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Capital One Cup: Third round - in pictures

The best images from Wednesday night's League Cup action Steven Bloor

West Brom 1-2 Liverpool

These are challenging times for Brendan Rodgers, whose Liverpool side have endured the ignominy of making the club's worst start to a league campaign in 101 years, but a committed and impressive performance from what was effectively a reserve XI provided the Northern Irishman with a much needed...

Chelsea to face Manchester United in Capital One Cup fourth round

• Cup draw sends Manchester United to Stamford Bridge • Liverpool host Swansea while Leeds face Southampton Chelsea will host Manchester United in the stand-out tie of the Capital One Cup fourth-round draw. United will travel to Stamford Bridge after seeing off Newcastle 2-1 at Old...

Arsenal 6-1 Coventry City | Capital One Cup match report

This was a refreshing night for Arsenal as an unfamiliar line-up laid on entertainment in this Capital One Cup tie. The victors relished the occasion by racking up a 6-1 win and the manager, Arsène Wenger, can be glad, too, that Olivier Giroud notched his first goal since the summer move from...

Rodgers has faith in youngsters

Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers says age is not a barrier to young players getting a chance at the club.

Ferguson happy with Rooney return

Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson praises the "terrific" performance of Wayne Rooney after returning from a thigh injury.

Football quiz: the League cup

Today's headscratchers wonders what happened to Rumbelows

Queens Park Rangers 2-3 Reading | Capital One Cup match report

At first glance Pavel Pogrebnyak can appear a brute of a forward, all muscular presence and awkward upper body strength to batter opponents mercilessly into submission. Yet Queens Park Rangers, a club so craving a victory over top-flight opposition, have now twice fallen victim to his incongruously...

Mancini rows with rivals. Why? Because he doesn't give a damn

Roberto Mancini has made no pretence of the fact that there's a bit of the devil in him, where respect for managers is concerned. "Instead of reacting like a man and putting some effort into it all, instead of fighting, I used to go and train with a smug look on my face, like some kind of...