Liverpool crash out of Carabao Cup

The Reds of Liverpool were dumped out of the Carabao Cup by Leicester City at the King Power Stadium with goals from Shinji Okazaki and Islam Slimani.

Okazaki’s arrival sparked the Foxes into life and he latched on to Vicente Iborra’s knock down for the opener before the Algeria striker fired left-footed into the top corner to make the game unreachable for Liverpool .

Summer signings Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Dominic Solanke both missed good opportunities for the visitors, who named a much-changed side.

Elsewhere, Roy Hodgson got his first win as Crystal Palace boss at home to Huddersfield and Bristol City shocked Premier League Stoke.

It took Tottenham 65 minutes to break down a resolute Barnsley at Wembley, while Leeds beat Burnley on penalties at Turf Moor.

Joshua King scored in extra time to send Bournemouth through against Brighton, as Middlesbrough knocked out fellow Championship side Aston Villa and Swansea won at Reading.

Source: ( BBC Sports )