League Cup results: Liverpool and Chelsea advance, Watford and West Brom crash

Liverpool, with a 5-0 battering of Burton, and Chelsea, edging Bristol Rovers 3-2, both reached Round 3 of the League Cup on Tuesday as Watford and West Brom were knocked out.

Northampton Town players celebrate during their League Cup win over West Brom. Pete Norton / Getty Images

Daniel Sturridge scored twice as Liverpool strolled into the League Cup third round with a 5-0 win at Burton Albion on Tuesday, while Chelsea edged third-tier Bristol Rovers 3-2.

Divock Origi, Roberto Firmino and Sturridge all scored as Liverpool, last season’s beaten finalists, crushed Championship side Burton, who are managed by ex-Liverpool midfielder Nigel Clough.

Michy Batshuayi marked his full Chelsea debut with a double against Bristol Rovers, while Victor Moses was also on target as manager Antonio Conte enjoyed a third straight competitive win.

“This was a very serious, professional display from our side,” Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp told Sky Sports.

“There were nice goals — nothing to criticise. It was humid today — not easy for either team.

“We gave a few players match-time because that’s important. Some only got minutes in preseason.”

Premier League teams Crystal Palace, Everton, Hull City, Swansea City and Stoke City also went through, Peter Crouch scoring a hat-trick for Stoke in a 4-0 win at Stevenage.

But Watford lost 2-1 at home to third-tier Gillingham after extra time and West Bromwich Albion were beaten 4-3 on penalties by League One side Northampton Town following a 2-2 draw.

Klopp handed a debut to Cameroonian centre-back Joel Matip and welcomed back Senegalese winger Sadio Mane following a shoulder injury at Burton’s Pirelli Stadium.

Mane teed up Origi to break the deadlock with a clever back-heel in the 15th minute before Nathaniel Clyne crossed for Firmino to head in the visitors’ second goal.

A Tom Naylor own goal just after the hour made it 3-0 and Sturridge came off the bench to complete the rout with a late double, tapping in James Milner’s cross and slamming home from Mane’s pass.

At Stamford Bridge, Batshuayi put Chelsea ahead in the 29th minute by sweeping in Nemanja Matic’s cross and two minutes later Pedro set up Moses for a tap-in.

Batshuayi claimed a second from Ruben Loftus-Cheek’s cross, but Bristol Rovers scored either side through Peter Hartley and Ellis Harrison to keep Conte’s men on their toes until the final whistle.

Liverpool and Chelsea, League Cup winners in 2015, both entered the tournament in the second round because they are not involved in European competition this season.

Manchester United, holders Manchester City, Arsenal, Leicester City, Tottenham Hotspur, Southampton and West Ham United will all enter the competition in round three.

League Cup second round results

Chelsea 3-2 Bristol Rovers

Burton Albion 0-5 Liverpool

Everton 4-0 Yeovil Town

Northampton Town 3-2 West Bromwich Albion (4-3 pen)

Watford 1-2 Gillingham (extra time)

Peterborough 1-3 Swansea City

Crystal Palace 2-0 Blackpool

Exeter 1-3 Hull City

Stevenage 0-4 Stoke City

Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-1 Cambridge United

Luton Town 0-1 Leeds United

Blackburn 4-3 Crew Alexandra (extra time)

Derby County 2-1 Carlisle United (14-13 pen)

Norwich City 6-1 Coventry

Millwall 1-2 Nottingham Forest

Oxford United 2-4 Brighton & Hove Albion

Newcastle United 2-0 Cheltenham

Preston North End 2-0 Oldham Athletic

Queens Park Rangers 2-1 Rochdale

Scunthorpe United 1-2 Bristol City (extra time)

Reading 3-2 MK Dons (4-2 pen)

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