Man City rout Norwich to progress in League Cup

Floyd Samba enjoyed a dream Manchester City debut as the 17-year-old struck twice in a 5-0 thrashing of Norwich to set up a League Cup last 16 meeting against Brighton. Samba was one of 10 changes Enzo Maresca made to the side that won a dramatic derby against Manchester United with 10 men on Sunday and the 17-year-old made his case for more minutes going forward. "To get a debut like that is mind blowing. I couldn't believe it myself," said Samba, the son of former Blackburn and QPR defender Chris Samba. "But that's just the beginning, I've got a big career ahead of me. It was a great debut." Brazilian Allan also struck on his first outing since a £34 million move from Palmeiras, while Rayan Cherki slotted home City's second in characteristically cool fashion. Norwich also made nine changes with their focus on trying to achieve promotion from the Championship and were completely outclassed even by City's second string. Samba made sure his debut was one to remember as he stooped to head in Allan's cross after Daniel Grimshaw flapped at a cross. Ayyoub Bouaddi was given his first Etihad start following a 100 million euro arrival from Lille and marked it with an assist...