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Burton 2 – 0 Bournemouth #CarabaoCup

Last season’s surprise semi-finalists Burton claimed another big scalp in the Carabao Cup as they beat Bournemouth to reach round four in a game stopped three times for floodlight failure.

The Brewers were deserved winners, given to them by fine finishes from Oliver Sarkic and Nathan Broadhead.

Bournemouth made 10 changes and it showed in a limp, ineffectual display.

Their attempt to find momentum was not helped by delays for the failed lights, leading to 28 added minutes.

At one stage, it looked as though the game had been abandoned before the lights were restored and play was able to continue a conclusion.

In the final added minute, the Cherries truck the post through Chris Mepham’s header, but Burton was not to be denied their place in the fourth round and another home tie with a Premier League side, this time Leicester.

Burton’s journey to the last four last season saw them beat Premier League Burnley before reality struck in the shape of a 9-0 aggregate defeat to eventual winners Manchester City.

Nigel Clough’s side has had an inconsistent start to the league season, winning three, drawing three and losing three of their nine games to date.

But they played above themselves on Wednesday, relinquishing the larger share of possession to their top-flight opponent (33%-67%) but registering the greater number of efforts on goal – 16 to the visitors seven.

And they produced the game’s two clinical moments in Sarkic’s neat strike at the back post following Reece Hutchinson’s cross and a sliding finish from Broadhead to seal the win shortly after the third break-in play for the lights.

The result sours Bournemouth’s memories of the Pirelli Stadium, which was the setting when they sealed promotion from League Two near the end of the 2009-10 season and began their rise through the divisions to the Premier League.

But they can have no complaints.

Striker Dominic Solanke was the only the man to keep his place from last Friday’s 3-1 win at Southampton, but the men coming into the side did little to advance their cause for a regular start, including midfielders Ryan Fraser and Jordon Ibe.

Bournemouth sent on Harry Wilson and Callum Wilson in the second half – two of the men who have helped them to such a promising start in this season’s Premier League – but they were unable to influence the game in a positive way for the visitors.

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Source – BBC