Carabao Cup round-up: Kai Havertz scores hat-trick for Chelsea as Blues progress

Kai Havertz scored a hat-trick for Chelsea to grab his first goals for the club and help them into the fourth round of the Carabao Cup.

The £70m forward has struggled on his first two appearances for the Blues but got off the mark in style against Championship side Barnsley at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday.

Chelsea went a goal up after 19 minutes when Tammy Abraham capitalised on a defensive error to grab the opener.

It didn’t take long for the hosts to extend their lead as Mason Mount’s pass was dummied by Abraham to tee up Havertz, who slid the ball past the keeper from inside the box for his first strike for the club.

Chelsea made it three shortly after half-time after good pressing allowed Ross Barkley to regain possession high up the pitch before striking low in the corner from outside the box.

Havertz then bagged his brace as Abraham’s clever backheel flick set up his teammate for a composed sidefoot finish.

The pair then combined again for the German’s treble – the first of his senior career – after he rounded the keeper following Abraham’s ball in behind the defence.

Another new boy Ben Chilwell then produced his first contribution as his cross picked out Olivier Giroud in the box, whose header completed the rout.

Meanwhile, Newcastle put their weekend Premier League loss behind them to absolutely thrash lower league Morecambe on away soil.

The Toon were five goals up at half-time with a brace from striker Joelinton sandwiching strikes from Miguel Almiron and Jacob Murphy, before Isaac Hayden netted in stoppage time.

Jamaal Lascelles got in on the act six minutes into the second half, with the final goal of the 7-0 drubbing coming via Sam Lavelle’s own goal at the death.

Everton were given a tricky night’s work at Highbury Stadium against Joey Barton’s Fleetwood.

The Toffees started well and went a goal up midway through the first half when winger Bernard clipped an inviting ball over the opposition defence which was guided home by the head of Richarlison.

Soon after the Brazilian doubled his tally, playing a neat one-two with Alex Iwobi inside the box before finishing low and hard past the keeper.

Fleetwood nicked one back when Jordan Pickford made a mess of a clearance to gift Mark Duffy a goal, only for Iwobi to fire straight back a minute later.

But blame will again be pointed at Pickford who failed to keep out Callum Camps’ acrobatic overhead kick which pulled Fleetwood back within a goal, until Bernard lashed a shot high into the net to restore the two-goal cushion.

Moise Kean then wrapped up the 5-2 win in injury time after Niels Nkounkou’s stunning backheel left him with a simple finish.

Fulham put themselves firmly in command against Sheffield Wednesday with two first-half goals and never looked back.

Aboubakar Kamara grabbed the opener less than 10 minutes in before Bobby Cordova-Reid bagged the second just after the half hour mark.

There were decent away wins for both Burnley and Brighton.

Sean Dyche’s side edged past Millwall at The Den thanks to a late goal in each half, first from Josh Brownhill on the stroke of half-time before Matej Vydra sealed it in the 93rd minute.

Brighton meanwhile beat Preston at Deepdale also by two with Alireza Jahanbakhsh and Alexis Mac Allister on the scoresheet.

While elsewhere, Tyrese Campbell’s goal proved to be enough for Stoke to fend off Gillingham, as Arsenal beat Leicester courtesy of a Christian Fuchs own goal and a late Eddie Nketiah strike.

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