeko headed home his 11th goal in 11 appearances in the tournament; Jose Pozo got in on the act and Lampard added a second to complete the rout.

City will face Newcastle next after the Magpies came out on top 3-2 against Crystal Palace after extra time at St James’ Park.

Beleaguered Newcastle boss Alan Pardew will be pleased with a welcome respite after his side claimed their first win this month, despite going down to 10 men.

Neil Warnock’s side, fresh from an unexpected 3-2 win at Goodison Park on Sunday, took the lead courtesy of a Dwight Gayle penalty after 25 minutes.

Emmanuel Riviere’s brace looked like being enough for a comeback victory in regular time for the Magpies, but Sullay Kaikai equalised late on.

Pardew must have been fearing the worst when Mehdi Abeidi was sent off for a second yellow, but Paul Dummett became the unlikely hero when he nodded home the winner to avoid the uncertainty of penalties.

Chelsea made hard work of their match against Bolton, but managed to squeeze through 2-1 thanks to Oscar’s drilled effort from 25 yards.

Kurt Zouma, on debut, had earlier opened the scoring for Jose Mourinho’s men before Matt Mills equalised to set up a nervy time for the hosts before Oscar’s goal.

The Premier League leaders will next face the lowest-ranked team left in the competition in League Two’s Shrewsbury after they beat Norwich on Tuesday night.

A combined total of 20 changes were made by Mauricio Pochettino and Stuart Pearce as Tottenham and Nottingham Forest met at White Hart Lane.

But it was the hosts who won the ’battle of the B teams’ 3-1 after Ryan Mason’s superb long-range effort inspired a Spurs comeback.

Jorge Grant put the Championship leaders in front in the second half, before Mason Roberto Soldado and Harry Kane set up a fourth round tie with Brighton.

Sami Hyypia’s side cruised into the fourth round with a 3-0 win over Burton thanks to goals from Rohan Ince, Kazenga LuaLua and Craig Mackail-Smith.

Elsewhere, West Brom set up a fourth round clash with Bournemouth by beating Hull City 3-2 in dramatic fashion at the Hawthorns.

Hull were 2-1 up going into the last five minutes – after Tom Ince and Robbie Brady found the net in response to Brown Ideye’s opener – but the Baggies struck twice in two minutes, via Gareth McAuley and Saido Berahino, to claim the win.