The third round of the 2016/17 EFL Cup was completed on Wednesday night.

Manchester United arrested a three-game losing streak by eventually getting over League One Northampton Town 3-1 at Sixfields Stadium thanks to a cracking goal from Michael Carrick as well as second-half strikes from Ander Herrera and Marcus Rashford.

The win sets up a tantalising fourth round clash between United and crosstown rivals Manchester City after Pep Guardiola's side defeated Swansea City 2-1 at the Liberty Stadium.

Gael Clichy was the unlikely opening goalscorer before 19-year-old Aleix Garcia netted his first goal for City prior to Gylfi Sigurdsson's late consolation.

Tottenham Hotspur powered past Gillingham 5-0 to set up a fourth round clash with Liverpool courtesy of a brace from Christian Eriksen and second-half goals from Vincent Janssen, Josh Onomah and Erik Lamela.

A double from Paddy McNair saw Sunderland get past Queens Park Rangers after falling behind with a 2-1 result at Loftus Road while Dimitri Payet's injury-time free-kick spared West Ham United's blushes as they edged League Two Accrington Stanley 1-0.

Southampton scored goals either side of half-time with Charlie Austin netting for the third match running and Jake Hesketh contributing his first senior goal to beat Crystal Palace 2-0 at St Mary's as Hull City overcame Stoke City 2-1 courtesy of an injury-time winner from summer signing Markus Henriksen.

And in a nail-biter, Chelsea loanee Tammy Abraham was once again Bristol City's hero with a late winner to give the Robins a a memorable 2-1 victory over Fulham who scored first through Abraham's Blues colleague Lucas Piazon and also missed a penalty through Cauley Woodrow.

The fourth round of the league cup will take place in the week commencing October 24. A highlight of the draw is the pairing of Manchester City and Manchester United. Click here to see the full fixtures.

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