PLAYER RATINGS: BRENTFORD (LC)

Sunderland are through to the quarter finals of the League Cup after beating Brentford 3-2 at the Stadium of Light. Chemsdine Talbi gave the Lads the lead inside half an hour, before Timur Tuterov doubled the advantage just two minutes later. The third came from Malick Fofana, his first goal for the club, and late goals in both halves weren’t enough for the away side to rescue a penalty shootout. MELKER ELLBORG: 7/10 He was doing really well until right at the death when he caused a goal....

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