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• Vincent Kompany hails a ‘professional performance’ from Burnley at Salford

  Vincent Kompany admitted his Burnley side had done nothing out of the ordinary in sweeping aside Sky Bet League Two Salford to reach the last 16 of the Carabao Cup.

  The Clarets put their Premier League struggles to one side in a 4-0 victory at the Peninsula Stadium with all four scorers – Sander Berge, Jacob Bruun Larsen, Dara O’Shea and Wilson Odobert – getting their first goals for the club.

  Kompany made 11 changes from the side that started Saturday’s 1-0 home defeat to Manchester United but saw Burnley put the result to bed early with the first three goals coming inside the opening half an hour.

  “We can put this result in context,” Kompany said. “We know we’re the Premier League team, we’re supposed to win, we’re supposed to put in a performance but it’s easier said than done, especially when you have 11 changes.

  “We showed good discipline, a professional performance. We got the goals, we got the clean sheet. We put it behind us now and focus on the Premier League and the next round…

  “Eleven changes, some new players, some positional changes as well. You can always go back through it and say this and that could have been better but in the end we were disciplined, we created as many chances as we needed to win the game and we didn’t concede chances.

  “Midweek, away from home, I’ve been in the game long enough to know it can be a different game and we kept it how it was supposed to be.”

  In a season when Burnley, still winless in the Premier League, had only found the net five times in their previous six games, the goals and the fresh names scoring them will be a source of confidence.

  “Goals (have been hard to come by), yes, but I think we’ve had chances,” Kompany said of his side’s season. “For a newly-promoted team you’re not going to go into the Premier League and all of a sudden start scoring two or three a game.

  “We know that but we’re just delighted for the forwards to have scored some goals and for a lot of new players as well to be on the scoresheet. That’s something that’s going to matter this season.”

  While the goalscorers were new the source was familiar, with Anass Zaroury having a hand in all four.

  Berge headed in the Moroccan’s 12th-minute corner before Zaroury teed up Bruun Larsen’s lob. The winger then tried to beat Alex Cairns with a quick free-kick from a tight angle and when the goalkeeper could not hold it, O’Shea bundled home.

  Nine minutes from time, Zaroury crossed for Odobert who cut back inside before finding the net.

  It all added up to a sixth straight defeat for Salford as under-pressure Neil Wood deals with a lengthy injury list.

  “Playing against a Premier League team, three levels above us, it’s always going to be difficult,” Wood said. “They’re very technical, very good players and tactically it’s a very good system that’s difficult to defend against.

  “It’s disappointing to concede off two set pieces for us…All credit to them, they’re a very good team.

  “It was a really difficult night but not a night that we weren’t expecting.”

• Port Vale’s Carabao Cup progress is reward for a lot of things – Andy Crosby

  Port Vale boss Andy Crosby feels his side’s place in the fourth round of the Carabao Cup is “reward for a lot of things”.

  Vale reached the last 16 for the first time since 2006-07 with a 2-1 victory over Sky Bet League Two strugglers Sutton, with Funso Ojo coming off the bench to fire home a superb winner.

  Swansea loanee Josh Thomas had earlier opened the scoring before his effort was cancelled out by Sutton substitute Hisham Kasimu.

  Crosby said: “When you start in the first round of the Carabao Cup you want to go as far as you can.

  “Every time you get through to the next round, you want to get through to the next one.

  “That’s what we’ve done. We’re in the fourth round for the first time in a long time for the football club.

  “It’s reward for a lot of things. It’s reward for Carol and Kevin (Shanahan) for investing the amount of money they do into the football club.

  “It’s brilliant for our supporters, who haven’t seen the club in the fourth round for a long time. They keep turning up and I thank them a lot for the support.

  “I think we have to preach to them what we’re trying to do. It might be different from what they’ve seen before. There may be some frustration at times with what we’re trying to do, but we have to play a way that suits our team.

  “That’s going to take time, but when we get to utopia and we’re playing incredible football with and without the ball. We’re making progress.”

  Sutton boss Matt Gray was left with mixed emotions after his spirited side were sucker-punched by the late winner.

  He said: “There were so many things I was happy with, apart from the result sadly.

  “It’s a result I don’t think we deserved.

  “They couldn’t break us down when we were in our shape, so to concede a goal from a counter-attack from a corner is a hard one to take.

  “It’s something we’ll be looking at, it’s really frustrating.

  “It was a great response from their goal. We had some great chances. We had to bide our time and eventually got the goal.

  “It felt a little bit similar to the first goal. We were pushing forward and got done on the break which was very disappointing.

  “We’ve not had some good league results, we’re working tirelessly to get things right and we saw some positives on the pitch.

  “We need to keep working on that, building on that and I’m sure the results will turn soon.

  “You can see that from the fans’ reaction at the end. They’re completely with us.”

• Barcelona twice come from behind but have to settle for a point in Mallorca

  LaLiga leaders Barcelona twice had to battle from behind as Fermin Lopez’s first goal for the club earned a hard-fought draw at Real Mallorca.

  Xavi’s side have been the early pacesetters as they look to defend their league title but the visitors had to settle for a 2-2 draw at the Iberostar Stadium.

  Vedat Muriqi and Abdon Prats goals had twice had the hosts in front but Raphinha cancelled out the opener before substitute Lopez struck to earn Barca a share of the spoils.

  Mallorca were all but presented with the opening goal with just eight minutes gone as Barcelona goalkeeper Marc-Andre Ter Stegen gifted possession to Antonio Sanchez, who teed up Muriqi to break the deadlock.

  Raphinha’s third goal of the season – a fine long-range strike – levelled the scores, only for Abdon to score in first-half stoppage time.

  With the visitors chasing the game once more, Joao Felix hit the woodwork as Xavi’s side continued to threaten.

  Their second equaliser of the evening would come with 15 minutes left on the clock, Lopez scoring his first senior goal for Barcelona having come off the bench shortly after the hour.

  Despite pulling level on two occasions, Barca could not find a breakthrough to seal all three points and could now fall below both Real Madrid and Girona, who are in action on Wednesday against Las Palmas and Villarreal, respectively.