Carabao Cup roundup: Bournemouth thrash Villa, Sunderland salvo stings Bees

Bournemouth beat Aston Villa 3-0 to reach the Carabao Cup quarter-finals for the first time in eight seasons, extending their winning run to five matches. The result matters for a side that has also kept five consecutive clean sheets, while Villa suffered their first defeat in eight games.

Amine Adli scored in the seventh minute, Lewis Cook added a second early in the second half and Álvaro Rodríguez sealed the win in the 69th minute. Bournemouth will visit Liverpool in the last eight. Sunderland also advanced, beating Brentford 3-2 after scoring three times in 10 minutes; Callum Wilson and Igor Thiago replied late, but Sunderland held on to reach the quarter-finals for the first time in five years.