What an evening of Carabao Cup action, and the 7:45 games are all now over.
Aston Villa are out.
They’ve lost 2-1 at home to Crystal Palace, who opened the scoring through Eberechi Eze before he went off injured.
Luckily, his replacement, Daichi Kamada, came off the bench to drill a low shot into the bottom corner to seal the big win for Oliver Glasner’s men.
The post-Erik ten Hag era at Manchester United started with a 5-2 battering of Leicester City.
The Red Devils were 4-2 up at half time thanks to goals from Casemiro, Bruno Fernandes and Alejandro Garnacho.
The second half was somehwhat a disappointment with just one goal from Fernandes.
Meanwhile, Newcastle United beat Chelsea 2-0 at St James’ Park.
Given the Magpies are winless since September in the league, it was a huge win for Eddie Howe’s men, who are into the last eight.
Arsenal proved to be far too good for Preston, as they ran out 3-0 winners at Deepdale.
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