English Premier League Highlights - Carabao Cup Round 2

Results (Premier League Clubs Only)
Norwich City 6 AFC Bournemouth 0
Aston Villa 6 Barrow 0
Brentford 3 Forest Green Rovers 1
Brighton & Hove Albion 2 Cardiff City 0
Everton 2 Huddersfield Town 1
Leeds United 3 Crewe Alexandra 0
Watford 1 Crystal Palace 0
Wolverhampton Wanderers 4 Nottingham Forest 0
Burnley 0 Newcastle United 0, Burnley advances on penalties 4-3
Southampton 8 Newport County 0
Arsenal 6 West Bromwich Albion 0

Notable Goals
Christos Tzolis, Norwich City - The Greek teenager made his Norwich City debut in style with a pair of goals and a pair of assists in Norwich City's 6-0 rout of AFC Bournemouth. Tzolis began his pro career in Greece with PAOK and joined Norwich City earlier this month. He's already appeared in eight matches for the Greek National Team and scored in a friendly against Cyprus back in November.

Josh Sargent, Norwich City - The young American striker scored his first two goals since joining Norwich City earlier this month in Norwich City's 6-0 win over AFC Bournemouth. Sargent began his pro career with Werder Bremen in Germany in 2017. As a member of the U.S. National Team, he's tallied five goals including three in the 2019-20 CONCACAF Nations League.

Cameron Archer, Aston Villa - The 19 year old Archer scored his first goals with Aston Villa's first team and finished with a hat trick against Barrow in Aston Villa's 6-0 win. Archer spent last season on loan to Solihull Moors of the English National League (5th Tier) where he scored four goals in 26 matches.

Anwar El Ghazi, Aston Villa - El Ghazi continued his strong form to start the 2021-22 campaign with a pair of goals in Aston Villa's 6-0 rout of Barrow. El Ghazi is in his fourth season with Aston Villa.

Jack Harrison, Leeds United - The former #1 pick in the MLS SuperDraft back in 2016, the Wake Forest and New York City FC alum scored his first two goals for Leeds United in a 3-0 win over Crewe Alexandra.

Mohamed Elyounoussi, Southampton - Elyounoussi, born in Morocco but who plays nationally for Norway, notched a hat trick in Southampton's 8-0 of Newport County. Elyounoussi spent the last two seasons on loan to Celtic where he scored 25 goals for them across all competitions. He is still searching for his first Premier League goal.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Arsenal - The Arsenal Captain scored three times to help pull Arsenal out of their funk as they dispatched West Bromwich Albion 6-0. After scoring 22 goals in both the 2018-19 and 2019-20 Premier League campaigns, Aubameyang saw his production drop off last season when he finished with just ten goals.

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