Carabao Cup wrap: Newcastle beat Forest on penalties as late Bowen strike helps Hammers past Bournemouth
ICE COOL: Newcastle United's Sean Longstaff slotted his penalty home calmly to break Nottingham Forest hearts
Sando Tonali made an impressive return from his 10-month betting ban on a night that ended with an awful Taiwo Awoniyi spot-kick as Newcastle knocked Nottingham Forest out of the Carabao Cup on penalties and progressed to the next round where they will play AFC Wimbledon away from home. The build-up to Wednesday's second-round tie revolved around the 24-year-old midfielder making his first competitive appearance since serving a worldwide suspension for breaching gambling rules in Italy. Tonali showed flashes of his quality as he stepped out for Newcastle for the first time in 308 days and was involved in the build-up to Joe Willock's opener after just 18 seconds.
Home debutant Jota Silva lashed Forest level early in the second half and the tie ended 1-1 after 90 minutes, with Eddie Howe's visitors triumphing 4-3 on spot-kicks. The hosts were dreaming of progress after debutant Carlos Miguel saved Joelinton's effort, only for Ibrahim Sangare to hit the crossbar before Awoniyi ballooned over to allow Sean Longstaff to win it for Newcastle. It was a crushing end to the night for Forest, showing 10 changes from the weekend, who responded well after going behind after just 18 seconds.
Newcastle broke at pace having dealt with a long ball. Tonali prodded through to Miguel Almiron, who smartly put Alexander Isak in behind with a first-time pass. Miguel saved the striker's low shot but could only push into path of Willock to turn in from close range. A fine Newcastle start could have become even better had Forest's goalkeeper not spread himself to stop the returning Tonali scoring in the third minute.

The let-off appeared to jolt the hosts into life, with Dan Burn clearing off the line after Jota beat Nick Pope to a cross. Goalscorer Willock, who had endured so many injury issues recently, limped off in the 15th minute but Newcastle continued to prove a threat. Almiron and Joelinton had attempts in a half that ended with Ramon Sosa's tantalising free-kick somehow failing to find a telling touch.
Forest had grown into proceedings and levelled five minutes after the break. Newcastle failed to effectively deal with debutant Alex Moreno's throw-in and summer signing Jota reacted with a superb snapshot that whizzed in off the woodwork. Forest had the bit between their teeth and Elliot Anderson went close against his former club with an audacious clipped effort.
Both sides made changes with around half an hour remaining of this end-to-end tie, including Tonali being replaced by Longstaff to warm applause from the travelling support. Nicolas Dominguez saw a low effort held for the hosts but it was Newcastle pushing strongest for a winner. Burn powered a header wide and Harvey Barnes lasered into the side-netting after Tino Livramento had superbly skipped past his man and cutback to him. Newcastle continued to push for a late winner and Miguel clawed away a left-footed Lewis Hall effort before penalties.
The first three penalties were converted, before Miguel got down low to his right to deny Brazilian compatriot Joelinton. Forest had victory in their sights, only for Sangare to smash the crossbar and, after Anthony Gordon levelled, Awoniyi slammed way over the bar. Longstaff kept his composure to seal Newcastle's progress.

Jarrod Bowen's late, lucky strike put West Ham into the Carabao Cup third round after a 1-0 win over Bournemouth. A penalty shoot-out was looming at the London Stadium until England forward Bowen found the net two minutes from the end. A shot from substitute Mohammed Kudus hit the chest of Bowen and flew past Cherries keeper Neto to send the Hammers through.
It ended a contest low on quality despite West Ham handing full debuts to almost £100million-worth of summer signings. Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Jean-Clair Todibo, Niclas Fullkrug and Crysencio Summerville all started for the hosts. But it was only the impressive Wan-Bissaka, the £15million recruit from Manchester United, who was still on at the end after a distinctly mixed bag of performances.
Bournemouth almost scored in first-half stoppage time when Hill's cross was cleverly backheeled towards goal by Dango Ouattara, forcing a smart reaction save from Lukasz Fabianski. After the break Bowen found Summerville, who cut inside Hill and bent his shot inches wide of the far post.
Back came Bournemouth, with Fabianski saving low down to deny Ouattara and their £42million record signing Evanilson, on as a substitute, sliced a gilt-edged chance wide. They were agonisingly close to breaking the deadlock when Marcus Tavernier's curling free-kick from out wide grazed the post.
Hammers captain Bowen forced a first save from Neto after 80 minutes with a low drive from the edge of the area. But they broke the deadlock when Bowen found Lucas Paqueta, continued his run forward and bundled Kudus' shot home.

Hakon Valdimarsson was the hero for Brentford after his 82nd-minute penalty save earned them a controversial 1-0 win at Colchester. In the absence of Ivan Toney, Thomas Frank watched Keane Lewis-Potter put the visitors ahead in contentious fashion on the stroke of half-time. League Two club Colchester wanted a foul for Kevin Schade's push on Aaron Donnelly but nothing was given by referee Paul Howard and it allowed Lewis-Potter to walk in the opener. Four minutes later, Colchester were given a penalty but Jack Payne's low effort was saved by Valdimarsson with his feet to send the Premier League club through to round three.
Goalkeeper Owen Goodman was AFC Wimbledon's hero as the League Two side dumped Premier League Ipswich out of the Carabao Cup on penalties following a 2-2 draw. Ali Al-Hamadi, who joined Ipswich from Wimbledon in January, scored the opener but Omar Bugiel equalised for the hosts just before half-time.
Mathew Stevens gave the hosts a 2-1 lead in the 56th minute but Conor Chaplin capitalised on a Goodman mistake in the closing stages to send the match to penalties. Ipswich were on course to go through when Jake Reeves fired over the crossbar. However, Goodman made two stunning saves from Jack Taylor and Omari Hutchinson before Isaac Ogundere scored the decisive spot-kick.
Two goals in added time from James Bree and Cameron Archer earned Southampton their first win of the season as they secured a 5-3 triumph at Cardiff City Stadium. Bree's 30-yard screamer was the fourth time the Premier League side had gone ahead and then Archer's second added an extra bit of security at the end of a superb Carabao Cup second-round match.
Three times Cardiff had hit back to level and the game was hanging in the balance as the referee ordered five minutes of added time. That was enough for Bree to notch his first goal for the club and Archer to grab his second. Mateus Fernandes started paying back some of the £15million fee Southampton paid to bring him to St Mary's from the Portuguese top-flight with a goal on his full debut. The 20-year-old striker, signed from Sporting on 20 August having played on loan at Estoril last season, scored in the 10th minute to kick-start a goalfest.
Wycombe shocked Championship side Swansea in the Carabao Cup as a first-half strike from Richard Kone earned the visitors a 1-0 win in the second round. Following on from their 2-0 home win at Northampton in the first round, Matt Bloomfield's League One side fully deserved the upset win as they booked their place in round three for just the third time in the club's history. Kieran Sadlier had already missed a golden chance to put them ahead, firing wide with his left foot after going through, when five minutes before the break Kone made no mistake from close range after being teed up by Matt Butcher.

Goncalo Guedes struck twice to seal Wolves' spot in the third round of the Carabao Cup with a 2-0 win over Burnley at Molineux. Gary O'Neil was looking for a response from their 6-2 defeat to Chelsea on Sunday and got just that after he made 10 changes to the side.
The hosts were dominant from start to finish and Burnley had keeper Vaclav Hladky to thank for not going a goal down early on before Guedes nudged them in front before the break. Guedes grabbed his second of the match after 54 minutes to earn Wolves their first competitive win of the season.





