Carabao Cup wrap: Forest beat Spurs, Irish trio help Wolves win

Jesse Lingard finally broke his Nottingham Forest duck as he scored in a 2-0 win that dumped sorry Tottenham out of the Carabao Cup.

Lingard has had an underwhelming start to his Forest career after his surprise free transfer in the summer and had not scored or made an assist in his opening 12 appearances – but he put that right on a memorable night at the City Ground.

The former Manchester United forward headed home from close range in the second half, seven minutes after Renan Lodi curled in to give the Reds a deserved lead on a humiliating night for Spurs.

Nathan Collins, Joe Hodge and Conor Ronan were all involved from the start as Wolves progressed to the next round of the Carabao Cup with a 1-0 victory over Leeds.

Boubacar Traore's late winner sent the Black Country side through to the last 16 of the competition.

The substitute struck with five minutes left to down much-changed Leeds and seal a 1-0 victory for the hosts. Collins won the ball on the right and fed Daniel Podence who found the substitute to crash in a fine strike from the edge of the box.

It settled an uneventful game which looked to be heading to penalties and gave new Wolves boss Julen Lopetegui and his coaches food for thought.

Ireland Under-21 midfielder Hodge impressed throughout in a rare start for the young prospect, while compatriot Ronan played 65 minutes before being substituted.

Lopetegui is due at the club’s Compton training base on Friday, ahead of watching Saturday’s visit of Arsenal, before officially taking charge on Monday.

The former Spain manager’s lieutenants were at Molineux having already briefly introduced themselves to the squad and they would have been concerned and encouraged in equal measure early on.

Angelo Ogbonna missed the crucial