Chelsea, Manchester City, Spurs advance into League Cup fourth round with comfortable wins

Chelsea, Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur have advanced into the fourth round of the League Cup with stylish wins over Swindon Town, Wigan Athletic and Aston Villa respectively.

According to Fox News, Chelsea scored a 2-0 victory over the third-tier Swindon with an opening shot by Fernando Torres in the 29th minute followed by Ramires, who shot the winner six minutes later to complete the scoring in a 2-0 victory.

Meanwhile, City enjoyed a similarly straightforward evening like their 4-1 drubbing of derby rivals Manchester United on Sunday with a 5-0 win at home to Wigan, which beat them last season in the FA Cup finals.

The report mentioned that the Edin Dzeko brought City to a 33rd-minute lead with his opening goal, after which Montenegro striker Stevan Jovetic claimed his first goal for the club, followed by goals from Yaya Toure, Jesus Navaz and Jovetic again.

Meanwhile, for Tottenham, Jermain Defoe scored twice, with close-season signings Paulinho and Nacer Chadli also hitting the target, leading their club to a comfortable 4-0 win over Aston Villa.

Meanwhile, the report mentioned that in their first game since the dismissal of Paolo Di Canio as manager on Sunday, Sunderland beat third-tier Peterborough 2-0 at the Stadium of Light to record only their second win of the season.