Arne Slot saw much-changed Liverpool fell to a sixth loss in seven matches as Ismaila Sarr's clinical brace helped Crystal Palace reach the Carabao Cup quarter-finals.
Oliver Glasner’s Eagles got the better of the Reds for the third time this season as they followed their Community Shield shootout triumph and last month’s Premier League victory at Selhurst Park with an Anfield win.
Sarr’s first-half brace and a late Yeremy Pino strike secured FA Cup holders Palace a 3-0 fourth round victory as increasingly scrutinised Liverpool boss Slot’s bold decision to make 10 changes backfired in front of a full house.
The result continues the reigning Premier League champions’ ruinous run that started with their Selhurst Park setback 32 days ago, whereas Glasner’s side can dream of adding another trophy to their cabinet.
Slot’s men had started Wednesday’s tie brightly, only for familiar foe Sarr to score twice at the end of the opening period to make it seven goals in nine matches against Liverpool.
Palace continued to cruise through the second half. The tie was over by the time teenage Reds substitute Amara Nallo was sent off in the 79th minute, with Pino adding extra gloss late on.
Nick Woltemade's sixth goal of the season (above) sealed holders Newcastle’s passage to a fourth-successive Carabao Cup quarter-final as Tottenham became their latest victims.
Woltemade’s second-half header wrapped up a 2-0 win set in motion by Fabian Schar’s 24th-minute opener to leave the home contingent among a crowd of 51,216 at St James’ Park dreaming of a return to Wembley.
The victory was all the more impressive because of the eight changes head coach Eddie Howe made and while the Magpies needed goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale’s intervention on more than one occasions as Spurs pushed, the visitors could have few arguments with the outcome.
Manchester City overcame a Carabao Cup scare to book their quarter-final place with a 3-1 win at Swansea.
Goncalo Franco had fired the Championship outfit ahead with the game's first goal attempt after 12 minutes but City equalised before half-time as Jeremy Doku’s effort took a wicked deflection.
Swansea had to soak up intense pressure but, without the absent Erling Haaland, City largely fired blanks until Omar Marmoush blasted them ahead after 77 minutes.
Rayan Cherki confirmed victory in stoppage time by rolling the ball inside Andy Fisher’s far post, finally ending Swansea hopes of repeating their third-round victory over Nottingham Forest.
Chelsea held off a second-half comeback against a spirited Wolves to book their place in the quarter-finals with a 4-3 win.
Enzo Maresca's side, featuring 10 changes, looked like sweeping to a handsome victory as they coasted into a 3-0 half-time lead thanks to goals from Andrey Santos, Tyrique George and Estevao.
The atmosphere was toxic at Molineux as the hosts’ miserable season looked to be hitting new lows, but Vitor Pereira’s men rallied after the break and launched a stirring comeback.
Goals from Tolu Arokodare and David Moller Wolfe had Chelsea on the rack, but Jamie Gittens’ 90th minute strike seemed to have ensured Chelsea’s victory.
However, Wolfe scored his second moments later as Wolves kept on pushing – but they could not find the leveller.
Defeat ended Wanderers’ run in the only competition they have won a game in this season but the manner of their second-half performance must give some hope ahead of a crunch Premier League match at Fulham on Saturday.
For Chelsea, they move closer to another trophy under Maresca by reaching the last eight, although their night was soured by Liam Delap’s late red card for two bookings in the space of seven minutes.
Ethan Nwaneri and Bukayo Saka both struck in the second half to secure Arsenal's eighth consecutive victory with a 2-0 fourth-round win over Brighton at the Emirates.
On a night Max Dowman stole the pre-match headlines as the 15-year-old became Arsenal’s youngest ever starter, it was another product of the fabled Hale End Academy who delivered the breakthrough.
Nwaneri, 18, steered home Myles Lewis-Skelly’s cross after 57 minutes before substitute Saka – who also rose through the club’s junior ranks – doubled the hosts’ advantage with 14 minutes to go.
Brighton had chances to score but Arsenal kept the visitors at bay as Mikel Arteta’s men recorded their sixth clean sheet in a row. Their defence has been breached just three times in 14 matches across all competitions so far.
