Sunderland took advantage of defeats for West Brom and Blackburn to climb to the top of the Championship with a 2-0 win over Derby on Tuesday....
Chelsea stormed into the League Cup final with a 6-1 thrashing of second-tier Middlesbrough to easily overturn a 1-0 first leg deficit at Stamford Bridge on Tuesday....
Mauricio Pochettino warned his Chelsea team to be "careful" when they play without VAR in Tuesday's League Cup semi-final first leg against Middlesbrough....
Middlesbrough boss Michael Carrick says the careers of successful players are "irrelevant" when they move into management after his former team-mate Wayne Rooney was sacked by Birmingham....
Sunderland closed to within a point of the Championship playoff places by beating 10-man Middlesbrough 2-0 on Sunday....