Chelsea, Manchester City knocked out of English League Cup in 3rd round

Chelsea, Man City lose in League Cup 3rd round

LONDON — Chelsea and Manchester City were knocked out of the English League Cup in the third round on Wednesday night, and Michael Owen scored twice as defending champion Manchester United rallied past second-tier Scunthorpe 5-2.

Newcastle upset Chelsea 4-3 following a last-minute goal by Shola Ameobi, his second goal of the night, and West Bromwich Albion came from behind to beat Manchester City 2-1 on goals by Gianni Zuiverloon and Simon Cox.

United, which like Chelsea and City played largely second-string lineups, fell behind in the 19th minute but came back on the goals by Owen, and one each by Darron Gibson, Chris Smalling and Ji-sung Park.

Aston Villa beat Blackburn 3-1 and Wigan defeated Preston 2-1.