Football League Cup

LONDON - Liverpool's season took another turn for the worse when it was knocked out of the English League Cup in the third round on Wednesday night with a shocking loss to fourth-tier Northampton, and Chelsea and Manchester City also were eliminated.

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.

Samir Nasri scored a pair of penalty kicks in overtime as Arsenal ousted north London rival Tottenham from the League Cup with a 4-1 victory on Tuesday night, and Everton was beaten in a shootout by third-tier Brentford.