It's not exactly most loved cup competition in English football, but you have to admit, the Carabao Cup is full of talking points.

Whether it's the ridiculous attempts at making each round draw even more farfetched, the dwindling attendance numbers or the inevitable squad rotations, the league cup, in a way is great value.

This week was no different as we saw the first wave of Premier League clubs enter the draw in the second round.

What followed saw us be entertained by 62 goals, four upsets, last minute winners and one hilarious own goal, take a look through our gallery of the moments you likely missed on a busy midweek of Carabao Cup action.

Snodgrass Photographer Issues

With his side looking for the all important third goal in the game, Robert Snodgrass was insistent on having the perfect run-up for his corner taking. Unfortunately for him, one particular cameraman kept getting in the way!

After telling him to move a number of times, the photographer attempted to swivel on his seat, what followed left the crowd in hysterics.

The poor photographer was left embarrassed as  he swivelled right off his chair and into the advertising hoardings, right in front of the West Ham away support.

 

Harry Campbell Save

After Burton Albion goalkeeper Stephen Bywater was forced off injured in the first half, 22 year old Harry Campbell came off the bench to make his first appearance for the club.

With the Brewers 1-0 up, Campbell was a very busy man in the second half as he kept out a desperate Aston Villa.

But in the 89th minute it looked like all his hard work would come to nothing as the away side were awarded a penalty. But as Albert Adomah stepped up, Campbell had other ideas and became an Albion hero by denying the forward twice, as he deflected Adomah's rebound over the bar.

Steve Bruce Anger

It is no secret that Aston Villa have a big squad, so unsurprisingly Steve Bruce made nine changes to the team that started the previous weekend's Championship game.

After those players went on to lose against Burton Albion, Bruce's post-match interviews saw him question them, in a scathing attack.

He told cameras that the players he picked had been knocking on his door asking to play, but after that performance they "really haven't done themselves any favours at all."

A Saido Berahino Goal

After 913 days without one, Stoke City striker Saido Berahino finally got himself on the scoresheet as the Potters progressed to the third round by beating Huddersfield 2-0.

The 25-year-old's drought has been widely reported, especially as just before it started, the former West Brom man was prolific in front of goal and had been pushing for a move to Tottenham Hotspur.

Cardiff Out

Neil Warnock and Cardiff City's early season woes continued as they bowed out of the competition with a humbling defeat at home to Norwich City.

Although it was a Premier League side being knocked out by a Championship one, it was expected with Norwich being in a run of good form against Cardiff who haven't scored a league goal yet.

Christian Fuchs Goal

Leicester's fears of suffering a cup upset were almost immediately cured thanks to an incredible hit from left-back Christian Fuchs.

Almost a carbon-copy of Gareth Bale's wonder strike against Stoke City in 2010, his foot connects with the ball above his head!

A Bonatini Goal

Not as a long a drought as Saido Berahino, but Leo Bonatini ended his own period without a goal against Sheffield Wednesday on Tuesday night.

The Brazilian netted his first goal since December 2017 as the Premier League side edged of their hosts 2-0.

Leeds Lost

Marco Bielsa has made a brilliant start to his tenure as Leeds boss, with four wins and a draw in the Championship so far, but on Tuesday he suffered his first defeat, at home to Preston.

Despite the visitors being down to ten men for 60 minutes, Bielsa's men couldn't turn around their 2-0 half-time deficit.

Ryan Ledson Red

The reason why Preston had to endure an hour with ten men was because of this challenge by Ryan Ledson on Lewis Baker in the 29th minute.

Sky Sports pundit Iain Dowie claimed in commentary that it wasn't worthy of even a yellow card during his time as a player, really?

Brandon Barker's Solo Effort

Despite Ledson's moment of madness, Brandon Barker sent Preston into half-time with a 2-0 lead with this stunning effort.

The Man City loanee ran the length of the pitch before firing his strike across the goal from just outside the area.

Alfie Mawson Return

One of many summer signings at Fulham, Alfie Mawson made his first appearance of the season for the Cottagers.

Mawson signed from relegated Swansea City in the summer despite undergoing major knee surgery in May.

QPR Win Again

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Queens Park Rangers v Bristol Rovers, The EFL Carabao Cup, Football, Loftus Road, London, UK - 28 Aug 2018

After winning their first league game of the season on Saturday, QPR made it two wins in two on Tuesday thanks to a comfortable 3-1 win against Bristol Rovers.

These two results will ease any pressure boss Steve Mcclaren was starting to feel.

Jon Leko and Kyle Edwards

Like a lot of teams, the Carabao Cup is an opportunity for managers to rotate the squad and give some youngsters some valuable first team football.

West Brom did just that by naming Jon Leko, 19 and Kyle Edwards, 20 in the starting line-up. Both players took their opportunity and bagged their first senior goals for the club.

16-year-old Morgan Rogers was also named in the squad for the game.

Bacuna Own Goal

Luckily for Saido Berahino his goal wasn't the most talked about incident in the game at the Bet365 Stadium, as Juninho Bacuna had other ideas.

Making his debut for Huddersfield and with his team searching for an equaliser, Bacuna was desperate to get the ball forward after the Potters had cleared their lines.

Unfortunately for him, he sliced his kick, injuring himself in the process and with his goalkeeper out of his goal, the ball bounced 50 yards into the goal.

Sky Sports' Tony Cottee's reaction to the moment was brilliant, as he exclaimed:

"What a way to go out of the cup!"

Perez Penalty Claim

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Easily the most entertaining tie of the round was at the City Ground as Nottingham Forest hosted Newcastle.

After leading for the majority of the game, Nottingham Forest were pegged back by Solomon Rondon's 89th minute strike.

Chaos followed as Forest scored an instant reply through Matty Cash and seemingly put them through, but Newcastle had other ideas as they pumped forward. They really should have been rewarded for their effort after Ayoze Perez was flattened by Luke Steele.

But after the referee waved away the claims, Forest put the game to bed with a third.

The final whistle was finally blown after eight minutes of added time, but Perez was still fuming and to be physically restrained from going towards the referee by Newcastle staff, including Rafa Benitez.