Leeds beat Nottingham Forest for the second time in four days to progress to the League Cup third round as Brentford smashed Birmingham for six on Tuesday. Oliver Glasner suffered a late defeat in his first match in charge of Forest at the City Ground on Saturday and it was a similar story for the Austrian as the home side were punished for failing to take their chances. Forest have reportedly agreed a club-record fee worth 50 million pounds ($68 million) to sign out-of-favour Chelsea striker Liam Delap and the need for a cutting edge up front was in evidence in another 90 minutes without a goal.
Dan James rounded off his fine individual performance with the opening goal before James Justin sealed the tie in Leeds’ favour. Nathan Collins scored twice, while Callum Wilson, Aaron Hickey, Mikkel Damsgaard and Igor Thiago were also on target. Fresh from putting big spending Tottenham to the sword 3-0 in an impressive start to the Premier League, Brentford ran riot against second-tier Birmingham in a 6-1 win. All three newly-promoted sides to the Premier League progressed, although Hull needed penalties to see off Stoke after a 1-1 draw. Coventry let a two-goal lead slip before a late rally secured a 4-2 win at Plymouth for Frank Lampard’s men.
