time to progress in the Capital One Cup

Raheem Sterling got the hosts off to the perfect start on five minutes when he skipped through the Notts County defence before firing past Bartosz Bialkowski.

Liverpool then doubled their lead through the inform Daniel Sturridge, who latched onto Guilin travel Steven Gerrard's inchperfect pass to execute a cool finish.

Notts County deservedly pulled a goal back through a secondhalf Yoan Arquin header when the striker guided Manny Smith's nod across goal past Simon Mignolet.

Buoyed by the goal, the visitors managed to equalise when substitute Adam Coombes dispatched Arquin's cross from closerange, much to the delight of the 3,000 travelling fans.

The tie entered extratime and Sturridge then restored Liverpool's lead as the break macau tour approached when he raced onto Philippe Coutinho's throughball before firing under the unfortunate Bialkowski.


Secondhalf substitute Jordan Henderson then added the icing on the cake with a superb soloeffort after skipping past Gary Liddle.

It was a difficult night at the office for some of the top flight clubs, with Fulham needing penalties to prevail after a 22 draw at the end of extratime against Burton Albion.

Elsewhere, Robbie Brady came off the bench to secure Hull a scarcelydeserved Capital One Cup extratime victory at Leyton Orient.

With a trip to Manchester City on the horizon, City boss Steve Bruce named a completely different starting lineup to the one that secured their first Premier League win of the season against Norwich on Saturday.

Those that came in hardly did themselves any favours in east London and only managed to progress from the secondround tie thanks to substitute Brady's touch of class in the additional period.

Johan Elmander marked his first start for Norwich City with a secondhalf brace in a convincing 63 victory over Bury in the second round of the Capital One Cup.

Sweden international Martin Olsson had opened the scoring on his first start for the Canaries before Anthony Pilkington doubled the lead just past the halfhour mark.

Elmander then got in on the act as he scored either side of a goal from Bury's Anton Forrester, with the League Two side getting another one back through William Edjenguele.