Arsenal, Chelsea and Everton made light work of lower league opposition to safely advance from the third round of the Carabao Cup.
A Michy Batshuayi hat trick helped Chelsea cruise past Nottingham Forest 5-1 at Stamford Bridge.
Little-used Kenedy opened the scoring after just 13 minutes, tucking in Antonio Rudiger's sumptuous cross at the far post.
Batshuayi struck his first six minutes later with a close-range finish off an Eden Hazard pass, before Charly Musonda fired across the keeper from an angle five minutes before the break to net his first for the club.
Batshuayi then bagged his second in the 53rd minute, converting the easiest of chances after Hazard had again set him up, and completed his hat trick four minutes from time
Forest grabbed a consolation in stoppage time through Tendayi Darikwa.
Arsenal edged past Doncaster Rovers with a 1-0 victory at the Emirates.
Theo Walcott scored the only goal as the Gunners navigated what turned out to be an uncomfortable first hurdle in the competition.
Walcott broke the deadlock in the 25th minute, when he dinked his finish over the charging goalkeeper after receiving an inch-perfect Alexis Sanchez pass over the top.
However, Arsenal struggled to translate their superiority in shots or a second goal, and narrowly saw out the victory in London.
Dominic Calvert-Lewin's double helped Everton to a much-needed 3-0 win against Sunderland.
Ronald Koeman's side have been frustrated in the league so far, but found joy against their Championship opposition with the England under-21 striker scoring either side of half-time for an Everton team that had lost four and drawn two in their last six.
Calvert-Lewin's first was a true poacher's goal, as the ball fell to him near the penalty spot after some neat buildup play from Everton broke down and he fired home.
The second came from a lovely counter-attack, with Sandro Ramirez playing Calvert-Lewin in behind the Sunderland defence and the 20-year-old taking one touch and smashing his second into the roof of the net.
And with time running out, substitute Oumar Niasse added a third to seal victory.
Source : KweseEspn
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