Soccer:Liverpool gave Kenny Dalglish his 200th win in charge of the club as Luis Suarez inspired a comfortable 3-1 League Cup second round win over Exeter at St James Park.
The Uruguayan grabbed the opener after 23 minutes as he volleyed home, before teeing up Maxi Rodriguez and substitute Andy Carroll to put a seal on the victory after the break.
But there was some concern for Dalglish as the Scot lost Raul Meireles to injury inside the first quarter of the game. The Portuguese left the field clutching his shoulder after coming off worse in a challenge with Danny Coles.
Exeter battled bravely but carved out very few opportunities, although Daniel Nardiello did at least pull a goal back from the spot after he had been felled by Martin Skrtel in the box.
Ruben Rochina scored twice as Blackburn’s whirlwind start helped them forget their Premier League woes and ease past Sheffield Wednesday with at 3-1 win. The young Spaniard fired home in the third and fourth minutes and David Goodwillie added Rovers’ third soon after.
Shell-shocked Wednesday reduced the deficit five minutes after the break when substitute Clinton Morrison blasted a fine left-foot shot past Mark Bunn.
Bolton came from behind to avoid an upset by beating League Two Macclesfield 2-1 at the Reebok Stadium. Having fallen behind early on to Emile Sinclair’s goal debutant Tuncay Sanli equalised 11 minutes into the second half with an acrobatic volley.
And the Turkey international, whose work permit came through earlier this week to finalise his loan move from Wolfsburg, provided the pass for Martin Petrov to fire home the winner with 17 minutes to go.
Everton booked their place after coming from behind to complete a comfortable 3-1 victory over Sheffield United at Goodison Park.
The League One side went in front against the run of play in the 28th minute through Richard Cresswell, but the same player diverted the ball into his own net moments later after Steve Simonsen had got a palm to a strike by Jack Rodwell.
The Toffees then took control of proceedings, with finishes from Victor Anichebe (37) and Mikel Arteta (42) swiftly turning the game on its head.
